Probiotic Yogurt: Delicious and Healthy

Probiotic Yogurt: Delicious and Healthy

The latest craze in snack and desserts are the delicious and yummy frozen yogurts. Whether you are cooling off from the hot weather or would just like a refreshing taste sorbet, yogurt offers a different zest to your ordinary ice cream with its fruit toppings and various flavors.

Now with probiotic yogurt it is even made healthier that makes it an ideal delectable snack. It comes in different flavors and can be eaten with fresh fruits, chocolates and nuts. It comes in different colors and presentations that truly catches the eye and makes the mouth watery for a taste of this exquisite refreshment.

Probiotics are live microorganisms that are beneficial in a person’s health by improving the intestinal microbial balance of the good and bad bacteria. Probiotics are considered as the good bacteria and with sufficient amount in the intestines it can maintain the normal intestinal flora and prevent infections from occurring. It prevents inflammatory disease of the bowel and diarrhea. The most common probiotics known are Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium.

For many years probiotics have been popular in Europe for its health benefits and now the United States is slowly increasing its awareness about probiotics.

The advantages of probiotics are as follows:

• Improves nutrient bioavailability or it increases the absorption of the B vitamins, calcium, iron, zinc, copper, magnesium, and phosphorus.

• It prevents diarrhea and research shows that it reduces baby diaper rash as much as 25% when consumed with the baby’s formula milk.

• It improves lactose intolerance in some people because it produces lactase enzymes making it possible for people who are lactose intolerant to eat yogurt fortified with probiotics.

• Acidophilus, a component in probiotics is known to increase growth of good bacteria in the intestines and decreasing the cancer causing substances called carcinogens from profierating in the colon.

• Research shows that probiotics also improves constipation in elder people.

• Enhances the immune system by regulating antibodies and lympocytes.

With all the benefits one can get into probiotics it is very ideal to have a regular serving of it daily. And what better way to enjoy the health benefits of probiotics is to take it in with yogurt! Yogurt is made from bacterial fermentation of milk. Lactic acid is produced from fermentation and it acts on milk protein giving yogurt its distinct texture and taste.

Probiotic yogurt is good for the body and can be potentially better if taken regularly along with adapting a healthy lifestyle of no smoking and occasional drinking only. Exercising can also further condition the body to lose the excess calories from eating yogurt while reaping the benefits of increased calcium and probiotics in our digestive system to keep the balance of the good and bad bacteria. Probiotic research has yet to be developed to fully understand and prove the medical benefits it is believed to possess and while it is being done so we should all keep a healthy lifestyle of eating right and living right.