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Trying to Lose Weight? Beware the “Fat-Free” Label

By Jill Edmonds On February 13, 2010 Under Diet And Nutrition

You think you are buying healthy choices by buying “low fat” but did you know that you may be sabotaging your weight loss efforts?

OK, so we all know that high saturated fat diets are not good for us and so with all the low fat products out there you would think that obesity was no longer a problem, but there are more overweight people than ever before. Why?

“FAT FREE” DOESN’T MEAN SUGAR FREE OR CALORIE FREE”! What has happened is that many people have cut out the fat only toreplace it with refined sugar. Nowadays, even foods that have never contained any fat now have labels saying “no fat”. Forexample, would you believe that a friend of mine used to eat marshmallows by the packet because it had a huge label saying “fat free” across the top. It never occurred to her that they were 100% sugar and full of calories! The same can be said for quite a few ‘diet’ yoghurts. The level of fat is low but wow, check out some of the sugar levels. And remember, there are a lot of types of sugar, for example, corn syrup, glucose, sucrose etc.

A food product can in fact be fat free but can be full of calories. For example the product could be fat free but 100% sugar. No wonder you find it hard to lose weight!

Marketers hope that you are too busy (which is often the case) to stop and read each food label, so instead you see the line in big letters saying the product is ‘fat free’ and think its a good choice. Try to read the label at least once so you will get familiar with the ingredients in the items you are buying. You dont have to read all the ingredients, usually the first couple will tell you whether you should buy it or not.

So if you are struggling to lose weight but think you are eating well, check the food labels. You could be sabotaging your weight loss!

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