If you think that yogurt only ends with satisfying your taste buds, you are actually mistaken. The list of yogurt benefits is just endless. You can get rid of your belly fat by including yogurt in your regular diet. Yogurt also helps in eliminating unwanted microorganisms from your system that can bring about infections to your intestines. Yogurt is also a rich source of different vitamins like vitamin B5, vitamin B12, zinc, phosphorus, iodine, riboflavin and potassium. Yogurt can also assist you with your problems regarding constipation, irritable bowel syndrome and indigestion because of the live and active cultures it contains. Although probably less common than yogurt, another food that contains high levels of nutrients is edamame. Edamame is the Japanese name for a dish popular in Japanese izakaya restaurants. The term literally means ‘twig bean’. It also refers to the young soybeans harvested with their twigs. Edamame beans are referred by the United States Department of Agriculture as “a soybean that can be eaten fresh and are best known as a snack with a nutritional punch.” It is a great source of carbohydrates, dietary fiber, fatty acids, protein, micronutrients, vitamin K and folic acid. Compared to other types of soybean, edamame beans have higher levels of protein, abscisic acid and sucrose. These beans are usually found in Japan, China and Hawaii.