What do the "live and active cultures" in yogurt do?


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They are lactobacillus which is a kind of bacteria that is beneficial to your gastroinestinal system. Usually we are are born with these bacteria in our guts. But as time goes on, and also due to anti-biotics medication, they grow less and less. Consuming the live and active cultures, we restore the amount of lactobacillus in our system.

It helps in our digestion and prevent gastroinstentinal problems like diarrhoea and keeps our guts healthy.

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thats what make it yogurt. they are enzymes.

the live and active cultures help you digest food better. They are useful bacteria such as Lactobacillus spp.
True they do produce enzymes, but the live and active cultures are bacteria. The enzymatic work of these bacteria help with the digestive processes.




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