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Something in Your Food is Moving

Posted by timothy on from the go-ahead-ingest-a-colony dept.

Dekortage writes "The New York Times has a report on probiotic food: food that has live bacteria in it. From the article: "[for Dannon's] Activia, a line of yogurt with special live bacteria that are marketed as aiding regularity, sales in United States stores have soared well past the $100 million mark.... Probiotics in food are part of a larger trend toward 'functional foods,' which stress their ability to deliver benefits that have traditionally been the realm of medicine or dietary supplements.""

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  1. Patent infringement? by Average_Joe_Sixpack · · Score: 5, Funny

    Activia, a line of yogurt with special live bacteria that are marketed as aiding regularity

    Taco Bell should sue them for patent infringement.

    1. Re:Patent infringement? by EmagGeek · · Score: 5, Funny

      They said "aiding regularity," not "forcibly exploding your colon out through your asshole."

    2. Re:Patent infringement? by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 3, Funny

      What's the difference? Everything ends up in the toliet bowl of life...

    3. Re:Patent infringement? by JanneM · · Score: 5, Funny

      They said "aiding regularity," not "forcibly exploding your colon out through your asshole."

      Well, if it bursts out on the hour, every hour...

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  2. Activia by ShaunC · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've been eating Activia for breakfast every morning for probably 6 months, and haven't really noticed that it's doing any good in the gastro department. Maybe if I quit having vodka for dinner...

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    1. Re:Activia by Rei · · Score: 3, Funny

      I think that's common knowledge. There's an old joke that goes something like:

      "Q: What's the difference between (city-you-hate) and yoghurt?

      A: Yoghurt has an active, living culture."

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  3. I support probiotic foods by brother_b · · Score: 5, Funny

    In fact, I consume a good quantity of it on a regular basis. This is assuming that bottle-conditioned unfiltered beer counts.

    Man, live yeast really gives you gas of doom, though.

  4. Re:Mmmmm bugs by AutopsyReport · · Score: 5, Funny

    I love that sensation of the probiotics crawling down my throat!

    If I only I could get my wife to say the same thing.

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  5. Re:Mmmmm bugs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can get your wife to say it.

  6. Re:Let's not make this a "craze" for marketing's s by pryonic · · Score: 4, Funny

    Actually, has anyone seen my organic ?

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  7. You call it Old Faithful by theshowmecanuck · · Score: 5, Funny

    You call it 'Old Faithful' and tourists come to watch.

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  8. Re:Old news by KDR_11k · · Score: 3, Funny

    You're not supposed to eat the stuff Dibbler sells.

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  9. Re:Testing by Johnny5000 · · Score: 3, Funny

    The sugar in milk is lactose and it is found only in the milk of mammals.

    Mammal milk you say? As opposed to what, bird milk?

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