No, it's not a dream, scientists have just created a popsicle to eat to make our sore throat disappear. Something to combine our gluttony with a very good excuse to give in to temptation. We will no longer feel guilty, because we are curing ourselves!
How is this possible?
This little frozen treat contains bifidobacterium, a bacterium from our intestines, capable of helping us when our throat is sore. This chocolate-flavored ice cream neutralizes streptococci, spherical bacteria that cause angina and laryngitis. Some species even produce more serious infections such as scarlet fever or meningitis.
Indian researchers from Pacific Dental College and Hospital in Udaipur, Rajasthan, conducted a study on volunteers divided into two groups. The candidates of the first group ate simple popsicles such as are currently available on the market. The latter tasted, once a day, popsicles containing bifidobacterium. The streptococci of the participants in the second group disappeared.
Soon on sale with us?
The Oral Health Preventive Dentistry Journal revealed the information last month. But these chocolate – bifidobacterium indulgences are unfortunately not going to arrive in our supermarkets right away. It’s a shame because with winter approaching, we would have loved to treat ourselves by eating ice cream. We hope to be able to fill our freezers with this discovery next winter.
