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Yoghurt Can Get You Going
January 16, 2008 at 5:58 PM
Diet & Nutrition News
Probiotics are dietary supplements containing potentially beneficial bacteria or yeasts, which play an important part in a person’s metabolism.
This study is the first of its kind to look into how probiotics change the biochemistry of bugs known as gut microbes, which live in the gut and which play an important part in a person’s metabolic makeup
It was conducted using a mice model where the mice, transplanted with human gut microbes were given two different types of probiotic drink.
Probiotics contain so-called ‘friendly’ bacteria can help the digestive system.
The findings revealed that the treatment had a whole range of biochemical effects that changed the structure of the bugs in the gut. They also found that probiotics could influence the way in which bile acids, made by the liver and their primary function is to emulsify fats in the upper gut, were also metabolised, which meant that they could change how much fat the body is able to absorb.
“Understanding changes in the molecular events triggered by the so-called beneficial bacteria in the host metabolism is an important prerequisite in our efforts to develop customized nutritional solutions to maintain and/or enhance our consumer’s health and wellness at an individual level, said Dr
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01/16/2008
i received an email telling that yogurt is more dangerous than butter and the yogurt is marketed by the inventor company to recover money spent in the research forgetting the health hazards associated with yogurt conviniently. whats yr comment ?
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