Eating yogurt every day can reduce the risk of stroke
Created: 11/23/2022, 06:30 am
By: Judith Brown
Many people start the day with yogurt for breakfast.
Not only do you do something good for your immune system: it sometimes strengthens the heart.
Proper nutrition and exercise are essential to staying healthy and fit.
Fast walking can not only add years to life, certain diets also help to slow down the aging process.
Yoghurt is also considered a real fountain of youth and should therefore be on the menu every day.
The white, protein-rich treat not only has an anti-inflammatory effect and is a real booster for the immune system.
It also strengthens the heart and can reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke.
Stroke: Eating yogurt every day can reduce risk
A portion of yoghurt every day strengthens the heart and immune system.
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In Germany, 200,000 first-time strokes occur every year, the harbingers of which can already be present ten years earlier.
However, the condition can be prevented with the right lifestyle and diet.
For example, the consumption of yogurt can have a positive impact on the risk of suffering a stroke.
It contains many nutrients that the body needs and is therefore rightly considered a so-called superfood.
In addition to proteins and proteins, it is also equipped with calcium, vitamins and probiotic bacteria.
A study by scientists from McMaster University in the Canadian city of Hamilton, published in The Lancet
in 2018
, showed that yoghurt had a clearly positive effect on the risk of heart disease and stroke.
Accordingly, study participants who ate more than one serving of yogurt a day had a 14 percent lower risk than those who ate no yogurt.
The lactic acid bacteria bind and metabolize excess salt in the food in the intestine.
This, in turn, helps regulate blood pressure to a healthy level.
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Yoghurt has an anti-inflammatory effect and supports the immune system
In addition to the positive influence on the heart, yoghurt also has an anti-inflammatory effect due to the probiotic lactic acid bacteria and their high amount of vitamins B5 and B12.
Chronic inflammation in the body can lead to type 2 diabetes, arthritis or cardiovascular disease.
Regular consumption of yoghurt can even have a healing effect here.
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Yoghurt also has other benefits for the immune system.
A large part of the body's immune system takes place in the intestines.
The probiotic bacteria keep harmful putrefactive bacteria that reside in the gut in check by producing lactic acid.
Thus, yoghurt with its probiotic bacteria ensures a healthy intestinal flora and a relief of the adaptive immune system.
This can then arm itself all the better against viruses and other intruders.
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