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By: Ikedi Ani-okoye.

Benefits of Yogurt

Yogurt is very good for digestive health. The bacteria in yogurt decompose protein, making it easier for the resulting amino acids to be absorbed in the digestive tract. These bacteria also predigest lactose, sugar found in milk, by producing the enzyme lactase. This allows people who suffer from lactose intolerance to eat yogurt because this people are unable to consume milk products.

Yogurt dynamics

Two microorganisms namely, Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus, growing together symbiotically, are responsible for the lactic fermentation of the yoghurt. In some countries, apart from these two bacteria, the culture also contains lactose fermenting yeasts, Leuconostoc strains, Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis biovar diacetylactis and Lactobacillus acidophilus.The method of maintaining purity of the yoghurt culture is very important and it is better to maintain the mother cultures individually rather than in mixed form.

A cup of Yogurt

In order to increase your chances of eating a cup of yogurt that is good for your health, you have to ensure that its appearance is white, smooth and bright, and does not appear to have any type of pores. Moreover it has to have an acescent taste and a characteristic pleasant aroma. Additionally, dieticians advise that one should avoid eating yogurt that has added color substances, gelatin, sugar or preservatives.

Always check the expiration date before buying a yogurt cup and in case its taste feels more acid than usual, or you can observe any kind of discoloration or other denaturizing, dispose it immediately. The good thing about a yogurt that has gone bad is that it one can easily see the changes on its surface and these symptoms can be spotted without the use of any scientific testing tools.

Yogurt curing Bacterial Vaginosis (BV)

If you’re like most women, you’ve probably experience at least one case of Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) in your life. If you haven’t, consider yourself extremely lucky. Bacterial Vaginosis is no picnic and its symptoms include an unpleasant, fishy odor as well as itching, burning and maybe even a green or yellow discharge.

Instead of holding your head in shame, there is something that you can do about it. You can try yogurt to help Bacterial Vaginosis. Now, I’m not talking about eating strawberry, peach, or banana yogurt with fruit at the bottom, and hoping that your Bacterial Vaginosis will mysteriously vanish. I’m talking about a special kind of yogurt, the plain, unpasteurized kind that you obtain from the health food store.

CONCLUSION

If you’re really serious about using yogurt to help your Bacterial Vaginosis, you should do it alone or in conjunction with your doctor’s prescribed antibiotic treatment. The transformation in the image of yoghurt from strictly a health food to one that has been promoted as fun to eat dessert with various flavours and aroma additives has been a phenomenal one.