Yogurt benefits the intestines most of all. It will cleanse the intestinal mucous membranes and encourage the development of healthy intestinal flora. The yogurt bacillus will eliminate the pathological kind. All this promotes better digestion and assimilation of food.
Yogurt should be eaten as the first course of a salad meal, that is, first the yogurt, then salad and finally, vegetables. It is often eaten with fruit but this is less beneficial because it can lead to undesirable fermentation. Anyone inclined to flatulence should particularly avoid taking sugar or fruit with yogurt.
Intestinal putrefaction, which manifests itself by offensive smelling stools, can be gradually overcome by eating yogurt. I would emphasise the qualification ‘gradually’, for there are some people who think that an occasional bowl of yogurt will rid them of all their digestive disorders. This, of course, is not so; it will take time. It is a good idea to keep a stock of yogurt at home; in fact, you may find that it pays to make it yourself. Yogurt has an even greater health value if Lactobacillus acidophilus is also used in its preparation.
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