Bowel Acidy and Probiotics

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Sorry for the cross-post, but this is so good:

Hello ,

I hope you don't mind be sticking my nose in this thread meant for .

Thanks to Dean, a list member who posted an interesting article regarding

kefir (well a commercial kefir anyways), which part of that research

involved pH level readings of volunteers before and after taking kefir.

It was revealed that kefir lowers the pH of fecal matter by app. .3 of a pH.

Note that when talking about pH, there are different crucial pH levels to

be maintained in different organs of the body, and within different areas of

some organs (e.g. the stomach).

I believe that maintaining a slightly acidic pH in the large bowel e.g., is

a good thing. This slightly acidic environment is known to be unfavourable

for C. albicans e.g. on the other hand, favourable for Lactic acid bacteria

and friendly yeasts.

Breast-fed babies have an acid pH of their fecal matter, Formula fed have an

alkaline pH.

Bewell,

Dom