Q&A- Rachelle what type of yogurt do you recommend for weight loss? It seems like everytime I go to the store I see a new product on the dairy shelf.  Thanks you so much for your help.  Melissa, Summerside PEI

Great question BTW and I totally agree with you. Recently I’ve noticed that the dairy cooler at the grocery store expanded. Yogurt is sold in many flavourful varieties with ranging fat grams. It’s a good source of protein, calcium and iron. Yogurt contains good bacterias which vary from brand to brand.  It is often recommended to eat yogurt after finishing antibiotics to strengthen good gut flora.

I have(and probably always will) eat the same brand of yogurt .  It’s low in fat and calories with 90% less lactose then regular yogurt. Astros Bio Best Lactose Reduced plain yogurt is my choice. It’s in a blue containor with only 1.5 grams of fat per serving with no added sugar. Plain yogurt is a necessity for my kitchen and used to make dips, sauces and smoothies.  

For breakfast I like to eat: ½ cup Astro Bio Best yogurt, ½ cup unsweetened applesauce, 1/3 cup Bran Buds, 2 TBSP Atlantic Healing Shelled Hempseed, grated cinnamon.  It’s filling, sweet, tart and flavourful.  Kinda feels like having dessert for breakfast!

If you like to eat fruit flavoured yogurt my next best choice would be Fat Free Activia. It is sweetened with sugar and has 80 calories per serving with no fat. If you don’t mind eating Splenda (I try to stay away from it), then buy Silouette, The Source or PC Finesse.  Astro Bio best make a great little stirred yogurt also found in a blue package (think jam + plain yogurt).

Thanks again for your question Melissa; I’m sure lots of other blog readers were wondering the same thing.  As always I value your opinions about my blog, if you have ideas or suggestions just email them to me.