One of the traditional home-made fermented milk products is yogurt. The benefits of its use allow us to characterize the product as dietary, despite the content of a certain part of the fat in the composition.
With the current abundance of all kinds of yogurts, desserts and starter cultures on store shelves at home, they are rarely cooked. Although adherents of natural foods even try to use kefir exclusively homemade. As for yogurt, it has been prepared for many centuries by the natural fermentation of milk. Ideally, it should be pasteurized (boiled), but many use the usual.
Souring, milk radically changes its composition. Difficultly digestible milk proteins break down into simpler elements, and many
intolerant milk sugar turns into acid. At the same time, the substance is enriched with beneficial bacteria, without losing calcium and vitamins. The benefits of yogurt are mainly that they can be consumed by those who drink milk without problems and people with lactose intolerance.
This product is usually drunk in its pure form as a beverage (similar to kefir). Less commonly, fruit or berry fillers are added to sweeten it. Due to the low acidity (relative to other similar products), yogurt is not contraindicated in people with increased gastric secretion. You can cook it just by leaving the milk in a warm place for souring. But in order to maximize the use of yogurt, it is enriched with special bacteria that are bought in a pharmacy. They are added to milk, where they successfully reproduce, turning sugar into acid. Literally in a day, yogurt (the benefits and harms of which are described below) will be ready for use.
The positive properties of this drink is difficult to overestimate. This is the treatment and prevention of dysbiosis and some other digestive disorders. In addition, due to the content of calcium, magnesium and vitamins, it enhances immunity, helps fight vitamin deficiency. The use of yogurt for a figure mainly depends on its fat content. If the product is made from whole milk, then it is unlikely that it can be advised to those on a diet. But fat-free curdled milk allows not only to reduce body weight, but also to remove toxins from the body.
However, there are certain contraindications to the use of this product. Sour milk should be drunk with caution to those who suffer from urolithiasis. On the one hand, its composition allows you to dissolve some types of kidney stones, but on the other hand, it helps to eliminate them, which can trigger an attack. So people with similar ailments should consult a specialist.
Sour milk and people with an ulcer, various types of erosion of the digestive organs are contraindicated. Those who have had hepatitis or suffer from diseases of the liver, pancreas, intestines, also need a preliminary consultation with the doctor.
Known benefits of yogurt in its external use. It is used for body wraps and massage for cellulite or obesity. If you regularly wash your face with yogurt, it will become toned and fresh, small wrinkles and signs of fatigue will disappear, and the skin will become smooth and take on a healthy color.