Mmm, yogurt
I started eating yogurt a few weeks ago after I read something in Men's Health magazine about it containing protein. Before then I had always associated yogurt with dieting females, since dieting was the only context I had heard of people eating yogurt. I decided to buy one cup and try it out before I went skating.
NASTY!!!
OMG, that had to be one of the nastiest things I've ever eaten before in my life! I seriously thought about spitting it out, but since I was at work and other people were in the office I decided to swallow. Yuck. It was actually the fruit on the bottom kind and I had taken a spoonful before mixing it up, so I had plain yogurt. After mixing it up it was better but still kind of nasty.
I read up more on yogurt though and discovered it's a very healthful food to eat. The main thing I learned though is that it's basically fermented milk; I knew so little about yogurt I didn't even know what it was. Aside from that it has probiotic bacteria. Now that is really cool! The brand I've only ever eaten is Stonyfield Farms. Aside from being organic it has 6 live active cultures of bacteria. One of which, L. Reuteri, kills E. Coli and Salmonella. How cool is that, instead of waiting to get sick from these things you can eat something to maintain a defense against them!
After trying many different flavors of yogurt I've settled on key lime and french vanilla as my favorites, I mean they really taste good! And because yogurt is so good for you, and has a good amount of calories, I've replaced the chips in my lunch with yogurt so I can eat it close to every day.