Metchnikov

Early in the 20th century, the Russian Nobelist Ilya Metchnikov who discovered that white blood cells fight bacterial infection gave a scientific rationale to this belief, when he proposed that the lactic acid bacteria in fermented milks eliminate toxic microbes in our digestive system that otherwise shorten our lives.

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

Yogurt remained an exotic curiosity in Europe until early in the 20th century, when the Nobel Prize–winning immunologist Ilya Metchnikov connected the longevity of certain groups in Bulgaria, Russia, France, and the United States with their consumption of fermented milks, which he theorized would acidify the digestive tract and prevent pathogenic bacteria from growing see box, p.

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

Early in the 20th century, the Russian Nobelist Ilya Metchnikov who discovered that white blood cells fight bacterial infection gave a scientific rationale to this belief, when he proposed that the lactic acid bacteria in fermented milks eliminate toxic microbes in our digestive system that otherwise shorten our lives.

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

Yogurt remained an exotic curiosity in Europe until early in the 20th century, when the Nobel Prize–winning immunologist Ilya Metchnikov connected the longevity of certain groups in Bulgaria, Russia, France, and the United States with their consumption of fermented milks, which he theorized would acidify the digestive tract and prevent pathogenic bacteria from growing see box, p.

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004