I guess yogurt is better than I thought for weight loss.

"obese adults who ate three servings of fat-free yogurt a day as part of a reduced-calorie diet lost 22 percent more weight and 61 percent more body fat that those who simply cut calories and didn’t bone up on calcium. Yogurt eaters also lost 81 percent more fat in the stomach area than non-yogurt eaters."

They also retained more muscle.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,150854,00.html

Wow, I need to get more yogurt in my diet!

I eat at least one cup a day; I have for the past two years since starting my transformation. Low fat, low sugar yogurt. Does a body good.

-Roger

Does Trix Yogurt count?

I love that stuff (which I buy for my daughters). It tastes like candy.

i was actually surprised a few days ago too... was looking at GI's for common foods, looks like unflavored yogurt is GI 14 (!!) and even fruit flavored non-fat is 33. pretty good;)

Does Trix Yogurt count?

I love that stuff (which I buy for my daughters). It tastes like candy.

If it isn't candy, what is?! :eat:

So, is yogurt a better source of calcium and protein than skim milk?

I wonder if cottage cheese would yield similar results, although cottage cheese has less calcium correct? uhmm..

No to throw cold water on this, but who paid for the study? And they admit they have no idea about the mechanism. It could be caused by something as goofy as what part of the country the cows live it!!

But hey, pass the yogurt!

"The study was supported by the Bell Institute of Health and Nutrition, General Mills Inc., which makes Yoplait."

:rolleyes:

ah damn! really?


way to deflat the fat tire.

:lol:

ah damn! really?

Yes, it says in the last line in the article.

Sounds more like dairy industry propaganda.

61% more fatloss? Hmm...

I was just wondering......how do you tell when yogurts' gone bad?? :whistle:

Every morning, about 30 to 45 minutes after cardio I make my morning protien shake:

1 cup fat free yogurt
1 cup skim milk
2 scoops whey
1 cup frozen strawberries

That's all the dairy I get all day long... unless it comes from cheese (which I rarely eat) or fat free sour cream which I also rarely eat. Some say the yogurt and skim milk will hold me back from seing better results, but I am losing 2 pounds a week steadily now, so what's the holdback.

I won't make my morning shake any other way :)

My PWO shake on lifting days is a different story! Just water in that monster!

Pug

This dairy industry calcium-promotes-weight-loss push came out of the recent US federal government approval of new dietary guidelines to be used in whatever replaces the Food Pyramid. The dairy industry rushed out these bullflop studies to use in their last-minute lobbying, and it worked. But it's kind of old news - as soon as the report was published, the studies faded away, for the most part.

Tons of lobbying and not a lot of science survived through to the final draft of that report and will eventually go into the "pyramid"; they're recommending an absurdly high quantity of dairy per day and in the final draft struck down a severe condemnation of trans fats that the food industry people didn't like very much. Because of lobbying, the federal government has never put an exact number on how much sugar a person should eat in a regular day. It's disgusting.

Usually, whatever I eat a lot of is because I like the taste of it, not because it's amazingly good for you, and yogurt is one of those. Look for the ones with live active cultures if you can find it. They found these amazing things with yogurt consumption:

One double-blind, placebo controlled trial found that some strains of active-culture yogurt, eaten over 8 weeks, help lower LDL cholesterol and normalize blood pressure.Serum triglycerides were also lowered in a controlled animal study.
Because probiotics can decrease the presence of carcinogens in the intestines in several ways, they may prove helpful for preventing cancer. One important study suggests that in the soy-rich Japanese diet that seems to prevent breast cancer, it is the abundance of the probiotic Bifidobacterium in some soy products that is at least partly responsible for the powerful preventive effect.
Lactobacillus can help prevent yeast in the GI tract, diaper area and in the mouth. Probiotics can also help to prevent urinary tract infections.

More benefits listed here (http://www.drgreene.com/21_902.html)

Aparently Yoplait introduced a new yogurt a few weeks ago:
It looks like regular yogurt. It tastes like regular yogurt. But Yoplait Healthy Heart, according to its maker, is super-yogurt. Released in March, Yoplait Healthy Heart is the first yogurt in the U.S. to serve up plant sterols -- naturally occurring substances that scientific research shows may inhibit the absorption of cholesterol. Two six-ounce servings of Yoplait Healthy Heart provide 0.8 grams of plant sterols -- the equivalent of 22 servings of brussels sprouts, 26 oranges, 44 apples, or 70 large carrots.

The original dairy for fat loss study was printed in the Journal of Clinical Nutrition, the Rolls Royce of nutrition journals with the highest expectations for statistical accuracy and anti-bias measures. It's not all hype.

alright, so whats the best brand/type of yougurt one should consume for greater fat loss again?

alright, so whats the best brand/type of yougurt one should consume for greater fat loss again?

Somebody already said it - but the non-fat, sugar free kinds are your best bet calorie wise. (most use artificial sweetners and real fruit to make up the difference - if you're ok with eating splenda, or saccarin or aspartame - I have never bought into the killer sweetners hype either)

I don't know what everybody gets down on the yogurt industry for promoting their stuff - I sing it from the rafters that I eat 3 servings of yogurt a day - and just like their "hype" suggests - that with a reduced-calorie diet has made me loose a ton of fat. Was it more the yogurt or the reduced caloires? Well.. everyone here knows the answer to that - but hey - if it promotes more yogurt manufactirers to make solid low-calorie yummie tubs of goo - then I am all for it. :eek:

"The study was supported by the Bell Institute of Health and Nutrition, General Mills Inc., which makes Yoplait."

:rolleyes:

Eeek, I'm quite sure they are a tad bias :confused:

Yogurt rules!

I buy plain nonfat yogurt (I find Columbo the best/smootest) and add one scoop of strawberry or banana protein powder to one cup of yogurt and blend it in with a spoon. Then I sprinkle 1/4 cup of grape nuts on top. THat's my last meal every day - I look forward to it.

358.5 calories
3g fat
43g carbs
41g protein

No sugar, 6g fiber. Good stuff.

Yogurt sure taste good and nutritious too. I wish someone would sponsor me with them.. :lol:
I mean, aside from being nutritious and good tasting, a cup of nonfat yogurt cost me as a can of tuna! I'd rather buy the tuna to boost my protein intake. But aside from that silly economical reason, yogurt rules! :tu:

True, tuna is very economical, but you cant eat it for every meal :)

Yogurt has no mercury issues either... :tu:

Ya, but lets be honest here, who did you expect to fund the study?

I can just imagine my tax dollars at work funding a yogurt study.

FACT = STUDYS ARE EXPENSIVE

This dairy industry calcium-promotes-weight-loss push came out of the recent US federal government approval of new dietary guidelines to be used in whatever replaces the Food Pyramid. The dairy industry rushed out these bullflop studies to use in their last-minute lobbying, and it worked. But it's kind of old news - as soon as the report was published, the studies faded away, for the most part.

Tons of lobbying and not a lot of science survived through to the final draft of that report and will eventually go into the "pyramid"; they're recommending an absurdly high quantity of dairy per day and in the final draft struck down a severe condemnation of trans fats that the food industry people didn't like very much. Because of lobbying, the federal government has never put an exact number on how much sugar a person should eat in a regular day. It's disgusting.

Hey! I resemble these remarks!!! :nod: