Chip

Bought a few of those little bottles of Actimel the other day that claim youll feel the benefits in 14 days etc. What benefits am I supposed to get from this stuff as it doesnt say on the bottle.

Has anyone actually felt any different after taking it?

Chip

Iain Young

Been taking it every day for a couple of months now, and can honestly say I don't feel any different at all. It tastes nice though

Chip

Just had one now and it tastes really nice. I feel great already

Chip

OllyK

Yup it's great for filling up those awkward little corners in the fridge that nothing else will fit in to.

gsm1

Try crack, you'll feel the benefits straight away.

T4molie

PMSL

As already mentioned above, me and the missus have been taking it for about 6 months now and deffo didn't notice any change - well apart from the slight increase in flatulance

Jye

Helps dilute all the vodka I drink by lining my stomach with milky bacterial goodness, plus the psychological benefit of glugging on something healthy after downing a bottle or two of the hard stuff must be huge

DarkStar66

Actimal is for girls, real men drink Yakult!!!

But the only benefit apart from the psychological one is for settling the stomach after a heavy night.

ChrisB

Have their uses for people with certain medical conditions but otherwise it's mostly placebo.

wongascoob

a good 40 secs after havin one of those im on the sh@tter, better than ducolax!!

Mark Miwurdz

Waste of money according to a doctor who was on Radio 4 recently. I can't remember the full pitch but the likes of Actimel and Yakult are pro-biotics and most people's digestive tracts are not in the right state for these things to work properly.

By all accounts you're much better off (financially and health wise) with fresh fruit every day.

Bless those ad men.

Cheers
Kav

richiewong

Tried them Muller Pro-biotic drinks for a couple of weeks, could have filled a hotair balloon with what was coming out of my ****
Didn't feel any benefit

little'un

iTrader: (9)

Certainly settles a bad stomach after hours of retching with only bile coming up! Tried everything else and this works but certainly doesn't make me feel any different.

Strawberry flavour - slurrp!

Dream Weaver

I've had it for 6 months now, but every now and then we forget to buy it.

When not having it for a week I seem to feel more tired during that period, may just be a Placebo effect though as Chris said.

Dracoro

Err, if you need to settle your stomach, then try milk. It's available in all reputable supermakets and corner shops. about 50p for a whole litre which is sure better value than some packaged small pots of alkaline goodness

Leslie

So you haven't found yourself doing as the ads say and go running and jumping about all over the place embarassing your children.

Les

T4molie

I don't have any children (yet ) so I just settle for embarassing the missus

Graz

I tried it for a few weeks, made no difference whatsoever, except to my weekly shopping bill.

Jye

Milk! Yeuch! That stuff is pure toxic poison.......

Drunken Bungle Whore

Have heard 3 different docs talking about this stuff and they all say there's no point in the general population taking it. a) because we don't need it and b) if we did need any help then a live bio yoghurt would do the trick anyway.

There's no potion or pill that is a substitute for a good, healthy, balanced diet.

Dull but true!

Dracoro

It's what Ian Rush drinks. I take it you never made it further than Accrington Stanley then

Jye

Soz, it's actually 'Urgh!, It's what Ian Rush drinks'

Dracoro

Well ACTUALLY it's:
'Milk, Eurgh'
'It's what Ian Rush drinks'
'Ian Rush?!'
'Yeah, and he said, if I didn't drink lots of milk, when I grow up, I'll only be good enough to play for Accrington Stanley....Eeer, geddorf'
'Gezz uz some'

Jay m A

iTrader: (2)

Ooo arr day??

Excaaaatleeeeee

ozzy

And just how much is a little bottle of this 'wonder stuff' ??

Seems like a nice money earner for the marketing guys .......

Jye

Do you remember 'that' milk advert? heh

moses

i take it only coz it takes like lassi i dont mean lassies , theirs a punjabi drink called lassi a yoghurt drink and this tastes just like it

StickyMicky

if its good enough for the hulkster its good enough for SN

STi-Frenchie

Been taking this stuff for ages. Dunno if it's just on french telly but they say that if you take the "Actimel challenge" and if after 14 days you don't notice a difference, they will give you your money back. I can't remember what I felt like before I started taking it! I'm not zooming around on shopping trolleys, I know that much.