Ways To Include Yogurt In Your Diet

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If you are looking for a tasty and healthy addition to your diet, then definitely you should opt for yogurt. Yogurt diet is well-known for being included in health and weight loss programs for both men and women. The term ‘probiotics’ is often used associated with yogurt.This is because probiotic, which literally means ''for life,'' refers to living organisms that can provide a health benefit when eaten in adequate amounts.  From yogurt you will get these good bacteria for your gut along with all the nutrients found in dairy foods, like calcium, vitamin B-2, B-12, potassium, and magnesium. Yogurt may help prevent osteoporosis, reduce the risk of high blood pressure, protect from vaginal infections and reduces weight. Here are some easy ways by which you can introduce yogurt in your diet.

Ways To Include Yogurt In Your Diet  

1.Fresh and Plain Yogurt: Including fresh yogurt in your diet will directly offer you all the advantages that you expect from consuming yogurt. Plain yogurt tends to be healthier than flavoured varieties because it has less added sugar and artificial ingredients.

 

2.Tasty Salad: Salad is a very good option to include yogurt in your diet.This will help you to get the health benefits of yogurt along with the nutrients from the incorporated vegetable slices. You can have this alone or as a side dish for your main meal.

3.Yummy Lassi: Lassi is an excellent choice to add yogurt in your diet. It is usually made by blending yogurt with water and spices.You may use it flavoured with ground roasted cumin or as sweet Lassi by adding sugar or fruits instead of spices.

 

4.Dates and yogurt diet: Dates are a high-fibre food, which will keep you healthy and yogurt is a good source of calcium, protein and probiotics. They together provide adequate amounts of minerals, proteins and vitamins C, B-1, B-2 and A.

 

 

5.Frozen yogurt diet: Frozen yogurt will help in weight loosing program. It can be used as a good alternative to ice-cream. Frozen yogurt is a good source of dairy nutrients with significant levels of potassium, calcium and vitamin A.

 

6.Yogurt chutney: Yogurt is a good blending medium to be integrated in your favourite chutney recipe.You can make yogurt chutney with a vast variety of choices like mint, mustard, green chilli, tomato, onion, coriander and many more.

 

7.Delicious Raita: By using yogurt in Raita, you can enjoy the taste and health benefits of other incorporated ingredients as well.You may make it easily with toasted cumin, a bit of cilantro and shredded cucumber, all bound together with creamy yogurt.

 

Remember to select yogurt which contains live and active cultures so that it will adjust the micro flora in the intestines thereby acting directly on digestion and immune function

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