Study Busts Myth About Yogurt’s Health Benefits
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iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — For years, yogurt has been marketed as a health food but perhaps it’s time to rethink that claim based on a study by Spanish researchers who say the tasty dairy product is not all that it’s cracked up to be.
What’s more, Esther López-García, lead author of the study, goes as far to say that yogurt offers no proven physical or mental benefits to those who enjoy it.
López-García isn’t saying that yogurt, which contains calcium, protein and probiotics, is bad for people who regularly consume it.
However, based on a three-and-a-half-year analysis of 4,450 Spanish adults, researchers found yogurt lovers weren’t any better off physically than people who didn’t eat it and only showed a slight improvement mentally but nothing that was remarkable.
Furthermore, López-García said that the study also ruled out the possibility that poor health choices might hide yogurt’s benefits since there wasn’t any correlation between the food and better health for those who ate a Mediterranean diet and didn’t smoke.
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