Yogurt Help Vaginal Health

Can Yogurt Help Vaginal Health?
The consensus seems to be Yes. Fermented milk products contain so-called “probiotic,” or “good” bacteria, including lactobacillus, acidophilus , and bifidobacterium , that compete with Candida in the vagina. Candida is a common yeast found in our colon and in women's vaginas. It can overgrow if healthy bacteria are killed (when taking antibiotics) and lead to a yeast infection. The probiotics found in yogurt are thought to counter the growth of Candida. That is considered a desirable effect.

In a Finnish study conducted of 320 women, researchers found that those who ate three or more servings per week of yogurt–or in some cases, cheeses made from fermented milk–had far fewer UTIs than those who didn’t eat yogurt or ate it only infrequently.
Several studies have found that to cause a significant reduction in the occurrence of yeast infections, people need to consume at least one serving of yogurt per day. In these studies, the yogurt contained acidophilus bacteria, which is generally noted on food labels as containing “live” or “active” cultures.

Half of all women will experience a yeast infection in their lifetime. Women who suffer from repeated infections may want to add yogurt to their regular diets, and have at least one serving daily. Because yeast feeds on sugar, most researchers recommend choosing low sugar or unsweetened yogurts.

P.S. once you have a yeast infection or UTI, you must take antibiotics to treat them- yogurt will do nothing for an active infection, but it can help prevent them.
Source: http://safetyperiods..com/2013/08/yogurt-vaginal-health.html

@op I am a microbiologist and I can categorically tell you that once the microflora of the va.gin.a is destroyed it can never be restored using yogurt therapy.

Although I agree that the same bacterium (lactobacillus) present in yogurt is also the predominant bacterium in the va.gin.a being part of the normal flora of that region. This bacterium is important because it successfully competes against other disease causing microbes by the production of lactic acid which inhibits the growth of the pathogens. Women have to be careful when undergoing antibiotic therapy because this can permanently alter the growth & population dynamics of microbes in the va.gin.a to the detriment of the woman in question. Anything that causes a drop in population of lactobacillus will render that lady susceptible to constant va.gin.al infections.

YOGURT therapy CANNOT rejuvenate the microflora of the va.gin.a. It does not really work. Please non of y'all should waste your money on this stuff.

marvelling: @op I am a microbiologist and I can categorically tell you that once the microflora of the va.gin.a is destroyed it can never be restored using yogurt therapy.

Although I agree that the same bacterium (lactobacillus) present in yogurt is also the predominant bacterium in the va.gin.a being part of the normal flora of that region. This bacterium is important because it successfully competes against other disease causing microbes by the production of lactic acid which inhibits the growth of the pathogens. Women have to be careful when undergoing antibiotic therapy because this can permanently alter the growth & population dynamics of microbes in the va.gin.a to the detriment of the woman in question. Anything that causes a drop in population of lactobacillus will render that lady susceptible to constant va.gin.al infections.

YOGURT therapy CANNOT rejuvenate the microflora of the va.gin.a. It does not really work. Please non of y'all should waste your money on this stuff.

Thanks for your post... am also a Microbiologist ...
Am not saying you can use yogurt to treat or restored Microflora using Yogurt therapy.. check my blog to see the full articl. Thanks

I think its why yoghurt Ȋ̝̊̅§ particularly advised in pregnancy because pregnant women are more susceptible to vaginal infections.

@teejay.. Yes

[color=#000099][/color]so if yoghort can't restore it then what can?

marvelling:
@op I am a microbiologist and I can categorically tell you that once the microflora of the va.gin.a is destroyed it can never be restored using yogurt therapy.

Although I agree that the same bacterium (lactobacillus) present in yogurt is also the predominant bacterium in the va.gin.a being part of the normal flora of that region. This bacterium is important because it successfully competes against other disease causing microbes by the production of lactic acid which inhibits the growth of the pathogens. Women have to be careful when undergoing antibiotic therapy because this can permanently alter the growth & population dynamics of microbes in the va.gin.a to the detriment of the woman in question. Anything that causes a drop in population of lactobacillus will render that lady susceptible to constant va.gin.al infections.

YOGURT therapy CANNOT rejuvenate the microflora of the va.gin.a. It does not really work. Please non of y'all should waste your money on this stuff.