In the development of the obesity epidemic itself the active contribution made yogurt. To this unexpected conclusion reached by scientists from the University of Leeds.
Almost all yogurtssold in supermarkets, contain excessively high blood sugar, the study showed. 90% of the yogurts were not in control for safe health indicators of this ingredient because they contain more than 5 grams of sugar per 100 grams of product. British researchers studied the 921 most popular yogurt and found that almost all of them are a significant source of sugar, which few people know.
According to the authors of the study, those sweet yogurt make a significant contribution to the epidemic of obesity. But buyers should read the labels before you buy this product. Yogurts that are promoted in shops as desserts, are the most dangerous from the point of view of sugar content, which is 16.4 g per 100 g of product or over 4 teaspoons. Organic yogurts are a little less harmful – 13,1 g of sugar per 100 g, but natural or Greek yoghurts are kept to the maximum recommended 5 grams of sugar per 100 g
Magicforum recalls that experts recommend that children aged 4 to 6 years of age do not eat more than 19 grams of sugar per day. This means that after absorption of only one of such yogurt children should not eat any sugar at all. This ingredient is added in yogurt in order to counteract the bitter taste of lactic acid produced by live cultures. This live culture and make yogurt beneficial to our intestines, they are found in large quantities only in organic yogurt. (READ MORE)