Don’t get me wrong, I love yogurt! But when grocery shopping the other day, it took me forever to decide what kind to buy. Not only are there tons of flavours to choose from, there are too many brands.
Since when are there a million different types of yogurt? When did the yogurt ‘industry’ become so big? Why do the brands need to attract and represent certain lifestyles?
Once upon a time…
Yogurt used to be a simple, healthy, quick and easy food to digest.
Brilliant for breakfast, it gave an excellent amount of calcium and vitamin D.
As far as dairies went, quicker for the body to break down than milk!
There was the option of having fruit with it! Yum
Yogurt is increasingly modified and altered to the point of not being as good for you. This article sums it up nicely. Even less modified brands like Astro still have a high level or unnecessary sugars. Yoplait is an example that has a large variety targeting certain groups or lifestyles. Each one satisfies in a different way!
The issue is that when something says fat-free and/or sugar-free, ingredients like aspartame, Splenda and suralose are present. These ingredients are in no way good for your body. So why are they needed? Yogurt has natural fat that is good for the body. There is good natural fat found in yogurt and bad fat that is found in potato chips.
Yogurt, even with fruit, is a healthy option. Modifications, supplements and additives are not needed. As soon as you alter something, in no way, shape or form is it as good or better for you then what it was to begin with.
I love yogurt but my issue is that it is increasingly hard to find a basic flavoured yogurt. The food market is so heavily targeted to dieting needs now that yogurt has been thrown into the mix!
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