| The dairy case is loaded with all kinds of yogurt | | | | eating yogurt, (and even Kefir) is a good thing |
| choices. It must be good for me, Right? | | | | because it will prevent an overgrowth of the bacteria |
| Wrong! | | | | that causes Candida. This is the furthest thing from |
| There are three main reasons why yogurt is not as | | | | the truth. If you look at the nutritional label of |
| good for you as you may have heard. The first thing | | | | yogurt, even the supposed low fat, healthy |
| to recognize is that most advertisements and studies | | | | version...it's loaded with sugar! |
| that promote the benefits of yogurt are funded by | | | | Guess what Candida uses as it's food source? Yup, it |
| the American Dairy Council, or some other group, | | | | lives off of sugar. So each time you eat yogurt or |
| that represents a conflict of interest. They are | | | | drink Kefir you are actually feeding the yeast and |
| designed to get you to buy their product. | | | | Candida that you are trying to get rid of. |
| Here are three myths about yogurt that most people | | | | Myth 3 |
| really aren't made aware of. | | | | Yogurt is a good healthy snack choice for my kids. |
| Myth 1 | | | | Well, that depends. If your kids will eat plain, organic, |
| Yogurt will help to populate the "friendly bacteria" | | | | nonfat yogurt with a little fresh fruit than this could |
| that are necessary for good digestion. | | | | be true. But kids tend to like the sugary sweet stuff. |
| In reality, the amount of cultured bacteria that are in | | | | Even the organic kids products like Stoneyfield Farms |
| most yogurt products are not enough to do this | | | | are loaded with sugar. Sometimes just as much as a |
| effectively. You'd have to eat a gallon of yogurt a | | | | candy or granola bar. If you are trying to give the |
| day in order to do this. And that's if you have plenty | | | | kids a good dose of calcium, better to offer a |
| of other good nutrition and health habits in your | | | | serving of organic milk or cheese. |
| favor. If you taken an antibiotic in the last year, | | | | Unless the dairy products you offer your kids are |
| you've got a negative balance in your "good bacteria" | | | | organic they are getting an unhealthy dose of |
| account. It is literally impossible to eat enough yogurt | | | | hormones, and antibiotics....the same that were |
| to repopulate your digestive tract properly. In | | | | injected into the cow. Nothing in the process of |
| addition to ingesting the good bacteria, they also | | | | homogenizing or delivering dairy to your grocery |
| need a "growth factor". They need something to | | | | store eliminates these elements. The process of |
| help them grow once they get through your | | | | fermenting yogurt doesn't get rid of unhealthy |
| stomach. Many of them are killed of by stomach | | | | hormones and antibiotics either. |
| acids long before they hit your intestines. I haven't | | | | Yogurt can be a good source of nutrition if your are |
| seen any yogurts that offer this benefit. | | | | willing to buy organic, plain, nonfat products and |
| Myth 2 | | | | consume them in small quantities as a condiment or |
| Eating yogurt will help me get rid of Candida in my | | | | use them in recipes. Consumed in this way they can |
| stomach and will prevent yeast infections. | | | | be a good source of calcium. But don't be fooled by |
| Many people are told by doctors and nutritionists that | | | | the other claims of yogurt being a health food. |