What are the benefits of yogurt to human body?

Nowadays, yogurt has become an indispensable food in social leisure food. It has not only become the key product maintained by many businesses, but also the favorite of women, children and others. What's good about yogurt? What is its composition and function? Let me share it with you.

When you think of yogurt, you will think of its delicacy, moderate sweetness and sourness, mellow taste and rich nutrition. At the same time, you will also think of its unique processing technology, so its ingredients more or less contain many substances beneficial to the human body, so everyone has always liked it.

So what are the main active ingredients of yogurt?

Looking at the ingredient list of yogurt, it is not difficult to see that raw milk is generally the main ingredient. After sterilization and disinfection, some beneficial bacteria that can reproduce are added as yeast, and fermentation will produce more live beneficial bacteria. Generally, there are two kinds of bacteria in yogurt fermentation, one is Lactobacillus bulgaricus and the other is Streptococcus thermophilus. These two kinds of bacteria are necessary in the production of yogurt, and do not belong to additional addition. Then, for the taste of yogurt, most merchants will add some substances such as sugar, gelatin and pectin, and then add agar and other substances to cater to some people's preferences and make yogurt more mellow.

Another kind of yogurt contains not only the raw milk just mentioned, but also some additives, such as Streptococcus thermophilus and Lactobacillus bulgaricus, and two very beneficial strains, namely Lactobacillus acidophilus and Bifidobacterium. They effectively increase the population and quantity of beneficial bacteria in yogurt, and the increase of the number and variety of beneficial bacteria is more conducive to eliminating the number and variety of harmful bacteria in the body.

What specific help and function does yogurt have for our human body?

First of all, due to the fermentation process, lactose contained in yogurt is more easily absorbed by the human body. Some people will have diarrhea or feel uncomfortable when drinking fresh milk. It is because he can't accept lactose in milk that he can drink yogurt instead. Because lactose in yogurt is fermented into small molecules, it is easy to absorb, so people who can't accept milk can easily accept yogurt. Of course, drinking yogurt can also absorb the high-quality protein in milk.

Secondly, because yogurt contains a lot of beneficial bacteria, it is very good for our stomach and can improve the effective absorption function of our stomach. And because of the increase of beneficial bacteria, it can also improve the immunity of the stomach. It can also improve the long-term constipation of some people.

Thirdly, because lactic acid in yogurt can promote mineral absorption, drinking yogurt for a long time is also beneficial to the absorption of various trace elements and minerals.

In a word, yogurt is valued by people for historical reasons, and it does have its existence value. We might as well buy some yogurt properly and often, which is good for our health.