Saved, er, Assisted by DanActive Probiotics!

I got sick last week. I'm not sick very often, and this was a rather slow-moving intestinal bug that hit me with fever, body aches and plumbing problems. I starved it out, drinking lots of water and waiting for everything to settle down. Then I bought a four-pack of DanActive at the grocery store (Dannon originally called it Actimel in Europe, and had imported it here for a while to select stores like the Whole Foods Market). I drank a couple of these rather expensive probiotic cocktails for two days straight. I also ate a lot of regular yogurt once my stomach could tolerate it.

A week later, things are pretty much back to normal, and I suppose I have a new crop of intestinal flora! I'm continuing to kick back a DanActive every day, just to be sure. With our food supply coming from so many places now, and so much of it undergoing pre-prep (I'm thinking, for instance, of precut, bagged carrots and salad -- and I can't forget that Campylobacter bacteria are present in up to 88% of store-bought chicken!), it's a wonder more of us aren't picking up strange bugs on a regular basis. Or maybe we are.