Good Bacteria

Probiotic bacteria, the good bacteria found in yogurt, may help people lose weight by blocking calories from being absorbed.

Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine who made the discovery say bacteria act like a furnace to our gastrointestinal tract, allowing us to consume and burn calories.

Adding more probiotic bacteria will only help burn an extra 1 or 2 calories per 100 calories that you consume, but over the course of time, this will obviously add up.

Based on these findings, researchers are hoping to come up with ideal "microbial profiles" so that people could burn calories more efficiently.

It may not be a lot of extra calories burned but add to the fact that probiotics improve mineral absorption, lower cholesterol and blood pressure and help prevent colon cancer, amongst many other benefits, then it's clear that you should add some yogurt into your daily diet.