The words 'skinny latte' are probably in the vocabulary of almost anyone who's made the switch to low fat foods in order to make a bid to pursue a health or weight loss goal. It seems simple, right? Just switch up your usual milk and yogurt, ditch the butter and egg yolks and all forgo cuts of meat aside from chicken breast and with all the calories and sinful fat you're avoiding, you're on the way to a healthier, slimmer you. You can now even buy powdered peanut butter that you add water to and bingo! You have peanut butter that has half the fat and calories that you can enjoy to your heart's content.
Apart from it being a miserable existence to not be able to enjoy the creaminess of whole milk or full fat yogurt, or enjoy the simple pleasure of having a piece of buttered toast coated with silky egg yolk or creamy peanut butter, these low-fat foods are not as good for you as the diet food industry would have you believe.
Thank about it - cows do not produce low fat milk, and chickens do not lay eggs that contain the whites only. This means that these foods must be processed before they make it to supermarket shelves in their 'acceptable' form, losing so many nutrients and gaining many added nasties in the process, the biggest culprit being sugar.
Take a look at this label for the ever popular low-fat greek yogurt brand, Chobani. Everybody loves Chobani - and why wouldn't they - it tastes great! It's good for you too because it has less than 1g of fat and you can therefore it enjoy guilt free, right? Wrong. Chobani contains a whopping 17.8g of sugar per 170g tub. That's a very high amount for a food that's meant to be 'healthy'. But Chobani contains fruit right? The sugar must come from the fruit! Wrong. Guess what the second ingredient on the ingredients list is? Yep - sugar. Chobani has sugar added to make up for the loss in taste due to the fat being removed. Have you ever tried the 0% fat Chobani plain yogurt variety, without the added sugar? If not, I wouldn't recommend it, because it is not pleasant in the slightest. Chobani may be low in fat, but contains half of the recommended daily sugar intake for men, and over half for women, and while it does contain a reasonable amount of protein, this factor is not enough that it should be labelled as 'healthy'.
There is no doubt that refined sugar is one of the worst foods for your health, and it's being added left, right and center to these diet foods that are being so heavily promoted. Another thing that people don't realise about dietary fat is that some kinds are good for you in controlled amounts - your body actually needs them to function properly. The egg yolk is the most nutritious (and delicious) part of the egg but people are steering clear of yolks altogether due to the fat content. The same thing goes for whole milk vs skim milk - the fat in whole milk allows your body to better absorb the nutrients in the milk, and without this fat, you miss out.
Have you ever noticed that you stay fill and satiated for much longer after having eggs for breakfast than cereal? It's because fat also keeps you fuller for longer, meaning that you'll snack less and eat less overall. This is one of the main struggles encountered by people on diets and many people are unknowingly making things worse for themselves by avoiding fat altogether.
In summary, if your goal is weight loss or health related, the best thing you can do is eat everything in moderation, and just be mindful of the portion sizes that you're having. Coupled with an adequate protein intake and plenty of vegetables and unprocessed foods, having a bit of dietary fat is good for your body and mind (because really, life's too short for powdered peanut butter).
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