Why is Yoghurt A Great Weapon in Our Anti-Aging Arsenal?
There are many supplements and foods that can help us live longer,
healthier, lives. One such food is yoghurt. Several years ago there
was an American television commercial for a popular brand that
maintained that eating yoghurt was the key to a long life. The ad
featured several Russian centenarians who had one thing in common -
they were all lifelong yoghurt eaters. The reaction of most people was
sceptical, to say the least, but scientists are now discovering that there
might be truth in it after all and yoghurt may indeed help us with our
attempts at Anti-Aging.
Yoghurt contains Lactobacillus acidophilus, a “friendly bacterium” that
ferments milk into yoghurt and is also present in our intestinal tract.
Acidophilus, as it is more commonly known, not only aids digestion but
appears to help keep in check the growth of the yeast which is the cause
of many vaginal yeast infections. Also, acidophilus (which is a common
folk remedy) may help the body fight off other infections as well. And,
for those who don’t like yoghurt, acidophilus is also available in the form
of capsules and granules.
The vaginal dryness that accompanies the drop in oestrogen in menopausal
women can make them more prone to yeast infections. With this in mind,
a doctor at the Jewish Medical Center in Long Island studied the effective-
ness of acidophilus against vaginal yeast infections. She had women with a
history of chronic yeast infection to eat 250g of yoghurt (with live acidophilus
cultures) each day, and compared them to non-yoghurt eaters. After six
months the women who ate the yoghurt had far fewer yeast infections than
those who didn’t eat it.
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