Personal experiment: replacing calories with a high quality active culture plain yogurt has not resulted in weight loss for me. Your mileage may vary.
Do you notice any less inflammation, such as less allergy symptoms or less puffy hands, or anything? My son had asthma as a toddler. Now, I notice he naturally gravitates to foods that are inflammation fighters, and we haven’t had asthma problems in several years. I want to know if this could be helpful to him.
Same here, but I do feel better when I have yogurt daily. I just avoid the one with high fructose corn syrup, like Yoplait. High fructose corn syrup has an extra molecule. This molecule makes it harder to digest. Because it is harder to digest it stays in the system longer. Staying the system longer allows it to raise blood glucose levels for a longer period of time, and allows it to get store as fat more easily.
Don't believe the commercials telling you that the body can't tell the difference. It certainly can. About a month ago I was fortunate enough to chat with a nutritionist about this exact thing.