Yogurt is a staple in many kitchens and for good reason. It's creamy, tangy, and versatile, effortlessly anchoring a breakfast bowl or giving a smoothie a glow up. Yogurt is also packed with vitamins, minerals, and probiotics to support digestive wellness and help your body thrive. Learn about the many health benefits of yogurt and playful ways to add this superfood to your snack routine.
How Does Yogurt Affect Gut Health?
Your gut is home to bacteria and other microorganisms that help regulate your health. When stress, lifestyle, or medications disrupt their delicate balance, you might experience gas, bloating, and discomfort. That’s when yogurt comes to the rescue. Made by fermenting milk with beneficial bacteria, specifically S. thermophilus and L. bulgaricus, yogurt can play a big role in supporting gut health.
Probiotics
Some yogurts contain added probiotics, which are live microorganisms similar to the ones in your gut. Probiotics help offset bad bacteria that can impact your health, helping to maintain or restore the balance of good bacteria in your gastrointestinal tract.
Digestion
Probiotics can also support digestive wellness, helping to break food into essential nutrients so your body can absorb them and put them to work. When your digestive system works smoothly, you generally feel light and energized after eating.
What Are the Other Health Benefits of Yogurt?
Yogurt is a nutrient-rich food that brims with vitamins, minerals, and protein. One serving of yogurt delivers calcium, magnesium, vitamin B12, vitamin D, and riboflavin, along with an array of health benefits.
Immune Support
Your digestive health can impact your immune system. The probiotics in yogurt help ensure your gut microbiome is strong and diverse, so there is not an overgrowth of any single bacterium. This means you're better equipped to fend off diseases and infection. In addition to probiotics, yogurt contains vitamin D and magnesium, which play a role in boosting immunity.
Muscle Strength
When you've been exercising, your body needs protein to speed up recovery and build new, stronger muscle fibers. Yogurt is a high-quality protein source that delivers muscle-supporting nutrients. In fact, one study found that participants who consumed Greek yogurt during an exercise program experienced improvements in strength, muscle thickness, and body composition compared to those who were given a placebo.
Strong Bones
Yogurt is rich in calcium and vitamin D, which are important for increasing bone density and helping your muscles move efficiently. An 8-ounce serving of plain, nonfat yogurt can deliver almost 500 mg of calcium. While everyone needs calcium, it's especially important for children and teens who are growing quickly. Older adults can also benefit from yogurt, as people tend to lose calcium as they age.
How Can Nature's Garden's Probiotic Yoggies Help?
Nature's Garden has reimagined yogurt and fruit into a functional, modern snack. You can enjoy the taste and health benefits of yogurt without the fuss and mess!
Our Probiotic Yoggies are tasty, bite-sized yogurt-covered fruit cubes. They’re made with real apple, strawberry, blueberry, and raspberry purees, wrapped in a creamy yogurt coating. Yoggies serve up dietary fiber, calcium, potassium, and probiotics in every chew. We also take care to use simple, clean ingredients in all our recipes so you can confidently snack.
Targeted Gut Support
To make sure you get the digestive benefits of yogurt, we infuse our Yoggies with billions of probiotics, including Lactobacillus Rhamnosus GG. These live cultures are encapsulated to help them get to your gut intact, where they support digestive function. Yoggies also have plenty of dietary fiber from the fruit to encourage healthy digestion and keep things moving smoothly.
On-the-Go Convenience
While yogurt is a healthy snack, it doesn't typically travel well. You need to plan ahead and keep it cold. It can also spill or leak. Nature's Garden Yoggies let you enjoy the creamy taste of fruit and yogurt on the go. We've portioned these little bites into single-serving packages that you can grab from the pantry. Tuck a Yoggies snack pack into a bag, backpack, desk drawer, or pocket. Then, when the hunger hits, enjoy the taste of rich, silky yogurt, with no spoon required.
Nature's Garden Knows Yogurt
At Nature's Garden, we've turned yogurt and fruit into a revolutionary snack. Yoggies prioritize functional, wholesome ingredients while amplifying the fun. Choose our Probiotic Strawberry Yoggies for classic, sunshine-y sweetness or Probiotic Mixed Berry Yoggies for bright, bold flavors. Can't choose between 'em? Our Probiotic Yoggies Snack Packs let you enjoy both flavors.
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