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If you’re partial to a spoonful of yoghurt on your breakfast cereal, or perhaps as a tasty treat after lunch or dinner, then you’ll be pleased to hear that it could be doing your body a whole lot of good. From offering a powerful protein and calcium hit, to helping to support your immune system, your bones and even your weight loss goals. Yoghurt really is a great all-rounder when it comes to boasting impressive health and nutrition benefits.
Let’s take a closer look at the health benefits of eating yoghurt:
1. First and foremost, many brands and varieties of yoghurt contain healthy bacteria. If you see the words ‘live cultures’ on your yoghurt container, then you can be sure that you’ll be consuming probiotics. Probiotics are live micro-organisms and are akin to the micro-organisms found inside your gut. Eating probiotic-rich foods, or taking probiotic supplements, is purported to support your overall health and wellbeing, as well as possibly assisting in the fight against certain complaints and illnesses. Furthermore, probiotics may also help to reduce food intolerance symptoms, support and restore your digestive system following a course of antibiotics (antibiotics kill all bacteria in your digestive system – good and bad), as well as helping to ease the uncomfortable symptoms associated with many bowel complaints and disorders, such as IBS and Coeliac Disease.
2. Yoghurt isn’t only full of calcium. It’s also a nutritious powerhouse, packed full of essential vitamins and minerals, including phosphorous, potassium, zinc, and certain B vitamins, including B12 which is crucial for maintaining a healthy nervous system.
3. Yoghurt can help to support, and even boost, your immune system. That’s because the healthy bacteria can strengthen your immune-boosting cells responsible for fighting off illness and infection.
4. Yoghurt is an ideal, and very high, source of vegetarian protein. So if you’re training hard and in need of a delicious protein source in order to help repair and support your muscles, then look no further than a serving of yoghurt. However, it’s important to note that you should look on the container at the protein quantity. That’s because it can vary quite considerably between brands.
5. And finally, the great news is that yoghurt can help you to lose weight. When you eat yoghurt, the calcium tells your body to make less cortisol. Cortisol is a steroid hormone which is responsible for a number of your body’s processes, including your metabolism and immune responses. We all need it, but too much cortisol can lead to weight gain. As yoghurt is a high source of protein, it also means it contains a number of amino acids. So the combination of a reduction in cortisol levels, plus lots of amino acids, is the ideal mix for burning fat and losing weight.
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