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by Grandma Roses - my avatar is my real dog on October 12th, 2005

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If I eat yogurt and drink coffee, will the heat from the coffee destroy the beneficial bacteria in the yogurt?

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  • by scymitar72 on October 12th, 2005

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    The coffee won't kill the bacteria, but your stomach acids will! Here is an excerpt from:

    http://www.horselanguage.com/probiotics.html

    "It is often difficult to obtain beneficial bacteria in foods alone. And even if live bacteria are present, you'd have to eat a lot of yogurt to consume enough bacteria to achieve an effect, especially considering the following:

    - Due to pasteurization, most popular brands of yogurt do not contain live cultures.

    - Laboratory tests of various cultured milk products have shown that the bacterial strains that are supposed to be there often are not present or are present in very low levels.

    - Cooked foods do not contain live organisms. All cultured dairy products should be eaten raw to take advantage of any probiotic benefits.

    - Beneficial bacteria cannot survive the acidic environment of the stomach. Therefore few live organisms make it to the intestines to exert their beneficial effects."

    If you're looking for the beneficial effects of the bacterial that's found in yogurt, try enteric coated acidophilus tablets. This is the advice my doctor gave me, but you might want to seek the advice of your health care provider as you and I probably have different medical profiles. Below is a link to information about this OTC treatment:

    http://www.adam.com/democontent/IMCAccess/ConsSupplements/Lactobacillusacidophiluscs.html

    As with any medical treatment you're considering, please seek the advice of a health care professional :-)

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