Carol wrote:

> The ER doc I saw recently for food poisoning also recommended yogurt, for
> reinforcing the good bacteria.

I've done that too, but found that I couldn't handle full-strength yogurt,
so I made yogurt lassi, which worked just fine. I'd guess that some kind of
buttermilk smoothie would also be good at repopulating bacteria.

Three years ago, I asked here about a breakfast drink I'd had on several
British Airways flights. It was called an "Energizer," and in my query I
described it thusly: "It seems to be yogurt-based, mildly effervescent, and
berry-flavored." While I'm still in the dark about that particular drink, it
seemed quite easy to digest, and might be tolerable for sick people. My
local supermarket has "drinkable yogurt," so I *could* try to duplicate that
drink by mixing seltzer with liquid yogurt, but I haven't been motivated to
try.

At the fringes of my mind, I think there's also a sweet yogurt drink which
contains long-simmered wheat berries. Maybe it was some kind of relation to
the Italian cheesecakes which contain cooked wheat berries, but my memory
isn't what it used to be. Nonetheless, such a drink might be a good way to
introduce more substantial food to someone on the road to recovery.

Bob