Replacing proper meals with low-fat yoghurt is not going to help you lose weight. According to a research by Smart Buy magazine, most yoghurt manufacturers exaggerate or lie about the nutritional value in their yoghurt.

I wouldn't want to mention the specific brands here. If you have the magazine, you can go and read it if you want to know the exact brands. Anyway, the research explains that most brands of yoghurt contain approximately the same amount of calcium levels, even though some may claim that they offer more calcium than others.

Also, sugar in yoghurt is bad for those who are diabetic or on a strict diet to lose weight. Labels that claim to be 'low-fat' often contain more sugar and fat than the amount indicated.

Furthermore, the levels of E Coli bacteria found in the samples of yoghurt are almost equal to or exceed the three grams that health regulations allow.

According to the research, each rach 125- to 150g tub of yoghurt you eat contains between 80 and 150 calories. If you are watching your weight, brands that claim to be fat-free, low-sugar, low-cholesterol or high-calcium may not be as healthy and appropriate for your diet as you think it is. Eat a balanced diet of proper meals instead!

If you like yoghurt or anything with lactose but wish to consume more healthy ones, here are some tips.

Get natural unflavoured yoghurt because it contains more nutrition. That means avoid the rest, including the fruity ones.

Natural unflavoured milk is cheaper and offers more calcium and protein. No banana, strawberry, chocolate or other fancy flavors.

Fat-free or low-sugar yoghurt still contains calories.

Buy freshly manufactured yoghurts. The manufacture date is usually printed on the package. The fresher the yoghurt, the more digestion-aiding lactic acid bacteria is contained in the cup.

Drinking or liquid yoghurt is made of fat-free milk and flavored with food additives, which contains less protein but excess sugar. Hence, it is actually unhealthy, especially for children.

 

 

 

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It's all marketing hype.

Everything that claims to be fat-free and low-fat probably is, but the advertisements and the labeling can induce a false sense of security when it comes to dieting. As much as yogurt may be hyped up to be THE food to eat for a healthy lifestyle, it shouldn't have that much of an impact on how you should include it in your dieting regimen BECAUSE it has the claim to be healthy.

Calorie count and leading an active lifestyle is the only way to actually diet, if you're aiming for weight loss. If you eat fat-free yogurt (or any kind of food, for that matter) high in sugars, what happens is that you would be consuming simple carbohydrates (the sugars), and if that energy isn't burned off in a prompt-enough manner, your body stores those simple sugars and turns them into fats for future energy storage. In all reality, fat-free foods high in sugars should be labeled as fat-free-now.

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