Health Tip:

Don’t blend your yogurt into your smoothie -gently stir it in

When making your smoothies if you plan on adding yogurt or kefir to get the benefit of those wonderful pro-biotics – make sure that you blend your drink first then gently stir in your yogurt or kefir at the end. The action of the blender kills many of those live cultures.

Antibiotics were a wonderful medical breakthrough that has saved countless thousands of lives. However, taking broad spectrum antibiotics for colds and flu indiscriminately kill all types of bacteria they come in contact with. This means the good bacteria in our gut that aids in health and digestion die too. Research suggests that it can take up to five years for our systems to come back into balance after using antibiotics. That is where the acidophilus in yogurt and kefir products may help bring our digestive systems back in order.