Elderly people can drink yogurt, drink yogurt will not have diarrhea, can be heated.

Drinking yogurt often can also prevent cardiovascular disease in the elderly. Yogurt can reduce cholesterol, cholesterol is the metabolic product of human fat. With age, the metabolism is not normal, the plasma cholesterol will rise, resulting in "hypercholesterolemia".

Frequent consumption of yogurt can also moisturize the skin, eyesight, teeth, hair, to prevent cell aging. Most older people know to drink more fresh milk, because it is rich in protein and calcium, but few people understand that sour milk is actually more beneficial to the body of the elderly.

Probiotic yogurt is more suitable for the elderly, while children should not drink too much. The middle-aged and elderly people are especially suitable for drinking yogurt, because they have less beneficial bacteria in their intestines, and drinking some yogurt can make up for this deficiency. People with chronic inflammation of the intestinal tract are also more suitable for drinking yogurt, especially those who have flatulence in the stomach and suffer from atrophic gastritis and chronic hypertrophic gastritis.

The problem of reduced nutritional value can be avoided if the yogurt with the bag or bottle is placed in warm water at about 45 degrees Celsius and slowly warmed. It should be noted that the warm water does not need to continue to heat, and in the heating process of yogurt constantly shaking the bag or bottle, when the hand feel the bag or bottle warm some, you can drink. This way the lactobacilli in the yogurt will not only not be killed, but also increase the activity of lactobacilli and increase its health effects.

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Precautions for the elderly drinking yogurt:

1, Yogurt is not suitable for drinking on an empty stomach as well as milk. In yogurt contains a large number of Lactobacillus acidophilus, its survival and the gastrointestinal tract in the acidity (pH) is closely related.

According to the results of bacteriological culture tests conducted by the medical research department, Lactobacillus acidophilus grows and reproduces well in environments with a pH of 5.4 or higher, while it is difficult to survive in environments with a pH of 2 or lower. If you drink yogurt on an empty stomach, the pH of the gastric juice is generally around 2, Lactobacillus acidophilus will be killed or make the vitality of a serious decline, so as to achieve the health effects of yogurt should be.

2, yogurt is considered to be a good digestive food, so many people after meals too much support will buy a bottle of yogurt to help digestion. In fact, yogurt does help to promote gastrointestinal motility and secretion of digestive juices, but yogurt itself is a very satiating food, eat after drinking yogurt will increase satiety, not conducive to digestion.

3, drinking yogurt before and after the best not to take drugs, especially erythromycin, chloramphenicol, sulfonamides and other antimicrobial drugs, so as to avoid yogurt Lactobacillus acidophilus is killed or make the vitality of the decline. Similarly, it is best not to drink strong tea before and after drinking yogurt.

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