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!