Ruth...here is the registered dietician on my PD list who answers questions
or comments on various things....below she responds to the yogurt email I
just sent to you... where there is >>> that is the original comment and just
below that comment is Kathrynne's response...Joan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD" <
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 8:12 AM
Subject: Re: Yogourt Myth or medical fact?


> Anne Rutherford wrote:
> > The antibiotic destroys the bacteria that are making you sick, but it
> > also does a
> > number on the 'good' bacteria in your digestive system. Without the
> > 'good' bacteria
> > your digestive system is less effective,
> >  your recovery takes longer and you are likely to get sick again.
>
> Yes, that's 100% true -- although antibiotics may be necessary to fight
> some kinds of bacterial infections, they also destroy all the "friendly
> flora" throughout the rest of our systems.
>
> > So you eat yogourt-------- but not the regular kind because it doesn't
> > have the
> > right bacteria.
>
> Well, yogurt with active Lactobacillus Acidophilus cultures is needed.
> In the U.S. we have a brand "Stonyfield" that is considered especially
> good. But you just need to check the label to be sure the active culture
> is present.
>
> > To  put it bluntly "Am I talking through my hat?"
> > Are there any studies by reputable scientists ? (not dairy farmers)
>
> Yes, there is quite a lot of interest in, and research on, yogurt, for a
> variety of health benefits:
>
> Goldin BR. Health benefits of probiotics. Br J Nutr 1998
> Oct;80(4):S203-7
>
> Hatakka K, Savilahti E, Ponka A, Meurman JH, Poussa T, Nase
> L, Saxelin M, Korpela R. Effect of long term consumption of probiotic
> milk on infection in children attending day care centres: double
> blind, randomised trial. BMJ 2001;322:1-5. Full text free online at
> http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/322/7298/1327
>
> Bernet MF, Brassart D, Neeser JR, Servin AL. Lactobacillus acidophilus
> LA-1binds to cultured human intestinal cell lines and inhibits cell
> attachment and cell invasion by enterovirulent bacteria.  Gut 1994;
> 35:483-489.
> ` Hilton HD, Isenberg P, et al. Ingestion of yogurt containing
> Lactobacillus
> acidophilus is prophylaxis for candidal vaginitis. Ann. Int. Medicine
> 1992;116: 353-357.
> ` Pedrosa MC, Golner BB, Goldin BR, et al. Survival of yogurt-containing
> organisms and Lactobacillus gasseri (ADH) and their effect on bacterial
> enzyme activity in the gastrointestinal tract of healthy and
> hypochlorhyic
> elderly subjects. Am J Clin Nutr 1995;61:353-359.
> ` Roberfroid MG, Bornet F, Bouley C, Cummings JH. Colonic microflora:
> nutrition and health. Nutr Rev 1995;53:127-130.
> ` Schiffrin EJ, Rochat F, Link-Amster H, et al. Immunomodulation of
> human
> blood cells following the ingestion of lactic acid bacteria. J Dairy Sci
> 1995;78:491-497.
> ` Shalev E, Battino S, Weiner E, et al. Ingestion of yogurt containing
> Lactobacillus acidophilus compared with pasteurized yogurt as
> prophylaxis for
> recurrent candidial vaginitis and bacterial vaginosis. Arch Fam Med
> 1996;5:593-596.
>
> Best regards,
> Kathrynne
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD
> Author: "Eat well, stay well with Parkinson's disease"
> "Constipation and Parkinson's" --  audiocassette & guidebook
> "Guidelines for Medical Nutrition Therapy for Parkinson's
> disease" & Risk Assessment Tools
> "Risk for malnutrition and bone fracture in Parkinson's
> disease," J Nutr Elderly. V18:3;1999.
> http://www.nutritionucanlivewith.com/
>
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