Activia Yogurt Reviews

Wow! This is the third page of Activia yogurt reviews. It really does seem as if EVERYONE has a view on Dannon's Activia.

In case you're not up with it, Dannon's research shows that it shortens the colonic transit time in healthy women. The yogurt contains contains Bifidobacterium animalis DN-173 010 and although this bacteria IS a good bacteria, MANY people are having a bad reaction with it.

UPDATE: Interested in the Activia Settlement? Some consumers will qualify for up to $100 so if you think you might be amongst them check out that link for the Activia Claim Form.

Most recent review first.

Jenna said:

'I've been using Activia yogurt for 10 days now. I chose to do so because it's often difficult for me to #2. Frankly, I don't have time to sit there and wait (I'm talkin' 10 minutes at a time). I wanted to try this yogurt in hopes that it would help push it through my system easier and quicker.

While I have not experienced any pain due to cramping or diarrhea, I have found an increase in bowel movements. However, these bowel movements are not any easier or quicker. If anything, they're harder and almost feels as if I'm constipated. It seems as if Activia is having an opposite reaction. My stool is also a green color. I haven't changed my diet in any way. There is nothing that I have eaten to cause this. I was told that this color change is due to the bowel contents passing through my system too quickly and is ultimately not a healthy bowel movement.

I'm most definitely going to stop taking this yogurt. I just hope I don't have horrible symptoms following!'

Marla said:

'On Activia yogurt for over a week, got my Doctors appointment for the stomach pain. Stay away from this stuff.'

Kathy said:

'Started Activia yogurt about 10 days ago - once a day. Love the taste of it. And I think it has helped my digestive/stomach problems. No Diarrhea or cramps. I have found it to be the best tasting yogurt so far and plan on upping my consumption to twice a day. So glad I didn't see this site and read all the negatives prior to trying it. I would have missed out on a delicious item.'

Ash said:

'Activia yogurt saved me from exploratory surgery. Seriously. I had a post-surgical infection and was treated with some heavy duty antibiotics. I had horrible stomach cramps beginning shortly after surgery and getting worse after the antibiotic regimen. The pain was so bad and acute that my doctor was considering exploratory surgery to see if there was some problem from the first surgery. On the off chance it might work she put me on Activia yogurt for 2 weeks (and I'm also on a probiotic pill) and my digestive system has completely returned to normal! I'm so thankful that this works because the pain was unbearable. Granted, I ate 3 Activia a day and then the probiotic pill (over the counter), which might seem like a lot but obviously my digestive system needed the probiotics for balance after the antibiotic. I have NEVER had any urgency, pain, or frequency after all these activia yogurts for so long. So I have no idea why those other people are having so many problems. It was a godsend for me.'

Theresa said:

'I love Activia yougurt, especially the vanilla. I put strawberries in mine. For those who are saying it is causing them tremendous pain or even withdrawal symptoms sounds a little extreme. To me its just great."

Tempest said:

Tempest is referring to the post two down from this one. You might want to read that first.

"I didn't state my experience in my prior post. I had a normal bm, daily, prior to using Activia yogurt, but thought extra probiotics sounded great. I took ACTIVIA for 6 days straight with my simple breakfast. In 24 hours of the first cup I had one solid bm then two loose ones the next morning, from day 2 through the end of Day7 when I stopped use I had three extremely watery bm's each morning. I'm very cognizant of what I eat because I control my diabetes via food. Although, it has been several days since stopping it's use, my bowels are still not back to the normal. I think they will evenutally return to what they were before using the ACTIVIA. Dannon sent me coupons for my experience. Again, I fear for cancer patients and children using this product. I think it'd be a great product for someone who is truly constipated.'

Julia said:

'I did not have any problems before I started eating Activia yogurt. I only tried it because I had a coupon. It does nothing negative nor positive for me. Taste and digests like a normal yogurt.'

Tempest said:

Tempest has a follow-up post two above this one.

'I wrote Dannon on ACTIVIA because the 'yogurt' had a laxative affect. I wasn't expecting that. They were very kind and reassured me Activia yogurt was not a medication ie a laxative, but they did not dispute my fact that it had a laxative affect. Not only a medication makes you go: This is all in the wording of the product, using lingo like 'regularis' implies it's going to make you go. My fear was for children using it or people with cancer treatment. They do not need their bowels speeded up. The product needs better descriptive advertizing and people who are 'going fairly normally' should not use this product. Keep it away from your kids, grandkids, cancer patients in my opinion. It's not a typical yogurt replacement for a kids lunch box. Dannon MUST update their commercial with more hard facts and truths to avoid this product falling into the worng stomachs. Adults can easily stop taking it and you'll be fine, but kids.. we need to watch out for them. The old adage 'more truth in adverstisement' is needed here.'

Claire said:

'I eat healthy and I am active. I am currently eating one Activia Vanilla Yogurt in the morning and I am regular as a clock now. I weighed 288 lbs in 2005 due in part to years of constipation. I have stayed at 130 for over a 2 years thanks in part, I think to the addition of Activia back when the constipation started coming back.'

Dominic said:

Note that Dominic's review is not really about Activia yogurt but about one of Dannon's other yogurts. But there is so much good and useful information in it that I felt most readers would benefit from it.

'No, I haven't actually tried Activia yogurt. But I have eaten Dannon regular-fat PLAIN yogurt since the late 1970s, so my comments and personal experience may still help others overcome or avoid intestinal distress.

You have to know intuitively that Activia yogurt is a marketing scam, primarily directed at women. It is less product for more money, with a lot of advertising thrown in, as well as questionable other ingredients.

If you suffering bloating, cramping, and/or IBS, and don't get the reaction you are hoping for from plain regular-fat live-culture yogurt whose only listed ingredient is cultured grade A milk, doesn't seem likely that a 'super' yogurt will do you much good. And more likely, it may give you many additional problems.

If Activia yoghurt has thrown your gut for a loop, or you are thinking of trying Activia, try plain, regular-fat Dannon yogurt instead.

Secondly, a big 8 oz. shot of ANY yogurt once or twice a day may just be too much. I'm looking at a big 32 oz. tub of Dannon plain regular-fat yogurt right now. I couldn't imagine eating a whole FOURTH of that big tub at one sitting! I eat two or three tablespoons of the stuff, THROUGHOUT the day, between meals in particularly. It is my favorite 'pass by' snack, because I like tart snacks to begin with. Everytime I pass by the refrigerator I open it for something to eat. So the Dannon plain regular-fat is my go-to snack.

One 32 oz. tub of the stuff lasts me a week, so daily, I'm eating about 4.5 oz. But remember, that's THROUGHOUT the day, a few tablespoons at a time -- not all at once.

Thirdly, FAT content. I wish I had bookmarked it but years ago I read an anatomy text that said the presence of fat in food after it leaves the stomach and enters the small intestine is what triggers reflexive contractions leading to a bowel movement. Too much fat AT ONE TIME, as in the way of soggy bacon, will cramp you up, but routine passage of small amounts of fat AT A TIME throughout the day will keep you regular. And that has been my own personal experience. And if that's the bottom-line truth about digestion, that fat content is as important as fiber content, and you leave out the fat as with non-fat yogurt, where does that leave you?

Doesn't sound too glamorous but I can always 'feel' the Dannon regular-fat plain yogurt working its way through me. And that's a GOOD feeling, the routine intestinal peristalsis that pushes stuff through, and most importantly, I suffer NO BLOATING WHATSOEVER! It does make me break wind, frequently, but never uncontrollably, or with a deafening sonic boom, or with an angry stink. Also this doesn't sound glamorous as well, but how many of you suffering bloating and/or constipation would like to sit on the throne at least three times a day for less than five minutes at a time and have a nice full effortless one-wipe dump each time?

Now think about it. What if everyone who eats yogurt ate only one 32 oz. tub of LOW-COST, plain, regular-fat yogurt per week? How much of the stuff could you sell and how much profit could you make? Not as much as when you offer a multitude of fruit-laden, HFCS-laden (read the label, it's even in Dannon fruit-on-bottom yogurts nowadays) "probiotic"-laden, "prebiotic"-laden versions.

And if irregularity and bloating are bothering you, most definitely keep the fruit and other sweet stuff SEPARATE from the plain yogurt! It just may be that the unmitigated tart taste of Dannon regular-fat plain yogurt stimulates salivary production to begin with, at the very beginning of the digestion process. And that sets the reflexive tone for everything else down the line. So if you have to eat it quickly, and wash the Activia down with water as Leigh related, perhaps that too is setting the stage for problems.

Now low-fat and no-fat stuff is all the rage and what-not, but what has happened? Seems even more people are having even worse intestinal troubles, even IBS and Crohn's disease! So what does a profit-oriented business climate do? Offer products to combat the growing number of intestinal troubles. Read up on Zelnorm for one sad story. Now it seems Activia is picking up where prescription Zelnorm left off.

Even though I know better from experience, I still fall off the routine of having a little bit of plain Dannon regular-fat yogurt throughout the day. Then I get irregular. Then I start to bloat a little. Then I get back on track again, and within a day everything is hunky-dory again.

All this is admittedly easy for me to say, cause I LOVE the taste of Dannon regular-fat plain yogurt. But it works for me, and perhaps my thirty-year experience can help you.'

Jami said:

'If you don't have bowel issues to begin with, don't eat Activia yogurt. I ate it for 2 weeks and was nauseated the entire time before I figured out the culprit. I also has very runny and mucousy stool. After stopped eating it, my symptoms went away.'

Tracy said:

'I landed on this website as I am home sick today due to explosive, watery diarrhea and the most horrendous case of gas for three days now. All this has left me light headed and dizzy. The only change I have made is adding Activia yogurt with fiber to my diet. When I told this to a friend she informed me that others have the same problem with Activia yogurt - I won't use this product again. It has really made me feel very ill. I agree with Cindi it should be labeled appropriately or at the very least have a warning on it for side effects.'

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