Greek Yoghurt Allowed ??
Hi Everyone ! My H2B (hubby 2 b!) loves Greek Yoghurt, so when we were at the shops last night, he got a small tub for a treat ! It got me wondering as to whether we are allowed to eat it or not ? I know we are allowed Natural Yoghurt and can add fresh fruit to it. I think the Greek Yoghurt Company yoghurt is natural & I know the fruit they add is 100% with no preservatives/additives/ & is gluten free. Anyone know if we are allowed ? I would love a break from eggs !

Hi Crissy, i adore greek yoghurt too but my consultant said no.. others probably differ tho. Can u have cheese for brekky? I had a yummy cheese burrito thingy with mountain bread today for a change. Shayla

Whats the difference between greek yoghurt and normal yoghurt?

Hi, I'm not sure about greek yoghurt but I have been struggling with natural yoghurt and my consultant said to try the D-Lite brand which I have now and love (hopefully I did buy the right one lol). U could ask your consultant what they think about D-Lite.

Ive had consultants for and against the D-lite stuff but its what I eat.

We have Total 0% Fat Greek Yoghurt -- it has less carbs than low fat yoghurt and that is what we have used (with great success) from the very beginning. Its much gentler and less acidic than regular yoghurt.

If it's a low fat or no fat greek style yoghurt, I don't see why not. The original greek style yoghurts have a lot more fat than normal plain yoghurt.

Well, just to throw you all into a panic :lol: I asked my consultant (who was the manager of Lower Hutt SS) about the yoghurt. I asked her why i could have full cream milk on my cereal but had to have low fat yoghurt. She said that if I was continuing to lose on the programme and was having the Greek yoghurt, then to continue with what I was having. SO< I have the Yoplait Greek-style yoghurt. I have read the back of the packet and this is what it says: Yoplait Greek style natural creamy yoghurt. Vegetarian society approved. Serving size:100g Energy: 601kj(143 calories) Protein: 5.7g Fat,total: 10.0g Saturated:6.5g Carbohydrate total:7.9g Sugars: 7.9g Sodium 77mg Calcium: 202mh (25%RD!)-reccommended daily intake. Ingredients: Skim milk, milk solids (non-fat) cream, live yoghurt culture. I have 200g of this every morning and a peice of fresh fruit. I have lost 3.4 kg's in nearly two weeks,so I know that it does me no harm. I dont like artificially sweetened "lite" yoghurts. www.yoplait.co.nz and consumer enquiries 0800 730 732. Occasionally, I will have a different breakfast,especially if I dont have to go to work, but I find this delicious,filling and it has made no difference to my losses. :D

This is really interesting to me because I've been struggling with the Yoplait yoplus yoghurt that was recommended. Looking back through my food diary, every time I had that for breakfast I would have diarrhoea (maybe the acidity you mentioned). I'm trying Greek style unsweetened yoghurt you mentioned now and it seems to be much easier on my tum. Hope it's easy on the scales too! I asked my consultant and she said Greek style is okay as long as it's low fat. Off to tennis now... cya Donna

Greek Style does have a higher fat content, but it has never been a problem for me. A few weeks ago, I cut out bread and all dairy from my diet as I have still been having trouble with swollen,crampy tum. Reflexologist suggested this as I MAY be intolerant to these :cry: I then added in a little bit of dairy which seems ok,then added bread which was ok for a while,but then I had the tummy trouble. I am going to try just cutting out the wheat/bread again and see what happens.

Again with the inconsistancies - I was told to only have Yoplait No Fat Vanilla Yoghurt.

It sounds like Total 0% fat greek yoghurt is not available in Oz/NZ, which is a real pity...it has been the star of our diet, as it were. J

The Yoplait Greek yoghurt has made no difference to my losses, I do not have t every day though. :D