low-fat foods
After that consumers are waged war against the fat, "fat free" and "light" inscriptions, have multiplied on food labels.
Every time when we linger to read the Nutrition Facts table, it is often noted that the decrease of fat is accompanied by an increase in salt and sugar. Certainly, its products are far from being a healthy alternative.
Also in the presence of this claim, people tend to consume a portion of 30 to 50% larger.
Yet foods containing the claim "NO trans fat", a product must contain less fat 0.2 g saturated and 0.2 g of trans fat per reference serving. If you're the type of people to eat large portions, so you could end up consuming large amounts of this nutrient without even knowing it.
A Canadian study, shows that 60% of products said "low-fat" do contain as many calories as their traditional version. This does not help you to lose weight.
my best advice is then to read the labels, and if you are in the presence of a so-called low fat food, I would advise you to compare sugar and sodium sections of their Nutrition Facts table with the one of the traditional version. Also watch the ingredient list in search terms such as "syrup", "sugar", "glucose" and "fructuse". the more of its terms found in top of list, it means that they contain more of them.
It all depends on what one is trying to achieve though. I know people who need to eat a low fat diet, but it doesn't mean that they are necessarily looking to decrease their overall amount of calories. Also, some things are naturally low-fat, so the label might just state so; it doesn't mean there's an 'original' version that's higher in fat.
Overall though, yes low-fat = healthy. One needs to look at their own dietary needs and decide what combo of foods can make up their healthy diet, and a variety of information from the labels and references for foods without labels may be needed to determine this.
@AffyAvo Oops, that sign should be =\=
@vivelespatates
very informative , some good points you made , i agree we should give attention to the labels
@vivelespatates For me, I try to stay away from no sugar being that I do not like substitues and some friends I know are allergic to aspertame. It really depends on the ingredients when it comes to low fat or low calorie foods for me.
