Shed fat yogurt?
Disease August 12th, 2010
doubt is the kind of yogurt drink that was trendy in the Mother City. Almost at every angle we can see the outlet mall with many brands of yogurt. Drinks containing good bacteria are believed to nourish the body and slimming.
Researchers around the world have proved the important role of gastrointestinal microflora or bacteria for good health. Probiotics good bacteria will help normalize the composition of the digestive tract, preventing diarrhea, constipation, lowers cholesterol and boost the immune system.
Because effective for digestion and constipation overcome, many people are hoping to lose weight by eating yogurt regularly. In fact, according Marudut, nutritionists from the Indonesian Association of Nutrition Experts, basically yogurt can not be slimming. “It’s just a suggestion only. Because the digestive more smoothly, so feel fat wasted,” he said.
He added that prebiotic consumption in the yogurt will help increase the absorption of nutrients through our digestive organs. “Absorption (absorption) of nutrients become more leverage,” he said.
Meanwhile, preliminary research done Michael Zemel, PhD, researchers at the University of Tennessee presents data yoghurt drinks can streamline your body shape. This is based on research conducted in 34 overweight or obese patients on low-calorie diet. As many as 16 of them were asked to consume a diet pill containing 400 to 500 mg of calcium per day. While 18 other people eat high calcium include yogurt that contains 1100 mg of calcium per day.
After 12 weeks of the study found them to shrink belly fat. But the respondents of the group who drank yogurt, fat is higher depreciation, ie, 5 pounds of fat, while the group of diet pills only 3 pounds.
In a research note Zemel calcium primarily from calcium, low-fat dairy products may slow the process of body fat that is recommended for those who were conducting a diet program. Besides yogurt not only helps people lose belly fat, so to lose weight but also yogurt maintain muscle weight more effectively doubled.
Although proven healthful yogurt, but Marudut reminded that not everyone is tolerant to the level of acidity in yogurt products. “Each person has different levels of gastric causing a different effect on each person,” he explained.
In order for yogurt that is consumed has an optimal effect, make sure the product is consumed has a bacteria that is still alive. “Do not eat yogurt that has been frozen, because too few bacteria that are still functioning, so it will not get the expected benefits of this beverage,” said Marudut.
