Low Fat Diet

A low fat diet has some basic guidelines. They are not hard to learn, and most foods can fit within it. First off, a low fat diet does not imply getting rid of all fat within your diet. It is a low fat diet, not a no fat diet. With a few adjustments in your kitchen, you can catch the low fat diet train.

To start, analyze your kitchen. Leave no corner untouched, including the hiding place where the goodies might be. Get all of the fat filled foods out of your house. If you see it, or know that it is there, it will be a lot harder to kick the desire to eat it. If you do not want to waste food, simply give it to a friend, a sibling, or cook it all into something and bring it to work for a potluck catered by you. I am sure your co-workers would enjoy it.

Next, go to the grocery store. You must know how to read a nutritional label. Product labels have different advertisements on the front. Some say “ fat free”, “low-fat”, “low-sodium”, “low sugar”, “sugar free”, etc. As we are on a low fat diet, this does not mean that the only foods we will eat have to be labeled “ fat free”. This is a bit tricky for some people. For example, Hershey’s chocolate syrup states, “fat free” on the label. So this must be a safe food, perhaps it is within the actual fat content. However, it still has sugar, still has a load of calories, and what do you use chocolate syrup with? That is right - ice cream or milk typically. So even though the topping might be fat free, what we want to put it on, is not. Now, that chocolate syrup does not sound that healthy anymore, does it. This is an example of some of the tricky labels out there. And of course chocolate syrup is fat free, the only thing that is fattening about it, is the fat it puts on us. Something does not have to be made with fat to make fat.

A few easy ways to alter our eating is, opting for the fat free versions of cheese, milk, meat, yogurt, etc. Instead of whole milk, we would get the fat free skim milk. Instead of a buying a pound of ground beef at 40 (fat)/60(meat) we would get the ground sirloin. Or better yet, we would get ground turkey white meat, or salmon. I am not saying that we cannot eat cheeseburgers. What I am saying is that through eating better, we will be able to eat hamburgers longer. It would be nice to still be alive when our children have children, their children have children, and we can all have cheeseburgers together. Wouldn’t that be swell? And by eating healthier and in moderation, we are teaching not only ourselves, but our future generations. If we teach our kids how to eat healthy, they will not know any other way of eating. And that is fabulous.

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Why low-fat food won't help you slim (Independent Online)
Why chocolate is better for you than blueberries and low-fat food won't help you slim... Jenny Stocks reveals the diet myths that could be ruining your health.
Low-fat diet causes long-term weight loss (Press TV)
Despite the general belief, a new study suggests that a low-fat diet is better than low-carbohydrate diet in long-term weight loss and maintaining a healthy weight.
Why chocolate is better for you than blueberries and low-fat food won't help ...
Blueberries are known as a superfood, due to their high level of anti-oxidants (molecules thought to help protect us from cancer- causing free radicals). But that does not mean they are superior to other fruits.
Digesting the 'New Atkins' low-carb diet (Opelousas Daily World)
The Atkins diet has changed little since 1972, slashing carbohydrates such as pasta and potatoes and allowing beef, butter and cheese. Now others carry the torch for the late Robert C. Atkins with The New Atkins for a New You.
DASH Diet, Exercise, Calorie Restriction May Help Improve Mental Function, He...
The DASH diet, combined with exercise and calorie restriction, improved mental functioning by 30 percent in overweight adults with high blood pressure compared to those who didn't diet or exercise, researchers reported in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association. The DASH diet emphasizes eating low-fat dairy products, foods low in cholesterol and high in carbohydrates, and fruits ...
Kathy Freston: A High Protein Diet Won't Make You Lose Weight Long Term: In F...
It's resoundingly clear in that a plant-based diet is both preventative and healing, whereas a diet high in animal protein is destructive to our health. High protein diets not only makes us sick, but also fat.
Low-fat or low-carb? Gene test claims to show which diet works best; skeptics...
Diet not working? Blame your genes. That's the pitch behind a new test that claims to show whether people will do better on a low-fat or a low-carbohydrate weight loss plan.
Low-fat or low-carb? Gene test claims to show which diet works best; skeptics...
Researchers say a gene test may help predict whether you can lose more weight on a low-fat or a low-carb diet. It looks at three genes that affect how foods are metabolized.
Gene test claims to show what diet works best (GMA News)
Diet not working? Blame your genes. That's the pitch behind a new test that claims to show whether people will do better on a low-fat or a low-carb weight loss plan.
Do your clothes make you look fat? How to look 10 pounds thinner by changing ...
The question that every woman I know asks herself before she walks out of the house is not "Do I look chic?" or even "Do I look good?" but rather "Do I look fat?".