No Such Thing As Healthy

1. I sometimes like to eat Chobani Zero Sugar yogurts. Is this a "healthy" option?

As long as it doesn't kill or maim you, it’s technically "healthy". This is why I don't like the "healthy" description for individual food items. Your diet must be overall healthy. The only way that can be done is through the right macronutrient combination of low carbohydrate, moderate fat and adequate protein. Nothing else is healthy. It doesn't matter what diet you chose to follow, the above macronutrient combination should not change.

Labeling individual foods as "healthy" does not curb obesity because it causes people to lower their guard and make foolish decisions. Food manufacturers use labels with gimmicky tag lines such as "High In Protein", "Low In Fat", "No Added Sugar" or "Sugar Free". All of these descriptions are meaningless because even when something doesn't necessarily hurt you, that doesn't mean it will absolutely help you. Yet, they are labeling it as if it will. But if it’s not part of the solution, then it's part of the problem by default.

Don't be duped by labels. Nothing can help you unless the food label reads "Increases Leptin Expression" or "Improves Insulin Sensitivity". Of course no food will be labeled that way because no food can do either.

If eating this yogurt prevents you from eating a yogurt with added sugar, then kudos. But that's really all it’s doing. It’s just preventing you from consuming something worse. It won’t help you lose weight and it won’t improve your metabolism. You need to do a lot more than just swap out sugar foods for “sugar free” foods to do that.

You also have to be careful how you eat these type of foods. That is really what makes these items obesogenic, regardless of their ingredients. This yogurt is obviously not a meal. You would starve. This automatically makes it a "snack". Snacks are not part of any healthy diet. So make sure that this item is part of your main meal, not a meal in of itself or a snack between meals.