[Mb-civic] Probiotis and Prebiotics

[Harold Sifton]

FYI my MB Friends


I attended a meeting today in which Dr Gregor Reid spoke on Probiotics and Prebiotics, he has Chaired the UN and WHO working groups

His Bio

http://www.lhsc.on.ca/uwo/urology/reid.htm

He referred us to the below site for some current info, his site  http://www.crdc-probiotics.ca/   in his own words is a little dated re time to update.

http://www.isapp.net/index.html

The chat was about good bacteria in your body which helps your well being and how most products out there are redundant. 

i.e. the only good/productive yogurt is by Danone "Activia" Live B.L. Active Culture, the rest are just a marketed food product with no beneficial substance, as is most so called health and mass marketed food products in the Canadian distribution system. (He is not promoting Danone, has no shares etc, just sighting scientific study)

He sited Finland and Denmark as leaders in Probiotics and Prebiotics food manufacturing, which reduces toxicity to the bowel, intestine and promotes healthy bacteria to fight disease

Dr Reid has written over 200 recognised papers

Google/Ask Jeeves or better yet Copernic him for more info. 

http://metaresults.copernic.com/_1_2951T5W044C8WFR__copern.light/search/web/dr.%2Bgregor%2Breid

Copernic is a great search engine. Basic Copernic is free, in-depth is subscription

Point being, something pro-health to look into.

Later H



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