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1)  According to Strauss, the majority of commercial yogurt is cooked in plastic containers.

http://www.strausfamilycreamery.com/?title=Yogurt

“And unlike other yogurt companies that cook their yogurt in their plastic cups (yuck!), we incubate our yogurt in stainless steel vats, then pour the cooling yogurt into the cups before quickly refrigerating them to maintain their fresh flavors.”

2)  According to Nancy’s yogurt, commercial yogurt is usually made with milk powder.

http://www.nancysyogurt.com/nancys_products/ingredients_china.php

“Many of you have been asking about our ingredient sources given the recent news regarding tainted milk powder in China. “

3)  According to Bloomberg, melamine is already found in some yogurt, mostly in yogurt made with milk powder in China.   With the contamination of melamine making headlines in some US baby formula, it will only be a matter of time before we will see melamine in US manufactured yogurt making headlines.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=aJk9YS__guLc&refer=asia

Slightly larger than the size of a kiwi with the taste of a cross between a very sweet “gel like watermelon” and very sweet pear,  prickly pears or “tuna” are basically fruits grown on a cactus that contain no starch. With just 42 calories per fruit and a low glycemic load of 2,  prickly pear is ideal fruit for diabetics as one study has shown that a regular consumption of prickly pears may reduce one’s glucose by as much as 50%.       They can be purchased in supermarkets located in the desert regions, such as in Arizona or from a Mexican grocery store.

Further Info:

http://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/Financial-Industry/Martin-Bauer-launches-prickly-pear-for-diabetes

http://stanford.wellsphere.com/healthy-cooking-article/prickly-pear-cactus-fruit/372044

http://www.jpacd.org/Corrales1.pdf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opuntia

http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts/fruits-and-fruit-juices/2039/2