Yogurt, a fermented dairy food, has been around for thousands of
years and is an important part of the diet in the Middle East,
Asia, Russia and Eastern European countries, such as Bulgaria.
The beneficial bacteria in yogurt, also known as probiotics,
improve your body’s ability to absorb essential nutrients,
particularly calcium. Yogurt is also a potent inflammation-
fighter, with well-documented curative effects for the pain and
stiffness of arthritis, making it an important part of The
Arthritis Healing Diet. 1. Yogurt blocks inflammation. People
with arthritis should eat yogurt often because it blocks
inflammation. A study in the World Journal of Gastroenterology
found that the probiotics in yogurt trigger a decrease in
C-reactive protein (CRP), a blood marker for inflammation that
can go sky high in people with arthritis. Even more compelling,
researchers noted that the bacteria strains Lactobacillus and
Propionibacterium exert an especially strong effect on CRP. This
means that certain beneficial bacteri