What to eat in place of flavored (sugar added) yogurt
Flavored yogurt sucks. What's worse is it's seen as a health food.
No matter which flavor you pick up, from strawberry to pumpkin spice, there's added sugar. Check the ingredient label. You'll see the words "sugar, sugar cane, honey, maple, agave, high fructose corn syrup, dextrose" etc. Those all mean that sugar was added to an already delicious and whole food.
If you are eating a food product and you see any of these sugar-added ingredients, you are not eating something healthy. You are eating sweets. Even if that product is yogurt. Any benefit of the yogurt is canceled when you add refined added sweetener.
But don't despair--you can still eat yogurt and it can be even more delicious with the right additions and toppings.
If you are dairy-free or vegan check out Lavva dairy-free, no-sugar-added yogurt.
If you enjoy yogurt, try this instead:
Start with:
Plain yogurt—I like Greek yogurt and full-fat yogurt.
Plain yogurt with raisins, walnuts, chia seeds, cacao nibs, and shelled hemp seeds
Add:
shelled hemp seeds
ground flax seeds
shaved unsweetened dried coconut
raisins
dates, pitted and chopped
almond or cashew butter
peanut butter
walnuts
pistachios
almond slivers
dried cherries
chia seeds
any dried fruit
any fresh fruit, sliced
cacao nibs
pecans
Blend with:
frozen banana
peanut butter
cocoa powder
frozen mango
frozen blueberries
any frozen fruit you want!