Yogurt is not only delicious but also, due to its low calorie content, it has become the best health drink for weight loss. Here, the editor wants to remind the ladies who are drinking yogurt for weight loss, do we know what misconceptions there are about yogurt dieting? What should we pay attention to?

Selection of yogurt:

The best time to drink low-fat or skimmed yogurt: it is better to drink it two hours after a meal. Eating yogurt on an empty stomach will weaken the health-preserving effects of yogurt, while consuming it two hours after a meal or before bedtime has the effects of nourishing the body, promoting digestion, and benefiting the respiratory tract and intestines. Its caloric content is slightly higher than that of milk. Generally, 100 grams of milk contains 57 calories, while low-sugar whole milk yogurt contains 62 calories per 100 grams, and sugar-free skimmed yogurt contains about 72 calories per 100 grams. The key reason for the increased caloric content is the addition of a lot of sugar in the production process of yogurt. Therefore, yogurt dieting is not as simple as drinking as much as you want. For those ladies who love the delicious taste of yogurt but are afraid of gaining weight, I strongly recommend choosing yogurt labeled with ‘de-oiled’ and ‘low-fat’, although the taste may not be as rich and mellow, it is slightly lower in calories than milk. If you are not afraid of the inconvenience, you can also make yogurt by yourself. You can add some fresh fruit pieces to improve the taste.

Nowadays, many people do not consider yogurt as a beverage, but as a food pairing. It seems that yogurt pairs well with many foods, especially for breakfast with toast or small desserts, which are delicious and very nutritious. However, in fact, yogurt is not suitable to be eaten with any food. Do not eat it with products such as sausages and salted meat, which are high in processed meats. This is because processed meats contain nitrites, also known as nitrites, which can react with the amines in yogurt to produce nitrites, which are carcinogens. In addition, yogurt should not be taken with some drugs, such as chloramphenicol, erythromycin, and antibiotics, and sulfonamides, as they can kill or destroy the lactic acid bacteria in yogurt.

Myth two: The more you drink, the better

Some people especially like yogurt and like to drink a lot after meals, while others feel that drinking a little yogurt is good for stomach discomfort. However, eating too much yogurt can lead to excessive intake of calories, causing weight gain. Since yogurt itself also contains a certain amount of calories, drinking yogurt after meals is equivalent to an additional intake of these calories, which can cause weight gain. Secondly, drinking too much yogurt is easy to cause acid reflux, affecting the metabolism of the gastric mucosa and pepsin, reducing appetite, and destroying the electrolyte balance in the body. Especially for those who have acid reflux, often feel weak in the spleen and stomach, and have bloating, they should not eat too much.

Myth three: Yogurt cannot be heated

Since yogurt is fermented, it is usually stored in the refrigerator. In such a cold winter, sometimes you want to drink yogurt, but when you take it out of the refrigerator, it emits a lot of cool vapor, and you also worry about stomach discomfort after drinking. Moreover, you are worried that heating it will destroy its nutritional value. In fact, yogurt can be eaten after being heated. The reason why it is said that yogurt is not suitable for heating is because of the concern that heating will kill the most valuable lactic acid bacteria in yogurt, which has the function of producing lactic acid bacteria, increasing the acidity of the intestines and stomach, and can inhibit the growth and weaken the pathogenic bacteria in the intestines. If only yogurt is heated, it will actually increase the specificity of the lactic acid bacteria beverage, and its unique health-preserving effects will be greater. Therefore, yogurt can be eaten after being heated.

Myth four: The effect of drinking yogurt drinks is the same

Yogurt is made from high-quality milk through fermentation with lactic acid bacteria, and it actually belongs to the category of milk; while yogurt drinks are just one type of beverage and are no longer milk. The nutritional elements of the two are very different, and the nutritional components of yogurt drinks are only about 1/3 of those in yogurt. It is recommended that yogurt drinks can be used as a healthy beverage to relieve boredom and thirst, with certain nutritional value, but they cannot replace milk and yogurt.

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