Saturday, April 24, 2010

Do bacteria die when you eat them?

Do bacteria die when you eat them? Like bacteria on food.

Do bacteria die when you eat them?
Fat chance, in other words no they do not.
Reply:Not sure,but they can live inside you.
Reply:it would defeat the purpose of having live active cultures in your yogurt.





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Live and active cultures refer to the living organisms Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus. Researchers around the world are studying the potential attributes of live and active culture yogurt in preventing gastrointestinal infections, boosting the body's immune system, fighting certain types of cancer and preventing osteoporosis.


http://www.aboutyogurt.com/lacYogurt/fac...
Reply:umm no, in fact your digestive system is an ideal place for bacteria to live and reproduce. It is dark, warm, and wet. Granted, the HCl acid in your stomach might kill some of the bacteria, but not always...in order to insure that you dont eat bacteria you might want to cook all of your food thouroughly and make sure you use clean utinsels and wash your hands when preparing and cooking the food.
Reply:It depends on the type of bacteria. Salivary secretions contain an enzyme called lysozyme which cleaves the peptidoglycan of the bacterial cell wall. Hence gram positive cells are more affected by the action of this enzyme. Also the stomach has a very acidi (low pH) environment that not many bacteria can survive in. One bacteria that is known to survive in the stomach is Helicobacter pylori which is the bacteria correlated with stomach ulcers. So yes, some bacteria are killed when ingested while some are not.
Reply:Some of them died, some of the didn't.


Our saliva contains several hydrolytic enzime that can digest bacteria, but some bacteria form a capsule that make it hard to digest.


Also, acids in your digestion organ can kill several type of bacteria while the others aren't effected cause they're resistant to acids.


Well, be careful when you eat something.
Reply:not all of them of course but most of them cannot live in the gastric acidity . on the other hand other bacteria , like helicobacter pylori,can live even in the high acidity of the stomach
Reply:sum do and sum don't. It depends what bacteria it is. If it is harmful bacteria then it will stay in your body and give you an infection
Reply:no, of they did then you would never get sick!!





they can live through the stomache acids and digestive system!


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