With holy month half complete, so are energy levels, so it is important to be smart when deciding how to arrange your daily diet between iftar and sahoor. For many years, yogurt has been popular for traditional reasons. But recently, science is finding out that this tradition has many health benefits as well.
The main benefits of yogurt are in term of digestion, where the friendly bacteria found in live yogurt can aid in digestion as well as help to clean the intestines and digestive tract. In many of the Middle Eastern countries homemade live yogurt has been enjoyed by adding and making different versions of it. In Ramadan, yogurt is one of the most essential kitchen item often used throughout the month.
Full Of Vitamins
Yogurt consists of full of vitamins. It is said that one serving of yogurt have potassium, phosphorous, vitamin B5. Also yogurt contains B12, which helps the red blood cells to maintain and make your nervous system works efficiently. Vitamin B12 is found only in animal products like chicken, fish etc. So the vegetarian people can use yogurt as a substitute. By using yogurt can help your body to fill the nutrition deficiency in your body. As an eight-ounce serving contains 1.4 micrograms of the vitamin, about 60 % of what adult women need daily.
Help Your Teeth
As yogurt does not have cavities in it, regardless of its sugar content, it does not cause any cavities. When scientists at Marmara University in Turkey tested low-fat, light, and fruit flavors they initiate that none of them can cause tooth enamel, the main cause of decay. Also, the lactic acid in yogurt appears to give you gums protection as well. People who take at least two ounces of yogurt a day have a 60 percent lower risk of acquiring severe periodontal disease than those who skip it.
Prevent From High - Blood Pressure
As yogurt have potassium content , it helps to flush the extra sodium content from our body, as we intake double amount of salt recommended to us, yogurt helps our body to control the sodium content, which can later cause hypertension, kidney or heart disease.
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition adults who ate the most low-fat dairy — two or more servings daily — were 54 percent less likely to develop high blood pressure than those who ate the least.
Yogurt- A High Protein Diet
Yogurt is also known as an excellent source of protein. It is also said that Greek yogurt contains higher amount of proteins as compared to other type of yogurt. Greek yogurt has 20 grams of proteins in it. The traditional one has 5 grams of protein along with it. By using yogurt in a regularly can helps you to fill the protein deficiency in your body.
Yogurt Helps Your Skin
Yogurt has lactic acid, which can become very helpful for making your skin complexion perfect. "Yogurt contains lactic acid, which is a component in some in-office chemical peels," According to dermatologist Hema Sundaram, MD. "It gently exfoliates the top layers of the epidermis, which can clear up blemishes and discolorations, and may even reduce fine wrinkles."
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