Dr. Jyoti D. Vora holds a Ph.D in Biochemistry and a CME A+ (USA). She has been conferred with an F.S.Sc. Her research interest is in behavioural anthropology and nutrition. She is also an artist specializing in charcoal painting. She is a contributor to popular science articles, a gastronome, a passionate photographer and is widely travelled.

We are what we eat , is an adage which is so time tested that it has now become a cliché. In our endeavour to attain sustainable wellness and to retain a long term balance in our psychosomatic profile we require to look no further than our own plate. The contents of our diet are largely governed by our heritage and socio-cultural ethos. Hence, we delve into our historical background and continuously benefit from the wisdom of our ancestors. A delicious taste on its own and a very good accompaniment to most others, a source of good health and longevity and one of the oldest processed foods of man s history, yogurt is a common food item throughout the world. Yogurt is the pearly manna which continues to lead us to good health. A carefully structured questionnaire was self-administered to the urban Indian subjects in the age group of 18-30 years with the view of obtaining a holistic picture of their perspective towards yogurt consumption. The statistically analyzed findings have reconfirmed an emphatic relationship between the subject s attitude towards yogurt and other probiotics, and general health awareness of the subject.