Vitamins and Nutrients

• Yogurt contains many nutrients and vitamins that help you grow strong bones, fight off infections and diseases and improve your overall health. By eating yogurt every day you will be getting calcium, phosphorous, protein, zinc, potassium, tryptophan, iodine, vitamins B2, B12 and B5.
  
  

Healthy Colon

• Two main ingredients in yogurt help to give you a healthy colon and help to fight colon cancer. It contains lactobacteria which is a bacterial culture that helps to grow healthy bacteria which fights off diseases and bacteria of the colon. The calcium content of yogurt not only helps build strong bones but also fights hard against the bacteria leading to colon cancers.
  
  

Boost Immunity

• Studies have shown that eating two cups (16 oz.) of yogurt a day will boost your body's natural immunity to sickness and diseases. The stronger your immune system is, the higher chance you have of fighting off infections. In just a few short months of eating two cups of yogurt a day, you will notice the decrease in sickness and infections.
  
  

Healthy Intestinal Tract

• Your intestinal tract will thank you if you eat yogurt on a regular basis; preferably at least once a day. Yogurt has been known to help ease the discomfort from indigestion and diarrhea. Yogurt is recommended to children and adults while taking antibiotics as it stops the antibiotics from killing off the healthy bacteria in the body while killing off the unhealthy bacteria from infections.
  
  

Decrease Yeast Infections

• Yeast infections are unfortunately fairly common among women and even men of a certain age. The higher the yeast in your body, the higher the chance you have of getting a yeast infection. By eating at least one cup (8 oz.) of live-cultured yogurt a day, you reduce the amount of yeast your body produces and may reduce the probability of getting a yeast infection.
  
  

Lower Cholesterol

• Women have two types of cholesterol; LDL and HDL. LDL is known as "bad" cholesterol while HDL is known as "good" cholesterol. By eating just 3 oz. of yogurt a day, women have shown to decrease the amount of bad cholesterol and increase the amount of good cholesterol which helps to improve overall health.