Hi all
Just wanted to share this with you as it shocked me!
Having been tempted my Martine McCutcheon's adverts and the 2 for 1 offer in the supermarket, I just purchased some Activia yoghurts - and as they're fat free thought this would be great for my diet. Just checked the label (having eaten them every day this week...) and there are 9.1g of sugar in one pot!! Is it just me, or doesn't that seem a lot to you??
I love a good yoghurt at lunchtime - does anyone know of any actually healthy versions?
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I'm no expert and sometimes get confused by it all too but here's what my health visitor told me when I was weaning my daughter:
Carbohydrates: xxx gm
of which sugars: xxx gm
The most important bit is the "of which sugars". She said that ever 5 gm is a spoonful of sugar so obviously the less the better for that one!
it's a terrible fight though, trying to tell people that even the weight watcher food can be bad is terrible! They just see the low fat etc and take it from there!!
Aly
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Carbohydrates: xxx gm
of which sugars: xxx gm
The most important bit is the "of which sugars". She said that ever 5 gm is a spoonful of sugar so obviously the less the better for that one!
it's a terrible fight though, trying to tell people that even the weight watcher food can be bad is terrible! They just see the low fat etc and take it from there!!
Aly
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Ooops lost my reply there!
The carbohydrate on the yoghurt I just had was 9.6g of which sugars 9.1g! So 2 spoonfuls!! :\(
Eeeek think I'll look more closely at the label from now on!
The carbohydrate on the yoghurt I just had was 9.6g of which sugars 9.1g! So 2 spoonfuls!! :\(
Eeeek think I'll look more closely at the label from now on!
I know, it's scary when you realise how many are acutally in food!
To be honest, I don't look at it for meal food but I do look for snacks etc. I obviously don't want my daughter getting too much so it's sort of invaluable to me! But when you think about it, it really makes sense for all these low fat foods to have sugar because they need to add some sort of preservative I suppose!!
I really believe we should be educated for this though, too many people just don't know!!
To be honest, I don't look at it for meal food but I do look for snacks etc. I obviously don't want my daughter getting too much so it's sort of invaluable to me! But when you think about it, it really makes sense for all these low fat foods to have sugar because they need to add some sort of preservative I suppose!!
I really believe we should be educated for this though, too many people just don't know!!
9 out of 10 times when it says fat free it means it's loaded with sugar x
also have you noticed you have to eat 2 of them yoghurts a day for them to do anything? how expensive would that be!?
it's like another special k promo, noticed that you can only eat kelloggs special k and crunchy nut? both loaded with sugar.
Activia, Danone etc chock full of sugar... you can buy lactobacilli supplements (good bacteria) at health food shops and supermarkets which do the same trick but don't contain the calories. A colonic irrigation will de-bloat you for longer and more actively than an Activia will! Remember that this is an ADVERT that you are succumbing to!
The best way to de-bloat is to eat slower, I am guilty of wolfing down food at mealtimes and have recently been trying this, and giving myself a much smaller portion than h2b. If you can avoid the problems in the first place they don't need 'solving' with these sort of products.
We make easiyo yogurt he natural one and the greek one have no sugar in and all natural- it has saved us loads of money on yogurt
Ive just looked at my WW fat free yoghurts and they have 8g of sugar in each pot. I feel sad now cos I love them 
Lemonsherbet- are those the layered fruit yoghurts? cos thats what ive been eating for months.
No they are the standard yoghurts - I usually get the citrus ones and they are only 0.5 points so was feeling really virtuous eating them 
Its so sneaky to label stuff 'fat free' then find out they are loaded with sugar ggrrrr!!
Its so sneaky to label stuff 'fat free' then find out they are loaded with sugar ggrrrr!!
Yes but we're not talking about the white death here, the high sugar comes from the fruit, it's natural fruit sugar. Some fruits are high in sugar like banana but they are still low in calories and nutritionally good for you.
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