The origins of yogurt lie in the Caucasus Mountains where people have been making and eating yogurt for more than 4000 years.

In 1980, E.Metchnikov, the Nobel Prize winning scientist wrote in his book "The Prolongation of Life" that the secret to longevity that he found in these mountains was yogurt.

Nowadays, there is a growing body
of evidence that probiotics or foods
that contain live bacteria should be
part of your healthy diet.

To be truly effective, it is important
that the beneficial bacteria in yogurt
are alive and consumed regularly
and in large numbers.

In addition of being a delicious and nutritious
protein food providing also lots of vitamins, calcium,
and other minerals for relatively few calories,

 Yogurt, with live and active cultures may help:

• decrease symptoms of lactose intolerance                    

• boost the immune system

• restore and maintain the intestinal flora
  so essential to digestion and good health.

Fresh yogurts containing live and active cultures
are always kept refrigerated before consumption
and have a relatively short shelf life.

Heat-treated yogurts, on the other hand, do not
contain live cultures and have longer shelf lives
but the health benefits derived from live cultures
are not found in them.