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Bacteria And Yogurt Assisting Your Digestion

By Julia Taylor-Fernandez

Bacteria and yogurt are the perfect combination to assist your digestion. There are plenty of food products we eat and cannot digest without the assistance of good bacteria. Bad bacteria may give you infections and make you ill, but if there is a predominance of good bacteria, then the bad bacteria will lose out.

When you are at the food store, you need to choose the natural, plain yogurt, without all the fruits. Do not be confused with all the fruity colours on the fruit yogurts, as these are not as good for you as the plain yogurts with live cultures.

Trial And Error To Choose Your Favorite Yogurt

Over time, you may realise avoiding the razzle dazzle and multicoloured packaging is your best option. There may be the option of organic yogurt placed near the plain yogurt. It may be a little more expensive, but it may be the perfect choice for your digestion.

You can always try them out, with trial and error. The first option may be to try out the plain yogurt, and then next time you can try the organic yogurt and see which one you like best. Knowing how to make the better choices, is knowing your digestive system can be assisted with good bacteria and yogurt.

The Good Kind Of Bacteria In Yogurt

When you think of yogurt, it’s probably in the context of a healthy, tasty snack or light lunch in your lunchbox. Usually, we like to think there are no bacteria in the food we eat. In the case of the combination of this particular bacteria and yogurt, it’s actually good for you and is a natural remedy for yeast infections.

There are both good and bad bacteria. The bacteria contained in yogurt is, as you might have suspected by now, the good kind. Furthermore, not all yogurt contains these good bacteria, called acidophilus. The type of yogurt with fruit already in the carton does not contain acidophilus.

Vitamin K Helps Restore Balance And Helps Digestion

Yogurt also is one of the few foods that contain Vitamin K, which helps reestablish the balance of bacteria and aids in proper digestion. Look for the naturally made brands of yogurt which are labeled ‘live culture’ and ‘plain’ flavor. Now, why you would want to forego the sweet fruit in order to obtain bacteria and yogurt?

The bacteria in live culture yogurt acts to restore the correct balance of flora and fauna in your body. How does this balance get out of whack? One way, well known to women, is to take a round of antibiotics, necessary to knock out some infection.

Antibiotics Kill Good And Bad Bacteria

The only problem with antibiotics is that they kill off all the bacteria, both good and bad. The result is the hated yeast infection, due to the bad bacteria overwhelming the good. Yeast infections cause some embarrassing and uncomfortable symptoms in women’s private areas!

Physicians are well aware of this syndrome, and the traditional medications to get rid of the yeast infection are messy ointments, suppositories and the like, many of which must be used for about a week before the yeast imbalance is corrected. Any woman will tell you it’s a less than enchanting remedy. As if the many side effects of antibiotics aren’t enough!

Live Culture Yogurt With Every Meal

Here’s where the beneficial effects of bacteria and yogurt come into play. Just when you’re ending your round of antibiotics, start eating some live culture yogurt. You want to include it with every meal, if possible.

If you enjoy the plain yogurt, use it as is. If not, put some into a smoothie recipe or dress it up with a little fruit in a bowl. Flavor it with pomegranate, cherry juice or Torani(TM) syrups, which come in lots of tasty flavors. Add some shredded coconut or whatever suits your taste.

If you start this regime right away, you may never even get the dreaded yeast infection. If you do get some symptoms, they’ll be short-lived. The bacteria and yogurt remedy is natural, it works, has no bad side effects, is inexpensive and tastes good. What’s not to like?

Find The Better Yogurt At The Food Store

The next time you go to the food store, walk past all the fruity yogurts and look for the live culture or plain yogurts to select the yogurt most beneficial to your health. Some of the smaller food stores may not stock these yogurts, as many people would rather eat the fruity yogurts. Your option is to go to a larger food store, or head for a health food store, where you will find organic yogurt and live culture yogurt.

You can eat yogurt as a snack, with a piece of fruit, helping to boost your metabolism and the good bacteria in the yogurt will assist your digestion. If you are looking for a dessert after a main meal, yogurt may be one of the better options, to help your digestive system digest your meal.

Now you know why the better combination for your digestion, is bacteria and yogurt.

About the Author:
Julia Taylor-Fernandez has written a number of articles on food, cooking and dieting including General Nutrition, Meal Plans, Salad Dressings, Organic Baby Food, Fruit Flower Baskets, Fresh Fruit, Latte Coffee, Teen Weight Loss, Nutritional Information, Teen Diets, Healthy Appetizers, Health Food Store, Food Packaging.
Keep a lookout for more of her articles on this website.

Did You Know?

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