Why Americans are Obese: Nonfat Yogurt
Here is another awful light product I recently found in an American supermarket. It’s called Light & Fit nonfat yogurt. Ironically it’s an excellent option for anybody who wants to gain belly fat.
Let’s take a closer look.
Ingredients and nutrition facts
No fat (0g per serving)… but loads of sugar (14g) and starch.
Check out the ingredients for the whole freakish story. The nonfat yogurt is made from non fat milk (with a high percentage of milk sugar) by adding modified food starch and fructose (fruit sugar) among other things. Then they add some natural and artificial flavors, some preservatives and coloring and three (!) different artificial sweeteners (aspartame, acesulfame K and sucralose).
No natural fat… but lots of added sugar, starch and sweeteners. If you want to stay fit then stay away from this garbage. It may turn you into an obese sugar junkie, just like cigarettes may give you cancer.
A better idea
Do you like yogurt? Check out this more natural high fat version:
LCHF-breakfast in the summer
If you really want to be depressed, go to the aisle where they have the salad dressings and check the ingredients list.
I used to buy this kind of yogurt & all the "commercial crap that will make you thin" but I'm never going back!
I completely agree with the salad dressings! I don't get depressed, but simply angry. Knowing that vegetable oils (canola, soybean, etc.) are terrible oils for you to consume, I always look for olive oil based salad dressings. There are NONE out there that only contain olive oil. Each one that I looked at that said "Made with Olive Oil" I looked at the ingrediants right away and the first ingrediant is always canola or soybean. What's the point of calling it olive oil if its the fifth ingrediant on the list?
Now I make my own with olive oil and some vinegar or lemon juice. My favorite "dressing" is egg yolks. Delicious!
Likewise, @Milton and @Crystal, I don't buy store bought salad dressings. Even in the health food stores, they generally are made with unhealthy oils and some kind of sweetener. The only thing I put on my salads is oil (either a blend of coconut, olive and sesame or just olive) and (usually balsamic) vinegar. It's all I need, and it's always on hand.
For those having difficulty locating full fat, request it from your grocer. They might be able to order it for you and yogurt has a pretty good shelf life so purhcase 6 containers at a time.
btw, even the 0% Fage is healthier that the one you describe, here is the list of ingredients:
Fage 0% ingredients:
Grade A Pasteurized Skimmed Milk, Live Active Yogurt Cultures (L. Bulgaricus, S. Thermophilus, L. Acidophilus, Bifidus, L. Casei).
That's it! No sugars, starches etc.
Only one grocer sells Total Fage (not the 2%, not the 0%, the plain regular) without sugar and with regular fat included.
They seem to be out of it most of the week.
It is so difficult to find real yogurt in USA, that I'm thinking I might need to just start making my own..
If they dont have fat in it, there are either carbs or protein.
Protein is not a energy source its a building stone.. then you end up feeding moste sugar anyway.. you have to eat more for the same calories!
If the it going to be mostly protein.. and there is an surplus of amino acids, they mostly converts to glukos anyway!
Soo that the problem.. if one avoid fat one ends upp living on sugar, thats the big problem.