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The big news in Olympic history before the games even started was the yogurt embargo. Yogurt, specifically US shipments of Chobani Greek (style) yogurt, was banned from Russia because of paperwork issues. If Americans were outraged about the politics of this ban on yogurt-eating liberty, fair enough. But trust me, the impact on athletes’ nutritional status and performance was non-existent. Did Gold miss medaling for figure skating due to it? Hardly. Did Ligety capture two golds in spite of his yogurt free diet? Absolutely. Yogurt's impact on you. Did you know? That individual yogurt you’ve been buying isn’t what you thought it was. Yes, you too have had limitations placed on your yogurt.   Same price, with even greater costs, as you’ll see, so keep reading. I was rushing down the aisles of Stop and Shop last week, hitting the perimeter for the essentials. Produce, bread, eggs and yogurt, to name a few— were on the list. Not a regular ‘Stop and Shop shopper’, I was struck by the rel...

An RD’s lessons from the Harvard Study Thanks to Right Angle Tutors for use of this photo Harvard researchers just discovered the cure to the so-called obesity epidemic. Or so you may think from their press release June 22, 2011 and from the media blitz that followed Effect of Lifestyle On Weight Gain, published in the NEJM. Powerful statements linking specific foods and food categories with resulting weight change emerged. And any progress we had made as a society toward a balanced approach to eating, to a move away from rigid food rules, crazy diets, and food paranoia was destroyed. They concluded the following: There are ‘good’ foods and there are ‘bad’ foods  Focusing on specific foods to avoid versus counting total calories is the way to consume less  Changing carbohydrate type is the answer for weight control, by eating less sugars and other sweets Fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts and yogurt prevent long term weight gain Do the fruit and nuts get to count as a fru...