Is Yogurt the Best Probiotic Food?

Is eating yogurt the best way to provide your body with probiotics?

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Not really. You see, the bacteria in yogurt aren’t alive. They get killed in the stomach.

Plus, there are limited strains of microbes in yogurt. Sometimes there are just two or three strains of microbes, and if you’re lucky, you might get up to five or six strains.

This article will explain why yogurt may not be the best source of probiotics and give you five better foods.

What does CFU mean in a probiotic?

The way that they rate these microbes is by a unit called CFU. CFU is an acronym for colony-forming units. Regular yogurt usually has about 3.6 CFUs, but there’s a small problem. Most yogurt in the stores is pasteurized. These microbes cannot survive the heat. So, you’re consuming dead bacteria with lactose (sugar). Remember, many people are lactose intolerant, so they have digestive issues.

There are also casein allergies. Casein is the protein in milk. Many people are sensitive to casein as well. Another problem would be the amount of added sugar present in yogurt.

Of course, there are some yogurts out there that are way better than others –Bulgarian yogurt is a good example. But the conventional yogurts won’t give you the adequate number…