If you are thinking of eating probiotic foods because you have regularity problems, get frequent colds, take antibiotics or travel internationally, look for products that have been tested and shown effective for those conditions, says probiotics expert Mary Ellen Sanders.
You can find various strains of probiotics in yogurt, kefir, Crystal Light, Post LiveActive cereals, Kraft cheese, Breakstone’s and Knudsen cottage cheese, Attune Wellness Bars, Activia yogurt, GoodBelly juice and DanActive dairy drink, to name a few. If you are unsure whether a product contains the right bacteria for you, check its website or call the company and ask, says Sanders.
For more information, visit these websites:
: a nonprofit site developed by Sanders with funding from the dairy industry
: part of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, part of the National Institutes of Health
: The Foundation for Digestive Health and Nutrition
: Information from the American College of Gastroenterology
Kristen Browning-Blas
