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Debaz10

Hi just used last 50p off voucher, mine run out 19th August. x

WATTY1978

Has anyone else had problems when you stop using the yogarts?

I ran out about a week ago and haven't had chance to get anymore, i'd been using them every day for a couple of months but ever since i've stopped i'm suffering terrible cramps bloating etc (exactly the reasons for taking it in the first place but loads worse!)

I reckon its something in it to make sure you carry on using it once you've started.:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Anyone else experienced this

picklepick

i heard before i started them that this happens. your body becomes dependent on the friendly bacteria that u get in them which means u have to keep buying them! tsk

poppyseed

Wish there was a new campaign soon,I really dont think I can do much more bzzing about Activia,thought this campaign was nearly ended and then its been extended,bring on the next campaign that we can all get bzzing about.

kim_ley

Activia® and Activia Light help with
slow intestinal transit? in other words they speed it up (diarrhea)

and when you stop... probably has the reverse effect (blocking you up!)

activia's ingredients list includes:

Some contain carmine...
"ground up red beetles being used right now as a food coloring ingredient in yogurt, ice cream, juice drinks and many other grocery products. The ingredient is called "carmine"

modified corn starch.... Corn starch that has been modified so basically it's not natural!

Fructose syrup which is related to obesity. (it is glucose in effect sugar)

Also shed loads of sugar... and probably worse things if you have a list of ingredients i will tell you whats right and possibly wrong!

also prob pretty simular to actimel which you can read about here...
http://www.theecologist.org/pages/archive_detail.asp?content_id=862

kim_ley

check if your yoghurts contain carmine (also know as E120)
as it is extracted from insects, so E120 cannot be consumed by vegans and vegetarians etc....

picklepick

ive stopped eating the activia now. i feel horrible and bloated. i very rarely had tummy troubles before i started eating them and now im having lots of trouble. i even threw up on friday although im not sure if thats related.... im blaming it though :rolleyes:

ive been having the fat free variety so have they got as much nastyness in as the usual ones?

haha as i was tryping an advert for Activia came on the tv... that made me laff!

Queenriderbrekke

I used them for two weeks one a day and had no ill effects when I stopped but hey! If you did make a bzzreport on it and get some points for it!!!

Angie100

For anyone with vouchers left Asda had 8 pks for £2 on Saturday when I was there.

kim_ley

well i imagine that if they are "fat free" they will have artificial sweeteners in them as that is what they usually do! Also they tend to have higher levels of salt,

The Activia Web site says that the product
"helps to regulate your slow intestinal transit."
Dannon can't come out and say it helps constipation.....why ?
--The FDA classifies constipation as a disease, and any product that claims
to treat a disease must carry an FDA-approved health claim. Activia does not.
And they probably don't want to get one as they would have to give evidences about their "Health claims"