Activia yogurt is a brand of Dannon products that promotes the use of probiotics for digestive health. Activia contains live and active cultures that are also found in your colon that may help regulate and treat diarrhea. According to AskDrSears.com, eating yogurt can help shorten the duration and severity of diarrhea. If you decide that you want to eat Activia yogurt to help with diarrhea, talk with your doctor first. Diarrhea may be a sign of a more serious condition that will need to be assessed by your doctor.
Diarrhea
Diarrhea is a not a condition, but rather a symptom that results from a condition. Diarrhea is common for most people at some times during their lives. It is marked by frequent, loose watery stools. Diarrhea can quickly lead to dehydration and other complications if not treated. Diarrhea is commonly the result of food intolerances, stomach flu, food poisoning, food allergies or irritable bowel syndrome. Occasional bouts of diarrhea after eating greasy or fatty foods are normal. Call your doctor if you develop diarrhea that lasts for more than three days or you experience diarrhea on regular basis.
Activia
According to Activia.com, Activia can help regulate your digestion when eaten in combination with a well-balanced diet and healthy lifestyle. Activia contains the live culture Bifdus Regularis, which unlike other foods, isn't absorbed by the body in the small intestines. The culture makes its way into the large intestine, or the colon, where it helps restore and promote more probiotics in your colon. Activia.com recommends eating a 4-ounce serving to help regulate your digestive system.
Yogurt
Yogurt is considered a soft food commonly recommended to eat in combination with white rice, bananas, applesauce and white bread (toast) -- the B.R.A.T. diet -- to treat diarrhea. Most causes of diarrhea have no cure, aside from modifying your diet and getting rest. Yogurt and other foods are considered "binding" -- they can help promote solid stools. Yogurt helps heal the damaged lining of the intestinal wall from infectious organisms, and also helps boost the amount of white blood cells produced by your body to fight off infectious diseases.
Consideration
If you are allergic to milk or other ingredients found in Activia yogurt, you should not eat it. Most people who are lactose intolerant can tolerate one serving of Activia yogurt because the live cultures convert the lactose into lactic acid.
Activia yogurt promotes the use of the probiotic Bifidus Regularis, a common bacteria found in most yogurts. Dannon invented the word "regularis" to imply regularity for marketing the yogurt. The actual term "regularis" is trademarked by Dannon.
