A recent study from Spain finds
Most yogurt is pretty much pudding with a little bacteria. Pudding is a sugar bomb. Hard to believe the stuff doesn't improve health outcomes, isn't it?
But as usual, researchers are calling for...more research.
"In comparison with people that did not eat yogurt, those who ate this dairy product regularly did not display any significant improvement in their score on the physical component of quality of life, and although there was a slight improvement mentally, this was not statistically significant," states López-García.
Most yogurt is pretty much pudding with a little bacteria. Pudding is a sugar bomb. Hard to believe the stuff doesn't improve health outcomes, isn't it?
But as usual, researchers are calling for...more research.
"For future research more specific instruments must be used which may increase the probability of finding a potential benefit of this food."
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I guess eating a lot of plants is incompatible with IF.
I could have cole slaw for breakfast, lunch and dinner, but even I'd have trouble knocking back five cups of it a day. (And without the mayonnaise, I couldn't gag down very much cabbage.) Fruit and most dairy--forget it. FODMAPS and acne.
It would be odd if we needed dairy past infancy--we'd be the only animals on earth that needed to eat the milk of other animals--our whole lives.
No, health will not be improved if you start spending your money even on expensive fresh artisan yogurt imported directly from Greece.
but ... but ... PROBIOTICS! bifidobacteria! feed your microbiome!
... cuz for millions of years, we carefully ignored what WE wanted to eat, for their sake!
But for many people, it's easy to overeat foods that aren't filling or leave you hungry a few hours later--grains, low-fat yogurt, fruit and veg among them.
The advice to eat big volumes of food (volumetrix) is very popular and highly recommended by many officially reputable sources. However, I think that the negative side of overstretching one's stomach is under-appreciated at the moment, even though people started talking about not eating too often. Many who read Dr.Bernstein's book have no trouble to remember the "China's buffet effect"- his patients had elevated BS levels after eating too much of LC -friendly foods just due to the big food volume. My bottom line - eat as much vegetables as you like and tolerate during regular meals, but don't see it as a food you must to staff yourself with for increased healthiness, and don't snack on vegetables between meals just in order to eat more fiber, more servings, more whatever.
It is ,probably, going of tangent, but I want to add that fresh greens also offer very little nutrition for a dollar, and many people who struggle financially feel guilty when they can't provide their families with recommended amount of a fresh produce. Recently I saw a post about Gwyneth Paltrow failing the challenge to eat on $29 a day (a food-stamp ratio in US)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/04/17/a-hungry-gwyneth-paltrow-fails-the-food-stamp-challenge-four-days-in/
It is a small wonder - she choose kale, avocado and limes over a whole chicken price-wise.
Some vegetables are economical--cabbage and carrots are inexpensive. Potatoes and yams (though not LC) actually have quite a bit of vitamins and minerals. They're all certainly cheaper than the cases of beer I used to see on trash day behind my Section 8 neighbors' house.
"The great Mongol warrior Genghis Khan is said to have encouraged the drinking of a fermented horse milk yogurt called kumis. Mongols of all levels of society consumed the beverage, but it was of particular importance to the warriors. The warriors would take their horse herds with them as they traveled the steppes and always have a supply of kumis. Genghis Khan reputedly believed that not only did the kumis keep his warriors healthy, but actually made them more brave when facing their enemies.
Historical record show that in the 16th century a Turkish doctor saved the life of King Francis I by treating him with yogurt made from goat's milk. The king had been suffering from some type of intestinal illness that no other medicine seemed to help, but was apparently cured by yogurt. This wondrous cure brought a new surge in the popularity of yogurt as a health food, though no one quite knew how the yogurt worked."
Many these days do eat 'natural' yogurt as opposed to those with fruits and sugar added and as for the so called 'low fat' ones ... well I would not include one on my shopping list.
All the best Jan
A Russian writer Chekhov, who suffered from tuberculosis,"checked into a "kumis cure" resort in 1901. Drinking four bottles a day for two weeks, he gained 12 pounds, but no cure". At that time a weight gain was a desirable effect for a sick person.
The Amazon women of Eurasia (they were tribes of mounted female brigands) made a mildly alcoholic drink out of mare's milk and fed it to their babies. No limes, kale or avocados for them.
Speaking of which, I'm scratching my head over why Gwenneth Paltrow didn't buy a roasting hen, canned salmon, potatoes ($1.88 for five pounds!) and a head of cabbage to begin with.
I guess Gwyneth Paltrow just didn't really try to live on a small amount of money. She is considered to be a food guru by many, and may be her guruizm prevents her from eating something simple.
In fairness to Gyneth Paltrow, it looks like she shopped at Safeway (not Whole Foods, as some have said) and probably, like many people, underestimated how much she and her family eat. The eggs and garlic were good choices, but as a food guru, she should have known that beans, rice and tortillas are empty calories with nutrient blockers. For what she spent on those, she could have gotten nutrient-rich chicken livers, canned fish or some hamburger.
Kumis was also highly praised for intoxicating properties. Its alcohol content could be made higher by freezing, it even could be distilled into spirit called araka.
As I understand, Gyneth Paltrow is concentrated on things being organic, gluten-free and drinking kale juice with other herbs and lemon for a breakfast. All that is not very compatible with saving money, which was the point of that challenge.
http://livingstingy.blogspot.com/2014/12/farm-share.html
I think that farm shares do create a high risk for food wasting. Giving big amount of random, often non-standard produce to the people who are not used to cooking in general and eating something beyond usual standard fare can't have another result in most cases. Kids who grew on pop tarts pizza pockets and pb sandwiches will not eat what their mom ,who doesn't know how to cook, tried to prepare from Swiss Chart or Kale. or Sandchoks. Personally, I wouldn't be glad to be presented with a necessity to figure out how to utilize in my kitchen a bump crop of Swiss Chard or Mustard Greens or something like that what I don't like. Sandchoks, btw, are well known for producing intense farting, even though it taste pretty good.
For the people who don't have chicken, like me, the best utilization road for produce is a soup or a stew, for root vegetables - sauteing and using it everywhere after. Tomato souse can accommodate a lot of produce too.