Josie's Self-Serve Frozen Yogurt

Yogurt contains helpful “good bacteria” that your digestive tract needs to run properly. Without enough good bacteria in your system, food does not digest properly or go completely through your digestive tract. When this happens, such problems as boating, gas, and in severe cases, stomach cancer can occur. Eating just one cup of yogurt that contains “active cultures” each day can help to keep your digest system working properly.

Yogurt can help prevent osteoporosis
Yogurt that contains both calcium and vitamin D is a good combination to fight against osteoporosis. Read the label to make sure your favorite yogurt contains both ingredients.

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Hard to believe, but something as easy as eating yogurt each day may help to prevent vaginal yeast infections. This is, once again, attributed to the good bacteria in yogurts that contain active cultures. Good bacteria helps your body fight against yeast infections, so if you are low on good bacteria your chances of getting one is high. Eat just one cup of your favorite yogurt each day to fight against recurring yeast infections.

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Yogurt can boost your immune system
Eating one cup of yogurt containing active cultures may help to keep your immune system strong. Seventy percent of your immune system lies within your small intestine. If you keep the levels of good bacteria high in your intestines then you are more likely to maintain a healthy immune system.

Eating yogurt is a good way to get your calcium, vitamins and good bacteria to keep your body working properly. Make sure to check the label when choosing a yogurt and after a few weeks you are sure to enjoy the benefits of yogurt.

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Types
Regular yogurt uses a minimum of 3.5% milk fat and 8.25% milk solids. However, other types of yogurt include low fat yogurts that contain only .5%, 1%, 1.5%, or 2% milk fat and nonfat yogurt which is made with less than 0.5% milk fat.

History
Yogurt has been around for over 4,500 years, but Isaac Carasso was the first to introduce packaged yogurt, named Danone, in Barcelona in 1916. It did not reach the United States until the 1930's where the recipe eventually added sugar and fruit and changed its name to Dannon.

Benefits
Not only does yogurt provide your body with active cultures, yogurt bacteria has shown to prevent yeast infections, osteoporosis, and urinary tract infections, relieve symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome and help reduce bloating.

Function
You can use yogurt to make smoothies, marinades, salad dressings, chilled soups, dips, stews, a topping for foods like baked potatoes, or make a healthy alternative to ice cream by eating frozen yogurt instead.

More Fun Fact
Yogurt can be made from any mammal that produces milk. In fact, you can find yogurt made from goats, cows, sheep and water buffalo in the United States, while other countries will have yogurt made from yak and camel milk.