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You have seen the ads....."40 million of this and 60 million of that!"
Even if true, the bugs are probably quite dead!
At the 101st General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), Orlando, Florida Belgium researchers studied the micro-flora of 25 dairy products and 30 powder products. They found that only 13% of non-dairy probiotics contained what the label claimed. In addition, about 1/3 contained no living bacteria at all as compared to the dairy products which contained over 500 million living microorganisms per mililitre! Clinical research has confirmed that adding some friendly "bugs" to one's diet can have a very beneficial effect on one's colon, as well on one's entire system. If you are paying for powdered/capsule based probiotics, you are probably buying snake oil. |
