Some bacteria are more resistant than others to this process. The yogurt are especially so, such as Lactobacillus casei.
Less than 0.1% of bacteria survive initial (1).
"" Improving defenses?
The slogan which promotes Actimel is that "improve your defenses." The human immune system is so complex that such a statement makes you smile to any medical specialist. (2) What defenses? Is the humoral system, the cellular immune system ..? What? And in this we are almost all lay people, weslip it in "defenses" fairly widespread popular gossip, and no one sounds weird.
Actual
A study published in the journal Nature
has shown that consumption of milk with this bacteria composicióny modulates metabolic activity of the bacteria, like bacteria traditional yogurt, but does not influence the immune system of consumers in any way. (3)
other words, the positive effect brought by the consumption of Actimel on "defense" is the same the other bacteria in traditional yogurts. That is, I negativo.
Referencias:
(1)
"Survival of a probiotic, Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota, in the gastrointestinal tract : Selective isolation from faeces and identification using monoclonal antibodies" , Yuki N, Watanabe K, Mike A, Tagami Y, Tanaka R, Ohwaki M, Morotomi M. Int. J. Food Microbiol , 1999 Apr 1;48(1):51-7 (2) Dr. Rabadán. Especialista en Nutrición Enteral y Parenteral.
(3)
"The effect of consumption of milk fermented by Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota on the intestinal microflora and immune parameters in humans
", Spanhaak S, Havenaar R, Schaafsma G. CHTM
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