Don't Believe the Hype!  Mass-Market Yogurt

Products Are NOT As Healthy As You Think!

all yogurts start out with"active cultures", but few end up with them!

most yogurt brands are heat processed!

most yogurts contains loads of sugar!

Probiotic means "for life" and they do indeed have some important life giving qualities.  Probiotics are the healthy microflora (beneficial bacteria and yeast) that keep you healthy and strong. With enough of them in your intestines, they can boost your immunity, keep you looking beautiful and help you digest foods.

Not all probiotics are created equal. In fact, some studies have found that only half of all probiotic products actually have the healthy bacteria listed on their labels.

Here are 3 key problems with many probiotic products on the market:

Not potent - 50% of products do not contain the healthy bacteria that they claim. Even those that do may not have the right mix of healthy microflora to repopulate your inner ecosystem.

Not effective - Many probiotic products (including supplements) are not prepared in a way that allows the most beneficial bacteria and yeast to thrive in your digestive system. Harsh stomach acids can kill probiotics, and if they do survive stomach acid they may not be the kind of probiotics that recolonize your inner ecosystem.

Not natural - Too many probiotic products are processed, removing much of the benefits of whole food. Additionally, they may contain ingredients that are harmful to your health, like sugar. While microflora use up sugar for fuel, too much sugar in any product has harmful affects to your health.

Whenever you look at a probiotic product, you should want to know whether it will build a healthy inner ecosystem thriving with friendly microflora without feeding pathogenic bacteria and yeast.

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:

The heat treated or pasteurization process kills the lactase, which would have made the diary more digestible.

Heat treating also kills the live active cultures.

Additionally, if the label shows less protein and more sugar or stabilizers, the yogurt is lower in nutritional value. Many brands of yogurt on the market today are more like processed desserts than beneficial yogurt.

Mass-Market so-called probiotic yogurts, while containing live cultures, also have terrible 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 nutritional value and all that sugar will definitely feed pathogenic microorganisms, like candida.