Eat Foods With Fat (4) : Don't Fall Into The "Non-Fat" Trap!

Reason # 4 when you eat foods they way G-d intended (real eggs, dairy with fat, natural peanut butter…) with natural fat, you are eating real food.  Fat adds flavor and texture to food. When you manipulate the food to eliminate fat, you make an originally healthy food, like yogurt, a science project that looks and tastes (not really) like yogurt but is really anything but yogurt. Many people do not focus on the ingredients but only have concern that there is NO fat in the food.
For example, this label (at the top of the page) is from a non-fat yogurt. Modified food starch, fructose, gelatin, water, more fructose and starch “natural flavor” (dunno what the natural flavor is?) aspartame, red 40, blue #1, sodium….Last time I checked the definition of yogurt, it said nothing about these ingredients, http://mw1.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yogurt.
When the consumer demand is to avoid fat, food companies must create a food to meet the demand but also to make the food taste good. This is true for Non-fat yogurt but many other non-fat foods as well.
Before you grab one these “healthy” snacks, read the label.
frozen yogurt
100 calorie snack packs
pretzels
non-fat yogurt (fruited), or should I say (jelly yogurt)
fruit roll-ups -Really? Do you really think this is rolled up fruit?
gummy bears or any candy that has no fat but loaded with sugar
granola (high in carbs and fat)
cold cereal
rice cakes
whole grain chips or crackers
grapes-If you choose to eat grapes, I never recommend more than 10/day most people eat them mindlessly by the pound not realizing that they are high in sugar/calories or any fruit by the piece.
Non-fat foods can end up being  MORE fattening than foods with fat. My suggestion, eat foods that contain fat in its natural state.
Eat nutritious packed balanced foods to help keep your engine running and give you the energy and optimal health you desire. Choose these foods instead on the non-fat items mentioned above and see the difference for yourself.
1/2 a small apple sliced with peanut butter, better yet cut the cals by cutting sugar and use a celery boat
1/2 a pear sliced with melted crumbled blue cheese
seasoned kale chips
hard boiled eggs
2% fat Greek yogurt with your own freshly added berries, check out the label to compare it with the one above, http://www.fageusa.com/products/fage-total-2-percent/
sliced tomato and mozzarella drizzled olive oil and balsamic vinegar
avocado with chicken strips or guacamole with peppers
baked shrimp with shredded coconut
a handful of nuts or seeds
You will get more fat, nutrients, good taste and satisfaction from foods containing natural fats.
Read labels, what are you actually fueling yourself with? If you do not understand what an ingredient is, take 2 seconds and look it up. It will blow your mind.If you would like to re-educate yourself on how to read a label properly, I suggest you get my book, http://www.amazon.com/The-Stubborn-Fat-Fix-Metabolic/dp/159486828X, learn how to read labels correctly and make better food choices that contain healthy fats.

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