Refrigerating acidophilus?

Question

I opened a bottle of acidophilus capsules 5 days ago and forgot to refrigerate them. Are the still ok to use? What's the reason for refrigerating?

Answer 1

Acidophiles is a live culture normally present in our bodies that aids in digestion and assimilation of foods we ingest.This beneficial culture is destroyed by sugar,preservatives,dyes, antibiotics, and other chemicals we take into our bodies. A lack of this in our system produces a reduction in digestive capabilities and the absorption of nutrients from whatever we eat. A GOOD Medical Doctor ALWAYS reminds his patient to take acidophiles when he gives you a prescription for antibiotics. That is because he knows that antibiotics do not discriminate between good and bad bacteria. Their job is to kill it to make you well. Therefore the good bacterium needs to be replaced so as not to create future problems. Check your bottle, does it say refrigerate? Most good ones do. If it was not sitting near a heat source but in a fairly cool area I would continue to take it. I take acidophiles every day plus digestive enzymes and have changed my diet as to ingest minimal amounts of the things [ above ] that destroy my ability to digest and assimilate nutrients. Thus I stay healthier with a good immune system. Zoe

Answer 2

Acidophilus Refrigerated

Answer 3

Refrigerated Acidophilus

Answer 4

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Refrigerating acidophilus?
I opened a bottle of acidophilus capsules 5 days ago and forgot to refrigerate them. Are the still ok to use? What's the reason for refrigerating?

Answer 5

Acidophilus needs to be refridgerated because it is a bacteria. Since it is a living organism, in order for it to stay alive, they have you bring it down to a temperature that basically "immobilizes" it so it doesn't die. They do sell those that don't have to be stored that way, but all the information i've read suggests that they don't really work the same as most of the bacteria are dead by the time you take them.

They might not be ok, it just depends on the temperature that you kept them in for the 5 days. They are most likely not AS active as they once were, but probably still active.

Answer 6

Another alternative rather than taking the pills, is to buy a product called Bio-K. It's in the organic section of the grocery store (I live in Canada). It's a little pricey, but has 10 times the amount of good bacteria than acidophilus. I use this, and also frequently make smoothies using Kefir. Kefir is more inexpensive, (in the organic section) and works the same way. I just find having to take capsules, I forget so often, it's not worth it for me.

Answer 7

Maintaining the storage temperature at +4 degrees C, reflecting refrigerator conditions, is the most important factor in keeping the probiotic bifidobacteria viable.

Most damaging for probiotic bacteria is storing the products at room temperature, and so keeping the probiotic properly chilled during storage is a key issue for their ability to provide health benefits.

Answer 8

They are probably ok check on the bottle to see the temp. ranges.