Those daily live yogurty things

[TheCarpetCleaner]

You know the ones that are advertised with "good bacteria" etc that you drink in the morning.

Total bks or actually any good?

I have no digestive problems or issues, just part of my healthy lifestyle thing at the moment


Cheers

[gopher]

I tried them for about 3 months and I did not notice any difference at all. There again I eat pretty well (except for too much beer and wine).

[lingus75]

gopher said:

I tried them for about 3 months and I did not notice any difference at all. There again I eat pretty well (except for too much beer and wine).

Ahmen to that I think I would be Anorexic if beer wasn't used as a calorie substitue

I can't see the yoghurt things doing any harm but if they aren't affecting you then save the money for something else?

[Wadeski]

They dont do you any harm (yoghurt is good for you, and they taste nice) and they are very good for you if you go to hospital (help prevent MRSA-type bugs after antibiotics).

[rsv gone!]

Weren't they recently dismissed as a waste of time in some consumer study?

[Wadeski]

that all depends on what you expect them to do.

[biglepton]

TheCarpetCleaner said:

You know the ones that are advertised with "good bacteria" etc that you drink in the morning.

Total bks or actually any good?

I have no digestive problems or issues, just part of my healthy lifestyle thing at the moment


Cheers

Ahhhh, the power of advertising. Who else but TV could convince the British public that drinking french bacteria was good for you. . . . . . .

[HiRich]

rsv gone! said:

Weren't they recently dismissed as a waste of time in some consumer study?

There was an Horizon programme that "investigated" them (my problem with the programme was that the analysis was very good, but the conclusions promptly ignored that analysis).

In terms of the pro-biotic drinks & yoghurts (Yakult, Danone, etc.), the analysis indicated:

• There's a lot of marketing guff (e.g. what does probiotic actually mean?)
• What research there has been is somewhat suspect and there is limited independent corroboration.
• The theory behind such products is that some of us, for various reasons, lack (or become short of) certain bacteria in our gut. If you are one of those people, then adding that bacteria may be helpful. This was measured by testing bacteria counts of volunteers before and after a course of a particular product.

The conclusion they drew, however, was that they are probably not much good. The correct conclusion would have been "if you are one of these people a particular product may be useful, but if you are not, it won't be."

My own empirical study on a sample of one is that Yakult works for me. Quite frankly, I pooh better, and feel better as a result. Danone doesn't seem to make any difference for me. So occasionally, I'll use Yakult, whether to 'repair' or as occasional preventative maintenance.

It may work for you. Or another product may work for you. Or maybe none of them are any use. Unless you want to visit a got clinic to be tested, I guess the easier option is to try them and see what happens.

[Yugguy]

Twattingly over-priced them things tho.

I'm sure you'd get just as good results with acidophilus tablets.

But I don't think you need any of them unless you're recovering from a stomach bug.

[littlegreenfairy]

I found that Actimel really helped me - I didn't get terrible tummy pains and didn't get that awful hungry feeling.

Then again, it could just be that natural yoghurt would do that anyhow.

[stackmonkey]

I initially tried them out with some scepticism that they would help me in anyway and found much to my surprise that they did.
To put it bluntly, I have a fairly high protein diet that normally makes any farts smell quite toxic; these probiotics reduce the effect massively and also make things a little more 'regular'. One yoghurt every other day seems to be enough. Normal yoghurt doesn't have the same effect.

[jessica]

go and buy some live yoghurt and have a teaspoon each day with honey.
when you get the the last teaspoon mix with milk heat to body temp leave overnight and start again

[dhutch]

Sounds about right.

I quite often buy a tub of Total 'greek yoghot' and eat it (usally in two halfs) with honey.
- No reason other than the fact the its bloody lovely, requires no making at all (i even eat the second half out of the pot, just pouring the honey directly on) and if its on special its even fairly cheep.


Daniel