Wholesome Yoghurt

Wholesome yoghurt is best known for its ability to help strengthen bones. There’s a good reason for this. Homemade yoghurt is an excellent source of calcium, vitamin D and vitamin K, three nutrients essential to bone health. That’s why taking yoghurt is often recommended as a great strategy for preventing osteoporosis, the bone-thinning disease that affects more than 28 million people in the U.S. alone, most of them women.

Apart from calcium, yoghurt is also a very good source of riboflavin, vitamin B12 and a whole lot of other essential nutrients, working together towards your good health. Just see for yourself what a glass of yoghurt provides:

Protein for building and repairing body tissues, even bones. Helps build antibodies to fight infection in your body.
Carbohydrates provide the main source of energy in your body cells.
Vitamin A for healthy skin, eyes and night vision. Essential for normal bones and teeth.
Vitamin D for optimal calcium and phosphorus absorption. Essential for strong bones and healthy teeth.
Thiamin for turning carbohydrates into energy. Maintains a healthy appetite and helps normal growth.
Riboflavin for healthy skin, eyes and nerves. Helps convert food into energy.
Niacin for growth and development, a normal nervous system and healthy digestive tract.
Vitamin B6 helps protein build body tissues. Help produce red blood cells and antibodies to fight infection.
Vitamin B12 or healthy red blood cells. Help maintain a healthy nervous system and digestive tract.
Pantothenic acid helps turn carbohydrates and fats into energy your body can use.
Folic acid helps form red blood cells and genetic material for cells.
Magnesium for strong, healthy bones and teeth. Helps convert food into energy and build body tissue.
Zinc for converting food into energy. Important for tissue repair and growth.

Testimonies

For 20 years I suffered from skin problem at the sole, which greatly affected my daily life. I could not walk properly, and there were times I needed to crawl on the floor. My feet cracked easily and itched and eventually excreted pus if I walked barefoot. I have visited a few physicians, but was told that it was incurable. The doctor also informed me that if I were to take some of the prescribed medications, I might not get pregnant in my later years. I was extremely depressed thinking that I had to live my whole life with this tormenting problem. Many times my boss, Dr Ding, advised me to start eating yoghurt every day to help my skin problem. Finally in 2001, I followed his advice. After a while, I discovered the skin on my feet started peeling off and new skin was growing. With the vast improvement by just taking yoghurt daily, my faith in NewLife™ increased. I proceeded with the Detoxification & Rejuvenation Programme. My skin problem was completely healed. To this day, my feet remained healed, without a single crack in the skin.

Vong Chwee Hong, Johor Bahru

Yoghurt is a great fun food for slimming. I find that consuming yoghurt helps in digestion and it stops my craving for other food. My family and I consume a lot of yoghurt so I make my own using NewLife™ Yoghurt Maker. NewLife™ Yoghurt Starter, and NewLife™ Organic Low Fat Milk.

Rosemary Chia, Kota Kinabalu

I like yoghurt because it is healthy and nutritious. I would take yoghurt made from NewLife™ Organic Low Fat Milk Powder as breakfast every morning with my favourite toppings like pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, nuts, and etc. Nothing can compare with this hearty nutritious ‘fast food’ for busy working people.

Jill Lee Yuk Peng, Petaling Jaya

I had my teeth extracted and suffered pain for several days without pain killer. I could not eat well and the only food that is easily taken without much chewing and grinding is a bowl of fresh yoghurt. Apart from knowing its nutritional value. I could feel the speedy healing in my gums. A GP was also recommending me to take yoghurt to prevent yeast infection. It is undoubtedly a staple food that everyone should partake for healthy bones and good intestinal flora.

Irene Shiu, Petaling Jaya

I used to suffer from bloating stomach and often had diarrhoea. After taking yoghurt regularly, my digestive system improved remarkably. These days I don’t feel bloated anymore and diarrhoea very rarely occurs.

Mdm. Chin, Petaling Jaya

Healthy Recipes Using Yoghurt

Fruity Yoghurt Smoothie (1 serving)

A fruity yoghurt smoothie is a quick, easy and healthy way to get more fibre, vitamins, and calcium into your child’s diet.

Ingredients

½ cup of your child’s favourite fruit, such as mangoes, bananas, pineapples, strawberries, etc.
¾ cup of plain natural yoghurt made with NewLife Organic Low Fat Milk Powder
1 cup of milk using NewLife’s Organic Low Fat Milk Powder
1 tablespoon of Flax Seed Oil
1 tablespoon raw honey (optional)
½ teaspoon of Nutritional Yeast
½ teaspoon of Organic Bee Pollen

Preparation

Peel the fruit, and cut them up into small pieces.
Put all of the ingredients into a blender and puree them together until smooth.
Pour into a chilled glass and serve with a straw.

Keep in mind that you may have to add ice or use frozen fruit if you really want to serve it cold.

Yoghurt Cheese (in place of cottage cheese and ricotta)

Ingredients

½ cups plain low-fat yoghurt made with NewLife™ Organic Low Fat Milk Powder

Preparation

Line a strainer or sieve with 1 layer of muslin (cheesecloth). Stand this in a bowl.
Pour the yoghurt into the muslin. Gather the corners of the cloth together and tie a piece of string lightly round to make a bag. Hang on a hook or knob with a bowl underneath to catch the dripping whey.
Leave overnight for at least 8 hours or until dripping has stopped and you are left with a moist curd.
Place cheese in a bowl and gently work up the curbs with a wooden spoon.
Store refrigerated in an airtight container for use.

Delightfully spread to serve on cracker or bread

You can sprinkle some fresh lemon juice, mix in fresh or dried herbs such as basil, cilantro, parsley, chives, minced garlic, pepper flakes, anything you would use to make a herb cheese or dip for crackers or vegetable sticks.

Mango Frozen Yoghurt Ice Cream (4 servings)

Ingredients

8 ounces of ripe mango, diced, peeled
2 ounces honey
16 ounces plain natural yoghurt made with NewLife Organic Low Fat Milk Powder
1 egg white (optional)

Preparation

Puree the mango and honey, then sieve if preferred.
Mix with the yoghurt.
Place the mixture in a freezer until just beginning to freeze around the edges.
Whisk the egg white and fold into the partly frozen mixture.
Return the ice cream to the freezer until frozen.

Baked Noodles with Spinach & Yoghurt (4 – 6 servings)

Ingredients

4 ounces noodles
1 ½ quarts boiling water
8 ounces plain natural yoghurt made with NewLife
Organic Low Fat Milk Powder
½ cup yoghurt cheese (recipe see above)
10 ounces spinach, frozen, thawed
2 tablespoons chopped onions
½ cup Cheddar cheese, shredded Salt to taste (optional)

Preparation

Gradually add noodles to rapidly boiling water so that water continues to boil; cook, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until tender.
Drain noodles in a colander.
Preheat oven to 400F. Combine yoghurt and yoghurt cheese; combine noodles, spinach and onion with yoghurt cheese mixture.
Pour into a 1-quart baking dish; top with Cheddar cheese.
Cover and bake 20-25 minutes.
Uncover and bake until cheese is melted and brown.

Chicken with Curry and Yoghurt

You may substitute Santan with 1.5 cups of warm milk and 300g of plain yoghurt.

BBQ Leg of Lamb with Yoghurt (12 servings)

Ingredients

10 pounds lamb leg, whole
½ cup plain natural yoghurt made with NewLife™ Organic Low Fat Milk Powder
1 tablespoon turmeric
2 tablespoons paprika
¼ cup cumin
2 teaspoons cloves
2 teaspoons nutmeg
5 tablespoons olive oil
Salt to taste (optional)

Preparation

Bone the lamb and cut into 1-inch cubes. Combine all ingredients in a large bowl, mix, cover and refrigerate overnight.
Skewer cubes and grill over charcoal about 7 min per side.