Title: Heard the advice to eat yogurt when taking antibiotics? | Center for Science in the Public Interest
Headings: Heard the advice to eat yogurt when taking antibiotics?
Heard the advice to eat yogurt when taking antibiotics?
There’s something else that has better evidence.
What’s in yogurt.
The one study came up empty.
What else to take?
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Content: The Answer: No. What’s in yogurt. Yogurt is made by adding two bacteria ( Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus) to milk. The bacteria break down the milk’s sugar (lactose) into lactic acid, which makes the yogurt more digestible for those with lactose intolerance and gives yogurt its tart flavor. Many people, including doctors, believe that these bacteria also can replenish your gut with healthy bacteria after you take antibiotics. That would make them probiotics. But the evidence suggests otherwise. To be a probiotic and change the balance of microorganisms in the large intestine, bacteria first have to survive the strong acid of the stomach and then the disruptive bile salts of the small intestine in order to reach the large intestine intact. Most bacteria don’t make it through this gauntlet.