I used to be one of those people who would buy fat free milk, fat free yogurt, fat free butter (seriously what was I thinking? No good can be in that?!), fat free salad dressing, fat free sour cream and so on. It doesn't surprise me that so many people think it's the 'healthy' thing to do. In my job I talk to so many people who tell me they eat healthy and start telling me about the fat free and whole wheat (that's for another day) products that they eat. I don't want to be discouraging, because at least they try to be healthy, but I sigh on the inside. What has the food industry done to make us believe we should eat all this man made fat free junk?
Why should you not eat artificially made fat free dairy products? - It often has more sodium in it
- It often has more sugar in it
- It has a bunch of added ingredients in it to give it the right consistency (fat free yogurt would look like watered down cottage cheese without it)
- It doesn't keep you full like a full fat product does and you'll reach for other snack shortly after to fill you up again
- Full fat tastes better
- Your body needs fat to run properly
- And many, many other reasons...
Fat is not bad! This doesn't mean you should eat ice cream, cookies, or cake to get healthier. You still want to steer away from sugar (and fake sugars) and also the higher your fat intake the lower your carb intake needs to be. Make sure you get a good amount of fats from nuts, avocado, olives, olive oil, fatty fish etc.
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