Question from Cheryl3
It seems all yogurt containers have aluminum foil as their inner or outer lid. How safe do you think this is? Somehow I hadn’t thought about it before. The aluminum isn’t usually touching the yogurt, however, there’s always some on the lid so it obviously touches it sometimes also, if it’s on its side or upside down. There’s also the condensation that might drip from it onto the yogurt in the refrigerator. But, I love yogurt and it’s generally a healthy food. What are your thoughts? Thanks.
Debra’s Answer
I don’t eat much yogurt, but when I do buy it, the brand I buy doesn’t have aluminum foil: Brown Cow. It has plastic across the top. I always buy plain yogurt and add my own flavorings.
In today’s world, it’s simply impossible to avoid every toxic exposure. That’s why in my new book Toxic Free, I recommend both avoiding the worst toxic exposures and helping your body have the ability to effectively detox to handle the rest of your exposures.
But I think in the larger scheme of things, this exposure is very minor.
If you want to minimize toxic exposures associated with yogurt, you can always make your own yogurt at home. That is actually the best way, because you can control the quality of the milk used and the containers used to make it. Homemade yogurt also contains more probiotics than packaged yogurt.
