So is yogurt useful or not? There are suspicions that yogurt is exaggerated, but the active probiotics in yogurt are indeed good for intestinal health, especially for constipation caused by dysbiosis. However, it is important to note that in order for yogurt to be beneficial to health, it is important to choose the “right” yogurt and to preserve it well. Yogurt can improve constipation Recently, many fans have been asking in the background every day, “Is it necessary to drink yogurt or not?” One of them was a young mother who said that her child’s gastrointestinal tract had been bad since she started kindergarten, and she was often constipated and had a poor appetite, so her child’s health care doctor recommended yogurt, and she had been drinking it for a month, but the effect was not obvious. One of the causes of constipation is intestinal flora imbalance and intestinal dysfunction, so supplementing with probiotics can help improve intestinal flora and regulate intestinal function. Real yogurt contains active probiotics such as Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus, so it’s not just an idle claim that yogurt can improve constipation and benefit intestinal health. It should be reminded that yogurt needs to be refrigerated to ensure the activity of lactic acid bacteria, so buy refrigerated yogurt and store it refrigerated after purchase; put it slightly at room temperature before drinking, and avoid heating it above body temperature; avoid using it together with antibiotics; avoid eating it together with sausages, bacon, ham and other meat products and foods with preservatives; drink one brand of yogurt for a long time to make it more likely to work. It is difficult to get enough probiotics to take a place among the many intestinal bacteria. Understanding the causes of constipation There are many causes of constipation, and intestinal dysbiosis is only one of them, so yogurt does not improve all types of constipation. Common causes of constipation 1, too fine diet, low food intake, insufficient intake of fruits and vegetables If there is little residue after the digestion of food, the colon can not form a sufficient volume of feces, it is difficult to produce stool every day, especially for women constipation. 2, do not defecate properly when the intention to hold back, long-term this will also lead to the fading of the intention to cause functional constipation, and for example, playing with cell phones, reading newspapers, etc. when relieving the bowels. 3, do not like to exercise, drink enough water too little exercise will make the colon peristalsis reduced, on the contrary, increased exercise will promote intestinal peristalsis. In addition, if the water is not enough, the intestines will absorb more water in the stool, making the stool dry and hard. 4, older people constipation is more common, mainly related to age, coupled with reduced activity of the elderly, more likely to constipation. The above mostly refers to functional constipation, but constipation is more likely to occur if there is an organic lesion basis, such as intestinal obstruction, constipation after cerebral infarction, pelvic floor muscle disorder, diabetes, hormonal effects, etc. Not all constipation can be solved by drinking yogurt, and these causes of constipation need to be treated accordingly. Improving constipation is a “system project”. Yogurt has the function of regulating intestinal flora, improving intestinal function and promoting intestinal peristalsis, but improving constipation and taking care of intestinal health is a system project, which should be done from many aspects, and it is not enough to think that drinking any kind of yogurt can play a therapeutic role. Improve intestinal health can be done from the following aspects: 1, eat more dregs food, supplement sufficient water Fiber is an important factor in the formation of feces and promote defecation, fiber can stimulate the intestinal tract to accelerate peristalsis, can increase the water in the fecal mass, so that the fecal group volume to expand, stimulate intestinal peristalsis, so that the bowel movement is smooth. Therefore, food should not eat too fine, to ensure that the proportion of fiber to 30-50% of the volume of food, but at the same time, also have to drink enough water, dietary fiber to play the role of intestinal laxative, or fiber “block intestine”, will make constipation more serious. 2, exercise exercise can stimulate intestinal peristalsis, a very simple reason, you move intestines also move, we often encourage patients after gastrointestinal surgery to get out of bed as soon as possible, the purpose is to promote intestinal motility recovery. The way of exercise is not limited to walking, jogging, doing gymnastics, it varies from person to person, in any case, to ensure a certain amount of physical activity. Before and after exercise to pay attention to replenish water. 3, good defecation habits The human body has two defecation “natural time”: one is the morning wake up “up reflex”; the other is after eating the “stomach – colon reflex”. When you get up in the morning, from lying to sitting to standing, your intestinal peristalsis will increase, and your intestines will produce a huge peristaltic wave to help you push out the stool. After breakfast, the gastrocolic reflex is obvious (the stomach informs the colon to move quickly), creating another “time of day” for defecation. So wake up the natural bowel reflex to improve constipation has a half-hearted effect. 3, do not abuse antibiotics Abuse of antibiotics can cause intestinal flora imbalance leading to diarrhea, serious cases can also develop into difficult to treat pseudomembranous enteritis. Antibiotics are a double-edged sword that can kill pathogenic bacteria can also kill many normal intestinal microorganisms, and then prone to intestinal microecological imbalance. 4, say goodbye to high-fat, high-sugar diet high-fat, high-sugar diet will lead to a decline in the proportion of commensal bacteria, resulting in intestinal flora imbalance.