Yogurt is a very popular dietary product made from thick fermented milk. It is not difficult to prepare it - it is enough just to have unboiled milk and bacterial sourdough on hand, which can be played by ordinary kefir.
Yogurt: beneficial properties and composition
The yogurt has a snowy white or creamy yellow color. Its taste depends on the fat content, the method of preparation: the product can be both very acidic and quite fresh. The usual calorie content of the drink is 2.5% (56 kcal) per 100 g of product. But in non-greasy varieties, 100 g contains only 30 kcal.
Yogurt delivers healthy microflora to the stomach. It has many useful vitamins, including beta-carotene, vitamins of groups A, B, C, K and E.
The product contains almost the entire periodic table. Magnesium, phosphorus, sodium, calcium, potassium are just some of the micro and macro elements that make up the drink. It also has a lot of different fatty mono- and polyunsaturated acids, including lysine, valine, tryptophan, threonine, leucine, arginine and methionine. A lot of yogurt and organic acids (folic, ascorbic, pantothenic). Dietary fiber, sugar and starch are also abundant in it.
Yogurt - benefits for the body
The beneficial properties of the drink were discovered in the 19th century by the brilliant Russian physiologist Ilya Mechnikov. His studies have proven that this dairy product is a great benefit for the entire human body, especially for the gastrointestinal tract. The properties of yogurt are very similar to kefir. The difference between the two is that the body absorbs yogurt better and faster. For absorption of the product by the intestines, only one hour is enough.
Yogurt is beneficial in that:
• helps to overcome dysbiosis, restore the natural intestinal microflora;
• improves peristalsis, relieves chronic constipation;
• eliminates bloating, putrefactive processes in the intestine;
• helps to get rid of atony of the stomach (loss of tone of the abdominal muscles);
• normalizes metabolism, helps fight overweight, as well as cellulite;
• eliminates toxins;
• well removes a hangover syndrome.
This drink is an effective remedy for many diseases. In particular, he:
• useful for diabetics;
• helps people suffering from ailments of the gastrointestinal tract (colitis, gastritis, enteritis). Important! When gastritis worsens, drinking a drink is not recommended.
• relieves shortness of breath;
• perfectly treats cough.
Due to the presence of polyunsaturated fatty acids, yogurt is an excellent natural cure for diseases of the cardiovascular system (arterial hypertension, coronary artery disease, atherosclerosis, heart disease, etc.).
For children the product is also very useful, because it has a lot of calcium, and this is the building material for the bones and muscles that are actively growing in small ones. It is clear that athletes without this milk drink are also in no way, because for them the growth of muscle mass is the key to future victories. The product is useful for mothers who are breastfeeding, as well as for pregnant women.
People with lactose intolerance should not drink almost anything from milk, but yogurt is very possible, but no more than one or two glasses a day.
How else is yogurt used
Yogurt can also be used as a cosmetic product - with its help improve the condition of the skin and hair. Yogurt Masks eliminate freckles, age spots. And she helps the hair to regain its former shine. You just need to rub the drink into them, put on top of the bag, wrap with a towel and hold for several hours. If you do this procedure for several weeks in a row, the condition of the hair will noticeably improve, and yogurt will show its benefits.
This milk drink may be treatment for diseases. For example, in combination with garlic, it is a good tool for the treatment of inflamed gums and diseases of the oral cavity. Also this combination of products is not bad treats dysbiosis. You just need to eat one garlic clove and drink the yogurt before going to bed.
You can also get rid of dysbiosis with the help of a sour enema. The product is slightly heated and then introduced into the rectum. Children should be given 50-100 g, and adults should be at least 150 g.
For deliverance from stomatitis you need to add three mashed cloves of garlic in a half glass with a drink, and daily lubricate the mouth ulcers with this mixture.
Yogurt is showing its benefits and in the treatment of colds. Compresses made from it and vegetable oil are a good remedy for this disease. They need to be applied to the throat.
For those who want to lose weight, nutritionists advise once a week to do "yogurt day", that is, nothing but her, do not eat. Thanks to these days, you can easily lose 6 kg per month.
What yogurt is eaten with
This dairy product is used in cooking, because it is useful, well absorbed, contains very few calories. When cooking, berries, fruits, as well as cinnamon, anise, vanilla, and other spices are often added to it.
A drink can be a great dressing for vitamin salads. Add it to the dough for various pies, cakes, sour cream. Also, this dairy product is an excellent ingredient for pancakes, dumplings. On its basis, the food popular in the people is prepared - okroshka.
On the basis of yogurt, you can prepare delicious cocktails. For example, 150 ml of this drink is mixed with two tablespoons of milk and 20 g of liquid honey. Then vanilla sugar is added to taste, and the resulting mixture is whipped in a mixer until foam appears.
Delicious pancakes cooked on yogurt. They are absorbed by the body much easier than those made in milk. Therefore, pancakes are especially useful for young children and people who have problems with the gastrointestinal tract.
Yogurt - what is the harm of the product
Yogurt is harmful when cooked poorly or spoiled. It can also harm if a person:
• erosive or hyperacid gastritis;
• stomach ulcer or duodenal ulcer;
• increased acidity of gastric juice;
• cholelithiasis;
• pancreatitis;
• exacerbation of hepatitis.
Drinking a drink is not worth anyone. 500 g is the maximum allowable daily dose for a healthy person. Otherwise, yogurt will lose its usefulness and harm the stomach. Unpleasant sensations, for example, flatulence, may appear.
How to cook yogurt at home: recipe
It’s not difficult to make a drink. About 3 liters of boiled whole milk should be cooled to a temperature of 37-38 ° C.
As a sourdough, use fermented milk products with live bacteria (not more than one tablespoon of sour cream, kefir) or bread crumb, but only if the bread is made from yeast dough, and not on chemical baking powder.
Add a little sugar (2 tablespoons). Then pour the future yogurt into banks and keep in a warm place.
After 6-8 hours, it can be consumed. To make the yogurt thicker, it is kept for several hours in a cold place - the refrigerator is quite suitable. It needs to be eaten as quickly as possible, because this is a perishable product.
Fresh high-quality yogurt is homogeneous, thick, without bubbles, flakes and whey. You need to store the product in the refrigerator or in a cool room such as a cellar. When warm, the drink quickly ferments, begins to secrete a variety of harmful substances. But in the cold you can store no more than 5 days.
