Actually, I recently bought plain yogurt...looked exactly like every container of plain, unsweetened yogurt I've bought in my life. But this stuff was sugar sweetened. Nowhere did it say sweetened. Yes, the ingredients when I looked listed sugar. But I had no reason to check them, since I've never seen plain yogurt with added sugar before. It's not "tricking" necessarily, but it does speak to something messed up. |
This |
Agree. I see anecdotes like this all the time from people who travel to Europe. There is something about how we grow our wheat too. I think there has been research into the fact that we changed the type of wheat we grow here in the US in the 70's, and that is affecting our food supply too. I believe it's covered in the book "Wheat Belly". |
Except that Wheat Belly bs was debunked a long time ago. Guys, you are loosing weight when in Europe because you are excited and have many interesting things to do besides food. That's how it always works, as the saying goes, 'we lose weight when we have other interesting food available besides food'. Signed, a European who always looses weight when abroad |
Correction, obviously, that should have been 'other interesting things' |
I’m consumed by the people saying weight just melts off in Europe. I lived in Spain (not in a big city) and Russia and there were plenty of overweight people. I watched a documentary about Sicilian beaches and basically everyone over 30 was overweight (and in bikinis so I could really assess the weight!). Are people talking about Northern Europe? All my American friends of Northern European extraction (Swedes, Norwegians, etc.) are all thin even though they eat like americans — I think they are genetically programmed as quick metabolizers or something.
I’d be happy to have more healthy fresh options in America but I don’t see it as some magic bullet where we could eat as much as we want and still be thin! I eat fairly similar to a European (mostly fresh food) and walk a lot but my Sicilian genes are still packing on those pounds as I age. |
Ah yes, debunked by the good ole scientists at "Fork over Knives". They don't have an agenda AT ALL. |
Sorry —meant to say confused not consumed! |
I've been to Russia and yes, they have a lot of overweight people. But I was also in Greece, Italy, Austria, France, Finland and people there are mostly fit and at normal weight. |
Shocker but it's possible to not live in Europe yet still eat healthy and with portion control. And to even exercise and not blame lack of it on car culture or some other nebulous force. |
I believe it and know it. Believe it or not, I teach my kids to know you it too and I've taught them to have a basic understanding of nutrition. They know not to eat yogurt with 20g of sugar. I've also taught them it's their choice if they do choose to eat garbage like that. Maybe you should do them same. |
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For people who are a healthy weight and eating an overall balanced diet, why is a yogurt with, say, 3 to 5 grams of sugar "unreasonable"? Are there new dietary guidelines that state the only amount of added sugar that is acceptable is zero? I usually have maybe 10-15 grams/day at the most, but there is room in my diet for a vanilla Icelandic Skyr with four ingredients and 3 grams of added sugar. I wish there were more low sugar options, but they do exist. |