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Subject: Re: a vitamin called Acidophilus
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Date: Fri, 14-Mar-86 09:50:40 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 14 09:50:40 1986
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In article <620@philabs.UUCP> jmr@philabs.UUCP (Joanne Renza Mannarino) writes:
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>Someone recently told me about a vitamin called Acidophilus which is supposed
>to be better at clearing up acne than any antibiotics that the dermatologists
>prescribe.  It is supposedly made with a "yogurt culture base" and the daily
>dosage is 2 100mg tablets.
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>Anyone heard anything about this? 
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>						thanks in advance,
>						 Joanne Mannarino
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>						    philabs!jmr

If my memory serves me correctly, Acidophilus is a bacillus, not a vitamin.
The pioneering work on introducing the Acidophilus bacillus into milk was
done by NC State University Food Science Department.  One of the first
dairies to market the product was Pine State Creamery of Raleigh, NC,
as Sweet Acidophilus Milk. The thrust was that the acidophilus bacilli is 
naturally found in the GI tract, but modern eating habits have reduced
or destroyed this beneficial creature in our gut. By drinking the milk,
some balance was supposedly restored to the flora and fauna of the GI
tract (aid to digestion?). Effect on acne I can't say.

As a student at State at the time, I remember an incident in which a co-ed
tried to by a pint of the milk at a dorm snack bar. She started to ask
for a pint of "Sweet Acidolph... uh ... Sweet Acedoh... uh .. Acadop...
uh... Sh*t, lemme have a pint of that new sweet ass milk!" A round of 
chuckles all around.
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					William T. Sykes
					AT&T Federal Systems
					Burlington, NC 27215
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