Does Yoghurt, Cheese and Milk consumption reduce gut gram negative bacteria and toxic plasma bacterial lipopolysaccharides?
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2 Answers
Dr Chisom
As a paediatrician in Nigeria, we certainly use probiotics such as Floranorm in managing gastroenteritis in children, based on the principle that Floranorm, which contains non-pathogenic organisms, will populate the gut and compete with pathogens. I have also published a case report on how yoghurt can be used to address dental caries, and in the course of that work, I came across articles suggesting that yoghurt may also help address certain diseases. On that note, yoghurt may help reduce gut Gram-negative bacteria and toxic plasma bacterial lipopolysaccharides if we apply the same principle. Cheese may confer some benefit if it contains live cultures, but plain milk most likely will not.
Ritesh Mishra