Grove Wellness Clinic - Monika Becker H.P.

During the past few years, there has been a lot of advertising for "pro-biotic" yoghurts and yoghurt drinks which are supposed to improve digestion and support the immune system. Scientists at the University in Vienna/Austria wanted to find out what's behind all this and carried out tests to compare the effects of pro-biotic products with normal,  natural "life" yoghurt. The tests were carried out with a group of women. Half of the women had one or two portions of the more expensive, pro-biotic yoghurt every day, over a period of one month. The other half ate normal yoghurt. When the month was over, the researchers analysed certain immune system parameters of the participating women and found that both varieties of yoghurt had influenced the immune defense in a positive way. There was no significant difference in the effect of the two varieties, so there is no reason to buy the more expensive pro-biotic yoghurts, most of which contain sugar. Sugar can aid the growth of Candida, an intestinal fungus which can cause all sorts of problems.