My hubby's favorite is the most commercialized cultured milk drink (marketed as Yakult) which has that same tag line, 'with lactobacilli shirota strain', and 'okay ka ba tiyan'.
I fervently told him that Lactobacilli is a normal flora of the human body (normal flora means common and harmless bacteria that dwell in the human body provided that a balance is constant and undistubed). In fact, (knowing his most gullible nature) The vagina is but the best place to find them. He literally almost threw up as I said this.
"So ibig sabihin ang dami dami pe*-pe* pinanggaling ng isang bote ng yakult! Yuck! Ayoko na! Nakakadire pala ito, bakit pinapainom mo pa sa akin!"
To clear things up, Lactobacilli are bacteria that normally lives in the GUT (Gastrointestinal tract) and the Vagina. The scientific name is Lactobacillus acidophilus. As the name implies, acidophilus meaning it produces a lot of acid. Lactobacillus acidophilus is generally considered to be beneficial because it produces vitamin K, lactase, and anti-microbial substances such as acidolin, acidolphilin, lactocidin, and bacteriocin. What are these craps? Vitamin K is needless to say a vitamin, that produces blood clotting factors; we need these bloot clotting factors to stop bleeding from a cut or any wound. Lactose is a form of complex sugar that cannot be used by the human body unless broken down into simplest forms as done by the enzyme lactase; all the rest mentioned are antibacterial that help our body to guard against infection.
How does it help us in digesting the food we just ate? Lactobacillus are considered to be probiotics. Probiotics are products aimed at delivering living bacterial cells to the gut ecosystem of humans and other animals. As these probiotics are delivered into the gut, they help bring the gut into the its best functioning. Thus we normally performs the mass movements of absorption and excretion helping us rid ourselves of unecessary wastes.
In the same light, in the vagina, the pH is maintained at low levels by these microorganisms. This acidic environment creates a good barrier from infection such as bacterial vaginosis. This is also the same rationale behind those vaginal wash such ast lactic acid (marketed as lactacyd) heavily commercialized in our country to date. Needless to say, we really don't need this vaginal wash because we already have a built in normal flora to assists us in our needs.
I was laughing so hard, I almost fell from where I was. I even told a friend and fellow doctor of our encounter. He remarked "Go make fun of me, I'll have my sweet revenge".
Let us wait for my hubby's sweet revenge. ( I really love him, and his imperfections makes me wanna fall in love with him again, one day after another).
I fervently told him that Lactobacilli is a normal flora of the human body (normal flora means common and harmless bacteria that dwell in the human body provided that a balance is constant and undistubed). In fact, (knowing his most gullible nature) The vagina is but the best place to find them. He literally almost threw up as I said this.
"So ibig sabihin ang dami dami pe*-pe* pinanggaling ng isang bote ng yakult! Yuck! Ayoko na! Nakakadire pala ito, bakit pinapainom mo pa sa akin!"
To clear things up, Lactobacilli are bacteria that normally lives in the GUT (Gastrointestinal tract) and the Vagina. The scientific name is Lactobacillus acidophilus. As the name implies, acidophilus meaning it produces a lot of acid. Lactobacillus acidophilus is generally considered to be beneficial because it produces vitamin K, lactase, and anti-microbial substances such as acidolin, acidolphilin, lactocidin, and bacteriocin. What are these craps? Vitamin K is needless to say a vitamin, that produces blood clotting factors; we need these bloot clotting factors to stop bleeding from a cut or any wound. Lactose is a form of complex sugar that cannot be used by the human body unless broken down into simplest forms as done by the enzyme lactase; all the rest mentioned are antibacterial that help our body to guard against infection.
How does it help us in digesting the food we just ate? Lactobacillus are considered to be probiotics. Probiotics are products aimed at delivering living bacterial cells to the gut ecosystem of humans and other animals. As these probiotics are delivered into the gut, they help bring the gut into the its best functioning. Thus we normally performs the mass movements of absorption and excretion helping us rid ourselves of unecessary wastes.
In the same light, in the vagina, the pH is maintained at low levels by these microorganisms. This acidic environment creates a good barrier from infection such as bacterial vaginosis. This is also the same rationale behind those vaginal wash such ast lactic acid (marketed as lactacyd) heavily commercialized in our country to date. Needless to say, we really don't need this vaginal wash because we already have a built in normal flora to assists us in our needs.
I was laughing so hard, I almost fell from where I was. I even told a friend and fellow doctor of our encounter. He remarked "Go make fun of me, I'll have my sweet revenge".
Let us wait for my hubby's sweet revenge. ( I really love him, and his imperfections makes me wanna fall in love with him again, one day after another).
YUCKult it is..=)) wait for my sweet revenge..:P suggestion for your next blog. "Yakult alternative vaginal wash" pwede!!! aheheh..
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