Deceptive marketing

I try to eat healthy. Hah, the operative word here is “try.” I know yogurt is good for you since it has calcium, protein and probiotics. I also try to be mindful of my sugar and fat consumption.

I was excited to see this latest yogurt by Chobani, sugar-free no less!

Greek yogurt has more protein that regular yogurt. And this “supposedly” has only natural ingredients.

But . . .

Since when is stevia a natural ingredient? Um, it is an ARTIFICIAL SWEETENER.

I was having terrible heartburn and I couldn’t figure out why since I didn’t think my diet had changed all that much. Then I remembered I have been eating this yogurt daily. I stopped eating it and voila, my heartburn went away. Thank goodness.

I usually am very careful about reading labels, but I was fooled by this one. I thought:

• it’s yogurt, so it must be healthy
• it’s no sugar, so it must be healthy.

My lesson learned is that I will ALWAYS read labels, even on so-called health foods.

How have you been fooled by deceptive marketing?