Probiotics Foods Vs. Supplements

Probiotics is another name for the beneficial bacteria that should be living in everyone's digestive system. Unfortunately, antibiotics destroy the normal flora in the digestive tract.

Probiotic Names

• Other names of probiotics include normal flora, good bacteria and beneficial cultures and consist of the bacteria Streptococcus thermophilus, Lactobacillus or Bifidobacterium.

Formats Of Probiotics

• Probiotics can also be found in yogurt or in supplemental tablets and capsules under the name Acidophilus or L. casei.

Natural Absorption

• A study done at Division of Human Nutrition at the University of Milan, Italy, showed that natural foods, such as orange juice fed and healed the body better than Vitamin C tablets alone. The same is true for other natural foods such as yogurt vs. Acidophilus tablets.

Benefits of Natural Methods

• Buying yogurt is less expensive. The probiotics in yogurt are live cultures making them more effective. Still, there are capsule forms of probiotics that have living bacteria in them and must be refrigerated to maintain viability.

No Heat or Sugar Wanted

• The best yogurt is the one with the least amount of added sugar and hasn't been heat-treated after fermentation.

False Advertising

• The refrigerated capsule forms with the desired amount might be a better route for the needful patient, as yogurt labeling sometimes proclaims more probiotics than it actually contains.