Some health-food trends come and go as fast as color fads in kids' sneakers. Really great foods, however, have staying power. Take yogurt, especially Greek yogurt, the low-fat real stuff with no added sugar. It does all kinds of good things for your body. For example:
1. It makes your blood vessels happy. A diet rich in low-fat dairy curbs your risk of high blood pressure by up to 31 percent.
2. Yogurt with probiotics search out and destroy the nasty microbes that cause periodontal disease and intestinal trouble. Look for "contains probiotics" or "live active cultures" on yogurt labels.
3. Researchers have linked better memory recall to eating low-fat yogurt rather than full-fat dairy foods.
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