Linda Ohr

Linda Milo Ohr

Both prebiotics and probiotics benefit intestinal health as well as immunity. Although they do not receive as much consumer attention as other nutritional ingredients like soy and antioxidants, both prebiotics and probiotics have broken into mainstream products, like yogurt.

Activia yogurt has been shown to help naturally regulate the digestive system in two weeks, when eaten daily as part of a healthy and balanced diet.Evidence of the growing consumer awareness and appeal of these prebiotics and probiotics is the fact that as ingredients, they have stepped out of the dairy realm into products such as juices and snacks.

Probiotic Popularity…

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Linda Milo Ohr is a food scientist and writer based in Highlands Ranch, Colo. ([email protected]).
Linda Ohr