‘If I Eat Yogurt, Should I Still Take Probiotics?’ You are probably wondering why using nearly any commercial yogurt might not be as beneficial as a probiotic supplement. After all, traditional cultures have been consuming cultured, fermented foods like yogurt for years for digestive health promotion. *Eating Yogurt Most commercial yogurts are not a good source of probiotics. Heat pasteurization significantly reduces most of the good bacteria benefits. The problem arises because... Traditional yogurts were phenomenal sources of beneficial bacteria due to their raw and unpasteurized state. Most of todays yogurts are pasteurized, unless specially purchased raw and unpasteurized from a local farmer. Sadly, pasteurization radically reduces most of the benefits. Even most of the yogurts certified organic by the USDA are pasteurized in some fashion. So what, in my opinion, is wrong with pasteurization? Well, it basically kills or sterilizes most of the beneficial and other bacteria during the heat processing. And some yogurts (particularly the frozen ones), dont contain any live bacteria at all. So, as great-tasting as many of them are, dont be fooled by yogurt products advertising live cultures beneficial to your digestive system... many have likely had the beneficial bacteria already reduced or wiped out by heat-intensive pasteurization processes. To me, this is one of those cases where it appears that in our collective zeal to rid ourselves of every trace of infectious agents in our food supply and homes, we may have outdone ourselves. Dr. Mercola #youneedprobio5 #plexusforlife
Posted on: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 17:00:00 +0000
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