How to escape the fat-free diet trap?
Since the “fat-free craze” began, statistics show we have grown fatter and fatter. Just because a food is fat-free doesn t mean it s calorie-free. Get up to speed on good fats and lose the fat from your body, not your diet. Today, supermarket shelves are packed with foods that call to dieters with the words FAT-FREE. But as conscientious weight watchers load up their shopping carts with fat-free foods week after week, many discover this alarming fact: their weight is going up! Getting fat on fat-free Since the beginning of the fat-free craze, statistics show Americans have grown fatter and fatter. Although we ve been taught to think of fat as the culprit in the weight-loss battle, clearly this is only part of the whole diet picture. Just because a food is fat-free doesn t mean it s calorie-free. Many fat-free foods are actually very high in sugar and carbohydrate calories. And these calories, when eaten in excess, become converted into the one thing we ve been taught to avoid fat! Lose
