You’ve probably heard by now that probiotics, or acidophilus, which is a friendly bacteria that your colon and digestive tract needs to stay healthy, gas free and working at optimal levels to rid the body of waste and also to fully and properly digest your foods, are available in supplement form.  But acipophilus, or active cultures, are also found in a food that you can enjoy on a regular basis that also happens to be good for you. It has calcium and protein, and it can be very low calorie if you buy the light version.  It’s yogurt, and yogurt has enjoyed an immense hike in popularity since it became known that these active cultures are beneficial to your digestion.

Not only are they popular, but there are now even yogurts that are specifically geared toward colon health and digestive aids, like Yoplait’s probiotic yogurst and Dannon’s Activia, which is probably the most popular, and I believe also the first “probiotic” yogurt on the scene that actually advertised as being one that was good for digestive health and rectifying constipation.  Many people who were chronically constipated and had a lot of gas say that they’ve gotten relief from eating these types of yogurts in a matter of weeks, and are swearing by it to keep them regular from now on.

I’ve actually tried the Activia before, and had good results.  In fact, the results were so good that I felt the effects within a half hour after eating it . I felt my stomach gurgling and digesting away, like something was happening in there.  I’ve had problems with constipation and IBS my whole life, so it was nice to find a product that specifically addressed colon health all together and not just constipation or colon cleansing by itself.

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