http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3248875Oh my.
And wasn't yogurt during the '60s a hippie thing?
For the record, though, franksolich loves yogurt, any brand, and has never suffered any sort of intestinal distress in partaking of this fine cuisine.
Anyway.
This bonfire confirms franksolich's "Theory of Primitive Bowel Management;" that the primitives prefer to be clogged up, rather than unclogged.
DemoTex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Mon May-05-08 09:00 PM
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My doctor suspects the Activia yogurt ..
I have had borderline debilitating diarrhea for the past 12 days. There is a GI bug going around .. usually lasts 24-48 hours. I started eating Activia with fruit for breakfast three weeks ago. Doc thinks the Activia culture has exacerbated the garden-variety gastroenteritis that is going around. My brother (a MD) agrees.
Natch, the Activia (and other yogurt) diet stops. Damn. I do love yogurt and fresh fruit. But I have lost eight pounds in a little over a week. Not good. Thank goodness for ginger-ale and Gator-Aid.
Anyone else having problems with Activia?
BTW: I am over 60. Therefore, I am fully authorized to discuss these types of subjects any damn where I please. Fancy dinner parties at Repubs' swankiendas are my forum of choice.
babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Mon May-05-08 09:02 PM
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2. My m-i-l was just diagnosed as lactose-intolerant at the tender age of 77, and she had those symptoms. Just a thought if you like milk...
But no, I have never tried Activia.
Dorian Gray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Tue May-06-08 07:48 AM
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33. The cultures in yogurt are supposed to help with lactose issues. (I hate the tangy taste of yogurt, so I take pills that you can find refrigerated in health food stores.)
Anyhow, I hope the OP feels better soon. And it sucks to be diagnosed at SEVENTY-SEVEN, like your mother was, with lactose intolerance. (I had to cut our cheese and milk, until I started taking the cultures myself.)
lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Mon May-05-08 09:02 PM
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3. Dan Active or whatever that shit's call had me on thrown duty for about the same length of time.
Island Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Mon May-05-08 09:03 PM
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4. I had a similar experience with Activia.
Not fun.
DemoTex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Mon May-05-08 09:20 PM
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10. My lower G-I tract sounds like Grand Central Station .. in stereo!
With all the trains pulling in (or out, as the case may be) at the same time. Whooo! Whooo! Tooot! Tooot!
sparosnare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Mon May-05-08 09:04 PM
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5. Here's the thing.
If you are healthy and have no digestive problems, there is no reason to eat Activia. Your intestines have a natural flora of bacteria. Activia contains probiotics, or bacteria similar to what's already in your gut so you quite simply may have built up too much and it upset your system. Regular yogurt should be OK to eat though.
ladywnch Donating Member (602 posts) Mon May-05-08 09:09 PM
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6. i give it to my dog with his food to help with his gas and bad breath.
it works perfectly for him.
DemoTex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Mon May-05-08 09:15 PM
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7. That is EXACTLY what my brother said!
Funny. I've had gas (oh! harness that energy!) and breath that smells like a week-old-dead-snake-in-the-Texas-sun for the past 12 miserable days!
The dumbotex primitive is bouncing.
A snake dead for a whole week under the sun of Texas doesn't stink; in fact, it's nearly all gone by then, and dried up.
The primitives and sub-primitives briefly discuss the benefits of yogurtizing one's pet dogs, and then this:
Hekate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Mon May-05-08 09:39 PM
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18. Activia is just another way to muck up plain healthy yogurt. Trader Joe's yog has bifidus in it too.
I never bought Activia because it smells like a marketing gimmick to me. Trader Joe's sells about the best yogurt I've had in this country -- probably because they make it with whole milk, which tastes sweeter than most skim milks. No need for them to add sugar to cover up the sour skim milk flavor.
The ingredients in TJ's "French Village Cream Line Yogurt" are Milk, Pectin (a thickener from fruit), and the following living cultures -- S. Thermophilis, L. Bulgaricus, L. Acidopholus, and Bifidus. It has Bifidus and they never advertise, so no surprise it's a lot less expensive.
It's called Cream Line because it's not homogenized -- the cream rises to the top. I skim it off to reduce the fat content of the yogurt, and then freeze the yogurt-cream for later use. When whipped it tastes a bit like creme fraiche, with just a little tang, so it goes great on berries or in recipes like Stroganoff.
I'm surprised at the reaction some people are having, but I would suggest that you go slow if you are not accustomed to yogurt or suspect a milk intolerance. Often yogurt in small doses can be eaten by the lactose intolerant because the bacteria have a head start on digesting it.
For most people 1/4 cup daily of plain yogurt gives a healthy boost to the gut, and when taking antibiotics that kill off the healthy bacteria in the gut, eat little at each meal and bedtime to keep from getting a yeast infection or the runs.
Thanks for the info on Activia. I'm glad I never tried it.
Then the ughphewugh primitive makes a startling revelation:
OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Mon May-05-08 09:41 PM
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19. I've boycotted Danon for years now since I discovered they use dead beetles to color their strawberry and cherry flavors.
Dorian Gray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Tue May-06-08 07:51 AM
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34. That's a regular red coloring...
almost any unnaturally red food is colored with the same thing.
Then the primitives and sub-primitives go on their usual customary standard America-bashing song-and-dance, alleging the superiority of non-American yogurt over American yogurt.
franksolich by the way has tasted Armenian and Greek yogurts; they were okay, nothing to shake a boot at.
roody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Tue May-06-08 12:47 AM
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27. Dairy products and fruit are not a good food combination.
I dunno.
MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Tue May-06-08 07:35 AM
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32. I've been eating that yogurt and have had no problems at all. I eat it not because of any intestinal problems, but because I think it's the yummiest yogurt I've had in years.
