More On Yogurt

There are some other things that yogurt is believed to help. Again, be sure you are eating active live culture yogurt. There are a couple of studies that indicate that eating yogurt daily may decrease allergies, especially in children.

Specifically, there were fewer episodes of allergic rhinitis (hay fever). In a study of pregnant women, who ate the live culture late in the pregnancy, they had babies who were less prone to allergies.

There is controversy in the arena of cancer. Studies have indicated that live active culture yogurt may actually decrease bladder cancer risk and colon cancer risk. But there is evidence that it may increase prostate and kidney cancer.