Activa better than homemade yogurt
Home made Yogurt is SUPERIOR to Dannon ACTIVA. Don't waste your money.
http://www.bodyecology.com/07/05/10/mass-market_probiotic_products.php
Dannon Activa, while containing live cultures, also has pretty awful sugars including fructose, corn starch, and modified corn starch. There are other questionable ingredients added for flavor and consistency. Like most other yogurts sold in your store, it also is pasteurized. All of these things lower Dannon Activa's nutritional value and all that sugar will definitely feed pathogenic microorganisms, like candida.
Yogurt -The most popular fermented food in the US is best when it is made with "live active cultures." Some yogurts on the market are "heat treated after culturing," and this causes them to lose two major health benefits:
(1) The heat treated or pasteurization process kills the lactase, which would have made the diary more digestible
(2) Heat treating also kills the live active cultures.
KEFIR: if you haven't heard of Kefir, you may want to begin making it. It is as simple as putting raw milk in a glass container and adding the starter.
Kefir - Kefir is still the leader in nutrition when compared to yogurt. While traditional recipes for yogurt contained live active cultures, the bacteria were transient beneficial bacteria (e.g., Streptococcus thermophilus and Lactobacillus bulgaricus). These do not colonize your colon. The bacteria and beneficial yeast in kefir can actually colonize the intestinal tract, and this makes all the difference in the world since it's one key reason you are eating this deliciously-sour fermented food.
Therefore, your body becomes more efficient in resisting such pathogens as E. coli and intestinal parasites.
The curd size of kefir is smaller than yogurt, making it easier to digest, which makes it a particularly excellent, nutritious food for babies, invalids and the elderly, as well as a remedy for digestive disorders.
http://www.bodyecology.com/07/05/10/mass-market_probiotic_products.php
Dannon Activa, while containing live cultures, also has pretty awful sugars including fructose, corn starch, and modified corn starch. There are other questionable ingredients added for flavor and consistency. Like most other yogurts sold in your store, it also is pasteurized. All of these things lower Dannon Activa's nutritional value and all that sugar will definitely feed pathogenic microorganisms, like candida.
Yogurt -The most popular fermented food in the US is best when it is made with "live active cultures." Some yogurts on the market are "heat treated after culturing," and this causes them to lose two major health benefits:
(1) The heat treated or pasteurization process kills the lactase, which would have made the diary more digestible
(2) Heat treating also kills the live active cultures.
KEFIR: if you haven't heard of Kefir, you may want to begin making it. It is as simple as putting raw milk in a glass container and adding the starter.
Kefir - Kefir is still the leader in nutrition when compared to yogurt. While traditional recipes for yogurt contained live active cultures, the bacteria were transient beneficial bacteria (e.g., Streptococcus thermophilus and Lactobacillus bulgaricus). These do not colonize your colon. The bacteria and beneficial yeast in kefir can actually colonize the intestinal tract, and this makes all the difference in the world since it's one key reason you are eating this deliciously-sour fermented food.
Therefore, your body becomes more efficient in resisting such pathogens as E. coli and intestinal parasites.
The curd size of kefir is smaller than yogurt, making it easier to digest, which makes it a particularly excellent, nutritious food for babies, invalids and the elderly, as well as a remedy for digestive disorders.
posted by Carolyn Miller at
7:38 AM
