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Is eating Fat Free or Low Fat foods worse than eating regular foods? I've recently heard that Low Fat and Fat Free subsitutes is worse than regular food. I always buy Fat Free or Low Fat everything from butter, salad dressing to baking mix. Recently I heard that the Low Fat & Fat Free foods have much more carbohydrates, sugars, and chemicals. Is this true? In order to have a healthy diet should I not eat any Low Fat or Fat Free foods but only buy the "real" thing such as full fat butter, etc? Please help. Thanks :) | Yes, they often have added sugar. It depends what you would rather have: more calories or fat or sugar, etc.
Also olestra is added to a lot of fat free and it is artificial | Why are fat-free and low-fat foods bad for you? I'm trying to convince my friend that fat-free and low-fat foods are bad for so, and so are sugar-free foods. I used to know the reason for this, but I have forgotten now. Can someone remind me please?
I hate such foods by the way. | | Well, they are not all bad for you actually. It depends on the product and company. I buy light sour cream, and yogurt and ice cream. The comapanies I choose make these products with lower fat, such as with skim milk. So they are more healthy, in my opinion. Some sugar-free products are ok too. Sugar substitutes made of chemicals are the ones that are not good for you, but some sugar-free treats are made with cactus extract, cane juice, honey and other natural sweeteners. It's all about reading labels. | What is the mathematical formula of fat free foods how do I get , the fat content and protein content? This is my assignment but I not asking you to do my work I just do not understand the formula I use
"Are You Sure It’s Fat Free?" Gather three of your favorite packaged foods, perhaps one from each: breakfast, lunch and dinner. Use the model explained in the "Are You Sure It’s Fat Free?" example and analyze, through the mathematical formula explained, the fat content and protein content from your foods
Any help would be apperciated | It's hard to answer without knowing the formula you are talking about.
Perhaps it goes something like this:
A fruit yogurt claims to be 98% fat free. This is because a 170 g serving contains 3.4 g fat (3.4 g x 100 / 170 g = 2.0% fat by weight). The 170 g serving contains 130 Calories. 3.4 g fat supplies 30.6 Calories. (3.4 g x 9 Calories/gram of fat = 30.6 Calories from fat). The percentage of the Calories that are fat Calories is 23.5% (30.6 x 100 / 130 = 23.5%)
While the fruit yogurt contains 2% fat by weight, the fat is 23.5% of the total Calories. | Aren't you leery in the slightest to eat fat-free foods? Am I the only one who looks at the nutrition labels of reduced fat or fat-free foods and gets freaked out by the ingredients? I can't even pronounce 75% of the ingredients listed. Does this worry anyone else, or am I just weird? I see so many people eating reduced fat this or fat-free that and I think, "My god, do you even KNOW what you're eating?" | I'm right there with you, reading those labels. I am more than slightly leery about fat-free foods and their ingredients lists. Actually, I should qualify that statement: I am extremely leery of fat-free foods that aren't naturally fat free. For instance, fat-free half & half is an oxymoron. It's a logical contradiction! How can a substance be at one and the same time half & half AND fat-free? Impossible. So, either it's not half & half or it's not fat-free. Same goes for mass-marketed so-called fat-free cookies. This, my friends, is a lesson in FRANKENFOOD.
On the other hand, like a rather hostile poster replied earlier, pretzels can be ok. My support of that post ends there. I went to Snyder's of Hanover's website and their fat-free sourdough pretzels have only "Unbleached wheat flour, water, salt, yeast, natural flavor, Vitamin E (mixed tocopherols) added to preserve freshness, soda" listed as ingredients. While I wonder exactly what "natural flavor" means, overall not evil.
I am just as concerned about any food that comes pre-wrapped, pre-packaged in some obnoxious cellophane, plastic, or cardboard container, from soda to cereal to deli meats. In fact, my daughter will not let me live down the 15 minute lecture I have her when she asked to have a can of soda at grandma's house. I abhor processed foods. Oh, well.
When all else fails, kill, grill, cook, or bake it yourself. That's what I've started to do... well, except for the kill it part. | What is the point of fat free foods? I mean other than they are low in calories. There cant be a way for a food to be fat free because any excess calories are stored as fat right? | Yes you are right. Additionally, these so-called fat free foods further complicate your diet because though low in calories, the carbs, sodium, are higher--which also turns to fat. Even worst, these foods are manufactured with chemicals that removes valuable nutrients from the food, causing more harm to your body than good. So, stay away from them as much as possible.
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www.fat-loss-method.com | What are some good fat free foods to eat during a movie? I'm really in the mood to watch a movie but I ate sooooo much today, it's disgusting. And if I watch a movie I'd end up eating something anyways. So what are some good fat free movie snacks I can eat without feeling guilty??? | apples and peanut butter
nutrigrain bars
raisins
grapham crackers
celery and peanut butter
carrots and ranch, although im not sure that would work out at a movie haha
rice cakes | I Need A Good List of LOW FAT and FAT FREE Foods? I need a gigantic list of low fat and fat free foods. Anything from veggies to fruits to meats, chips cookies, everything. Im going on a lowfat/no fat diet. They can be packaged, whatever. Please include the amount of fat it has and approx. calories and where to buy. | yogurt
most granola bars - quaker 90 calorie granola bars, special k, weight watcher, 100 calorie back granola bars
veggies
fruits
frozen yogurt
vegetable soup, chicken noodle soup usually
sorbet
coffee
tea
milk
bread
lean meats
fruit juice
100 calorie packs
saltines
water crackers
jelly
un buttered popcorn
cereal
oatmeal
...lots more | Where can I find foods that are both fat-free AND sugar-free? I've been dieting for 2 months and it's going alright. It's easy to find fat-free foods, but it's hard to find fat-free foods without a ton of sugar. Companies say a product is "fat-free", but this is misleading because they overcompensate with sugar, which I want to avoid. There are many recipes available for fat-free and sugar-free foods, but my schedule leaves me no time to cook so I'm looking for ready to eat foods (microwave meals, yogurts,etc.)
Thanks ! | | I dont know of any local places for you but I do know that the best sugar free/ Fat Free cakes and cookie mixes are from eDietShop.com. They invented sugar free cakes (only 2$!) and cookie mixes ($2.69). They are very cheap. Most products are just add water which makes the ability to make these products very easy. You question has been answered. | What's the story on fat-free foods that contain cholesterol? We're trying to eat a mostly fat-free diet (and have had a spectacular reduction total serum cholesterol) but have noted nutrition labels showing zero fat but small amounts of cholesterol (e.g., in skim milk and fat-free yogurt). What is the relationship between those small amounts of dietary cholesterol and coronary artery disease? Thanks. | | Be aware that 80% of your cholesterol is manufactured by your body regardless of what you eat and you should focus on good (HDL).vs. bad (LDL cholesterol. Bad cholesterol comes from meat ,animal products and saturated & hydrogenated oils, The good cholesterol is from Olive, fish and seed/nut oils (except for Palm and Coconut oils). An accumulation of cholesterol called plaque on the interior of artery walls will narrow the opening, elevating blood pressure and possible stroke/heart attack should it continue. | Are fat free foods still fattening even if they have 0 grams of fat per serving? For example like nonfat yogurt has 0 grams of fat and saturated fats per serving but has 140 calories, does the calorie turn into fat? | Fat won't make you fat (but a low fat, high carb diet can). Fat is essential to good health. (not including transfats) & supports a strong immune system & helps hormones to function properly. Fat tempers the devastating health effects of carbohydrates. Fat is needed to make the vitamins & minerals in your foods (like calcium & vit.D in milk or alpha and beta carotene and lycopene in vegs) bioavailable so they can be incorporated into the body structure. Most people do better with a higher level of fat than with less, even if the body is being fueled by carbs & not fat.
The body can not release body fat stores until the bloodstream is clear of insulin. Carbs greater than 9grams per hour trigger insulin. Insulin is the only fat storage hormone. As healthy as fruit may be, fructose the sugar in most fruit is the most lipogenic (fat producing) carb.
Plaque build up in the arteries is more attributable to carb consumption than dietary fats, which seems to be the conclusion of the following study. Carb consumption raises triglycerides & VLDL (bad cholesterol). Fats raise the HDL (good cholesterol). High triglyceride levels & low HDL levels are an indicator of plaque & glycation - the precursors to a heart attack & heart disease.
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study from the Oxford group examining the postprandial (after-eating) effects of a low-fat vs. low-carbohydrate diet. (Roberts R et al, 2008)
from the article posted below:
Another study done a few years ago at Ohio State University showed that salad dressing with oil brings out the best in a salad when compared to no-fat, low-fat dressings.
When the seven test subjects consumed salads with no-fat dressing, the absorption of carotenoids was negligible. When a reduced-fat dressing was used, the added fat led to a higher absorption of alpha and beta carotene and lycopene. But there was substantially more absorption of the healthful compounds when full-fat dressing was used.
Study researchers say they were not only surprised by how much more absorption occurred with fat added to the meal, but they were taken aback at how little the body absorbed when no fats were present. "The fact that so little was absorbed when no fat was there was just amazing to me," says Dr. Clinton.
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SEVEN REASONS TO EAT MORE SATURATED FAT -
1) Improved cardiovascular risk factors
Saturated fat in the diet reduces the levels of lipoprotein (a) abbreviated Lp(a)—that correlates strongly with risk for heart disease. The only dietary means of lowering Lp(a) is eating saturated fat. Eating fats raises the level of HDL, the so-called good cholesterol.
2) Stronger bones
Saturated fat is required for calcium to be incorporated into bone - According to expert in human health, Mary Enig, Ph.D., as much as 50 percent of the fats in the diet should be saturated fats.
3) Improved liver health
Studies show that saturated fat encourages the liver cells to dump fat content. Saturated fat has been shown to protect the liver from the toxic insults of alcohol & medications and even to reverse the damage.
4) Healthy lungs
For proper function, the airspaces of the lungs have to be coated with a thin layer of lung surfactant. The fat content of lung surfactant is 100 percent saturated fatty acids. Replacement of these critical fats by other types of fat makes faulty surfactant & potentially causes breathing difficulties, collapse of the airspaces & respiratory distress.
5) Healthy brain
Your brain is mainly made of fat & cholesterol. Though highly unsaturated essential fatty acids found in cold-water fish (EPA & DHA) are important for brain & nerve function, most of the fatty acids in the brain are actually saturated. The brain needs saturated fats to function optimally.
6) Proper nerve signaling
Certain saturated fats, found in butter, lard, coconut oil, & palm oil, function directly as signaling messengers that influence the metabolism. Without the correct signals to tell the organs & glands what to do, the job gets done improperly.
7) Strong immune system
Saturated fats found in butter & coconut oil (myristic acid & lauric acid) play key roles in immune health. Loss of sufficient saturated fatty acids in the white blood cells hampers their ability to recognize & destroy foreign invaders, such as viruses, bacteria, & fungi. Myristic & lauric acid have potent germ-killing ability. We need dietary replenishment of them to keep the immune system vigilant against the development of cancerous cells & infectious invaders. |
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