In the eyes of many people, "helping digestion" is one of the most important health functions of yogurt, so when you are full, yogurt will be the first choice. In fact, yogurt can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis and secretion of digestive juice, so it can enhance people's digestive ability and promote appetite. Drinking regularly really helps to improve digestion. But because yogurt itself is a kind of food with strong satiety, drinking yogurt after a full meal will aggravate satiety and is not conducive to digestion. And yogurt itself also contains a certain amount of calories. Drinking yogurt after meals is equivalent to taking in these calories, which may lead to obesity in the long run.
Is it reliable to drink yogurt to lose weight? There is a certain relationship between long-term constipation and weight gain. Yogurt contains a large number of active lactic acid bacteria, which can effectively regulate the balance of flora in the body, promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, and thus relieve constipation. From this perspective, yogurt does have a certain weight loss effect. And yogurt has a strong satiety. Drinking a cup when you are a little hungry can effectively relieve your urgent appetite, thus reducing your appetite for the next meal. It is not easy to feel hungry if you eat less at dinner. People who need to control their weight can choose.
But don't forget that yogurt itself contains a certain amount of calories, which is higher than milk. If you eat more on the basis of the original diet, it will also cause weight gain.
The best way is to choose homemade yogurt and add skim milk powder. Although their taste is not as rich and mellow as full-fat yogurt, they are low in calories and will not accumulate quickly in the body and get fat.