because i love you people...

...i want to warn you away from a product. let me set this up for you:

i am making a concerted effort to eat healthier because a) i'm getting old and b) i've put lots of miles on this here body and c) my family health history tells me i may be in for some trouble down the line (hopefully far, far down the line). so, this involves mostly at least an organic fruit each day augmented by whatever else i can stand (yesterday it was soy pudding and fruit leather, plus salad). anyhoo, i likes the yogurt and have been incorporating that as well, mostly the horizon organic brand with the fruit on the bottom as i like that one the best, but often i end up with the stonyfield farm organic because it's easier to find. and regardless of brand, i've noticed it is very hard to find the same flavor from market visit to market visit for whatever reason. maybe oprah has a 'yogurt of the month' feature i'm unaware of that causes massive runs on specific yogurt flavors whenever it airs?

anyhoo, i just sat down to eat my yogurt o' the day, stonyfield farm organic fat free lotsa lemon yogurt (not pictured above, unfortunately). now, my general rule of thumb for health eating is to eat things that have not more than three words in their name. when you get up to 8, ala our friend lotsa lemon, etc., that starts to make me feel my meal is brought to me courtesy of dow chemical. not so with stonyfield farm, but i'm just sayin'.

so, like i said, i sat down to eat this and it is TERRIBLE. imagine chalk, milk and lemon juice and you're gonna be pretty close. grody to the max. now, i have had plenty of great stonyfield farm yogurt in the past, but i was forced into the fat free choice due to oprah-related or other influences on yogurt available in los angeles, and fat free is just nasty no matter how you slice it. so, if you value your tastebuds and $1.39 in food money, avoid stonyfield farm organic fat free lotsa lemon yogurt.

you're welcome.