Probiotic Yogurt use in the treatment of Vaginal Candida Albicans Infection

     Natural probiotic yogurt is considered to be an anti-infection agent due to the fact that it contains active live culture. Growing up, i just thought yogurt was just a very savoring snack that contained milk and sugar and was a little bit sour. In later years as a students in University i had an interesting conversation with a very insightful friend. She informed me that pro-biotic unsweetened yogurt could be used in the treatment of vaginal candida. Later on that year the fact that applying yogurt or eating yogurt treats vaginal candida was confirmed by my community Nursing professor. 
    It was however, in microbiology class that i learned that yogurt is considered beneficial and pro-biotic because it contains beneficial bacteria. According to some researches like that made by Cheryl Myers (2010), shows that over growth of yeast destroys vaginal flora and causes bacterial infection. This bacterial infections have been shown to respond better to treatment with probiotic yogurt containing  L. acidophilus than to other treatments like metronidazole an anti-fungal treatment. In an experiment on mice resistance developed with consistent use of the anti-fungal treatment, but did not develop with the use of yogurt and yogurt product. 
     So there you have it, yogurt is not only good for its digestive beneficial attributes but also for the fact that it treats infections like vaginal candida Albicans.

References:

 http://www.livestrong.com/article/325230-yogurt-vaginal-health/

http://www.fwhc.org/health/yeast.htm