Unlocking the secrets of yogurt may lead to better prevention of chronic disease
If you eat yogurt, you’re less likely than others to develop a raft of health problems including type 2 diabetes,…
Key Publications
Yogurt for Health: 10 evidence-based conclusions
The YINI’s 5th anniversary was celebrated in June 2018. For this occasion, YINI has published this document "Yogurt for Health…
2017 Best of Yogurt Publications
2017 was a year of scientific progress on yogurt. The YINI board of experts has reviewed and compiled a selection…
The benefits of yogurt
More and more positive scientific data are published on yogurt and its effects on health.
Benefit of yogurt for lactose digestion
Yogurt is a source of lactose; but it also contains live bacteria that produce lactase, which improve the digestion of…
Lactose intolerance: what risks, what impacts and what solution?
Per se, lactose maldigestion has no direct consequence on health. It concerns most people in the world; it’s a normal…
Lactose intolerance diagnostic
The proper way to diagnose lactose intolerance, called the Breath test, is to measure, in the exhaled air, the hydrogen…
Proceedings 2017: studies on Yogurt & Type 2 Diabetes
The Fourth Global Summit on the Health Effects of Yogurt took place in April 2016 in San Diego (US) during the annual…
Lactase activity
In the intestine during digestion, lactose is usually split into glucose and galactose by the lactase. This enzyme is located…
Lactose as a nutrient
Lactose is the principal sugar (or carbohydrate) naturally found, in various amount, in milk and dairy. Lactase, an enzyme present…