Title: YOGURT: Overview, Uses, Side Effects, Precautions, Interactions, Dosing and Reviews
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Content: Early research found that people who eat yogurt every day have a smaller chance of developing metabolic syndrome compared to those who rarely or never eat yogurt. Muscle strength. Early research shows that eating yogurt daily during a strength training program does not increase strength better than strength training alone. Build up of fat in the liver in people who drink little or no alcohol (nonalcoholic fatty liver disease or NAFLD). Early research shows that eating probiotic yogurt can help decrease cholesterol and body weight in people with liver disease not caused by alcohol. Obesity. People who eat yogurt might have a lower risk of obesity compared to those who don't eat yogurt. But not all research agrees. Infections of the kidney, bladder, or urethra ( urinary tract infections or UTIs). So far, research doesn't offer much support for using yogurt for UTIs.