It’s yet another win for yogurt lovers after a new study found
that those who regularly consume the popular dairy product were
getting more nutrients and maintained a better over-all diet
than those who aren’t yogurt fans. The study, which was
published in the journal Nutrition Research, looked at
nutritional data collected from more than 6,500 adults between
the ages of 19 and 89. Study participants were asked to fill out
a 126-item questionnaire. More than half of the participants ate
yogurt, though women were more likely than men to eat it. An
average of two and one-quarter cups of yogurt were consumed
weekly. After analyzing the data, researchers found that regular
consumption of yogurt had a better diet and higher potassium
intakes. There were also “48 percent less likely to have
inadequate levels of calcium; 38 percent less likely to be
deficient in magnesium; and 55 percent less apt to have
shortfalls of vitamin B12, a nutrient lacking in some older
people's diets.” "We found that yogurt consumers had