Whats the deal with Activia or yogurt cultures?
The normal vagina contains at least 35 to 40 different species of native bacteria which all keep each other in check so no one species or yeast predominate. Certain factors (body washes, douches, semen, chlorine, antibiotics, etc.) can disturb the normal bacterial ratios and thus cause an infection. The bacteria in yogurt cultures help restore the normal population in the intestines and vagina.
