WOW, you must have some really potent capsules...
>>>No, I purchase the capsules because one capsule equals make 3 gallons of yogurt, and there’s no way I could eat that much yogurt at one setting.<<<
3,785 g. per gallon @ 100+ million per gram in normally cultured yogurt = 378,500,000,000 X 3 gallons = 1.1355 Trillion per capsule.
I guess I get concerned when places like BMJ medical journals print things like:
“Probiotic” remedies are not what they seem
“Probiotics,” usually called “acidophilus,” are claimed to contain “friendly” intestinal lactic bacteria, regular consumption of which confers health benefits.1 As a previous report showed that dietary products sold in the United States as containing Lactobacillus acidophilus either contained no viable lactobacilli or contained organisms other than L acidophilus,2 we investigated the microbiological content of 13 brands of probiotics bought over the counter
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/312/7022/55/c
At least when I culture my own, I know it is viable and since I have a measure of activity by how well it cultures, I think I would stick to that.
The other concern would be how beneficial would it be if it is not including enough nutrients to feed the bacteria when you take them all at once. Being Lactobacteria, lactic acid would be a prerequisite. Wouldn’t overdose cause a deficit in nutrients in the intestine?
Just my take on things... If it works for you, that is fantastic.
Mine are refrigerated, claim to be laboratory tested and says on the front ‘5 billion cpu/g’ .... however, although I am certain that these DO contain significant amounts of acidophilus, I have never read anywhere that they can create a deficiency ... so although I use them infrequently, I’m not going to take any more of them, THANKS for sharing your knowledge about such things.