Why is plain yogurt considered good for digestion? What’s it doing down there?

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Why is plain yogurt considered good for digestion? What’s it doing down there?

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There’s friendly bacteria living in your large intestine. They’re supposed to help you break down the parts of food you normally couldn’t, help you make vitamin K, and occupy all the space in there so nothing new can infect you. But if some of them die off from too much exposure to antibiotics or you eating the wrong foods for a long time, bad bacteria can move in and start making poisons that make you sick.

Plain yogurt has live bacteria in it. They’re a variety that won’t try to poison you if they set up shop in your large intestine. So if you’re at risk for bad bacteria moving in, eating a lot of yogurt can crowd them out.