Do probiotic drinks contain more "live friendly bacteria" than yogurt does?

Asda probiotic raspberry and cranberry drink is an excellent value and offers solid probiotic benefits. GoodBelly Probiotic Fruit Drink has 20 billion probiotic cultures per serving, a truly impressive amount.

A typical 8 oz. of live culture yogurt has about 9-10 billion live yogurt cultures, not nearly as much as probiotic drinks.

These drinks are better than yogurt simply because they normally contain more friendly bacteria. When choosing a drink look for products that contain bifidobacteria and lactobacilli, they work better together.

Watch for the amount of sugar though, some drinks are 10-30 percent sugar, which really defeats the purpose of this healthy beverage.

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Homemade Drinkable Yogurt

Probiotic beverages like Asda or Goodbelly tend to be expensive, especially if you want to drink one daily.

Here is how you can make your own inexpensive drinkable yogurt. If you are making your own homemade yogurt this quick drinkable snack is only pennies a cup.

Combine 2 cups of any yogurt (low fat, fat-free, sugar free, any kind!) with enough milk to smooth it out and shake a few times. If you are using plain yogurt, blend in healthy sweetners or fresh fruit to flavor it.

Add more milk to get desired consistency. Serve or store in refrigerator. You can also freeze this drinkable yogurt to make nutritious popsicles.

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Other Probiotic-Rich Drinks

If you don't want to buy expensive probiotic drinks or make your own drinkable yogurt, there are other ways to get your probiotics. One of the easist ways, besides taking a supplement, is to make cultured drinks like kefir.

Kefir is super easy to make simply add kefir grains to a glass of milk and let set at room temperature for 6-8 hours.

• Kefir milk as is or used to make smoothies
• Non-dairy kefir drinks
• Kefir soda

Kefir grains are typically added to milk, but they can also be used with non-dairy drinks like rice milk, soy milk, almond milk, coconut milk or even water.

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Using water with kefir grains makes a refreshing beverage that is similiar to soda and can be flavored with ginger, citrus, sasaparrilla or just about any other flavor you can dream up. Using italian syrups to make an italian soda type drink is delicious, although very sugary.

The possiblilites are truly endless when it comes to this nourishing beverage. I highly recommend trying kefir grains for yourself. You'll be amazed at how easy it is and you won't have to pay big bucks for a delicious probiotic drink.

Actually, there are a couple more advantages I can think of:

• Your homemade probiotic drink made with kefir can be raw, organic and so much fresher than a pasturized drink from the grocery store.
• You can use healthy sweetners or fresh fruit to make your homemade drink even better for you.
• You'll also avoid any artifical colorings or preservatives.

Sound's good huh? Well, try it for yourself and let me know what you think.

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