Purple Almond Wellness: Walk to Wellness: 10 diabetic friendly recipes with yogurt

I’m feeling a bit under the weather today, so I’m reposting my first wellness article. Let me give you a bit of history on this series. On April 5, 2017, I posted this article as the first in a series of articles on Diabetes Awareness and called it WAKE-UP WEDNESDAY. Later on, I expanded the series beyond diabetes and changed the name to WELLNESS WEDNESDAY.

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Now that I’ve reduced my posting days and am no longer posting on Wednesdays, (New articles are posted every Monday and Thursday) I decided to change the series title AGAIN! 😲 😜 😏 The series will now be called WALK TO WELLNESS.

(Thank you to my youngest son for coming up with the title! 👍 👏)

Stay tuned next month, for the next edition of WALK TO WELLNESS, when I discuss how to calculate body fat and BMI percentages. This will help you determine how many pounds of fat you have versus pounds of muscle in your body AND why this is important. (In my opinion, a better way to gage weight loss than a scale)

So, onto today’s article. BTW…if you have a specific topic you’d like to see covered on WALK TO WELLNESS, leave me a comment or send an email/contact form. God bless and Namaste! 🙏

Do you eat fruit flavored yogurt? When we here the word YOGURT, we often think of health food. However, that isn’t always the case. Would it surprise you that regular, fruit flavored yogurt is equivalent to 2.7 Krispy Kreme doughnuts?

Then you say, “well, I’ll just eat the “light” versions. Take a look at this:

**15 GRAMS OF SUGAR! THE GOVERNMENT RECOMMENDS 20 GRAMS PER DAY!**

With all this being said…Yogurt is actually very healthy for you…the right kind that is. What is the right kind? PLAIN (UNFLAVORED) YOGURT, preferably GREEK yogurt, due to the lower sugar content. Here is a side by side comparison. Take a look at this infographic. As you’ll see, both types have good and bad aspects. However, in my opinion, GREEK YOGURT wins out, due to the lower sugar content.:

PLUS…the health benefits of Greek yogurt are many. Not only are they a great source of gut-friendly pro-biotics, but protein and calcium as well. Take a look at the infographic below. :

Here are 10 recipes to help you include some yogurt into your diet. All recipes are under 30 grams of carbohydrates per serving. (As indicated in my earlier article.)