Food Labels

October 23, 2009 · Filed Under Uncategorized

You hear it all the time, but do we really spend the time to do it?

I’ve been trying to eat more healthy, lose a couple pounds. I’ve been eating Yoplait yogurt in lieu of the breakfast sandwiches and bread.

I was eating at my desk the other day when someone walked in and said, “I had the same breakfast as you, yogurt and a banana.” He continues to tell me that the yogurt I had contains a lot of sugar. I looked. He was right. 27 or 36 grams of sugar. HUH!?!

A week later I am in the grocery store, specifically in the yogurt section. I’m trying to find a *better* yogurt. I spent about 10-15 minutes reading all the different kinds of yogurt labels. Most of them had at least 20 grams of sugar. The *LITE* option had less sugar but then it had sucralose, saccharin or aspartame in them. Nope, not going there. I ended up getting the Activa brand with 11 or 17 grams of sugar and NO bad artificial sweeteners.

To tell you the truth, I didn’t like it. BUT I will get use to it. I’m sure I’m just use to all the sugar in the Yoplait.

My lesson: Read your food labels.

Sometimes you think you’re eating healthy but you’re really not.

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