To clarify: Whenever you see yogurt being used in research, you know it is being funded by someone--usually Danone. And, yeah, the message they want us to get is--eat more yogurt. If folks are smart enough to recognize that processed, pasteurized cow milk yogurt is not healthy food to begin with, then the message reveals itself. No, we cannot heal our guts with yogurt or pbx or anything else sold in a package--we can heal our guts by refusing to ingest industrialized "food", demanding it be removed from the marketplace and living in harmony w the microbiota that inhabit our inner and outer worlds. We likely will need to use supplements to support the healing process, but food, real food has to be the take-away message. And in spite of the attempt to cash in on the emerging research on gut flora by Danone, the brain-gut axis needs our attention. Jennifer Tow, IBCLC, USA & France Intuitive Parenting Network, LLC Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 20:06:26 -0400 From: "Jennifer Tow, IBCLC" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Changing gut bacteria through diet affects brain function, UCLA study shows We need to heal the gut...especially the maternal gut: "There are studies showing that what we eat can alter the composition and products of the gut flora — in particular, that people with high-vegetable, fiber-based diets have a different composition of their microbiota, or gut environment, than people who eat the more typical Western diet that is high in fat and carbohydrates," Mayer said. "Now we know that this has an effect not only on the metabolism but also affects brain function." http://www.uclahealth.org/body.cfm?id=403&action=detail&ref=2191 Jennifer Tow, IBCLC, USA & France Intuitive Parenting Network, LLC *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome