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It is very difficult nowadays to have a choice of yoghurt that is not labelled probiotic and how marvellous it is for your gut. I did ask a Gastro consultant about this last year when I was in Hospital and her view was that if you eat a healthy diet then why would you waste money on these products? Your food will do the job better than these products are supposed to do.
Another article I found shares her views and says that eating right is best at keeping your good bacteria healthy, and you should prescribe the right combinations when people are ill. No one size fits all.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/168372.php
Last year there was an advert that was banned which suggested that actimel was scientifically proven to support our kid's defences and the advert was found to be misleading and broke rules in relation to evidence and accuracy in advertising,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8305918.stm
General health claims for probiotic drinks and yoghurts have been dismissed by a team of experts from the E.U.
We are still awaiting the outcome because 10 health claims were rejected and a further 170 had not provided enough evidence of their effect,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8286646.stm
....Are people buying them because they believe the health claims?
....Are they having a placebo effect and people think they are doing them good?
....Are people thinking that because some of these are expensive then they must be doing the job?
I would be interested in any comments please.
Another article I found shares her views and says that eating right is best at keeping your good bacteria healthy, and you should prescribe the right combinations when people are ill. No one size fits all.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/168372.php
Last year there was an advert that was banned which suggested that actimel was scientifically proven to support our kid's defences and the advert was found to be misleading and broke rules in relation to evidence and accuracy in advertising,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8305918.stm
General health claims for probiotic drinks and yoghurts have been dismissed by a team of experts from the E.U.
We are still awaiting the outcome because 10 health claims were rejected and a further 170 had not provided enough evidence of their effect,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8286646.stm
....Are people buying them because they believe the health claims?
....Are they having a placebo effect and people think they are doing them good?
....Are people thinking that because some of these are expensive then they must be doing the job?
I would be interested in any comments please.