The Low Fat Marketing Scheme

Eating a low fat diet can help you lose weight – but that’s only HALF the story. Most people trying to lower their fat intake go to the store looking for processed foods whose labels show low fat or no fat. Pasta, for example reads “0 fat grams”. There are processed fat free chips, processed fat free cookies, processed fat free ice cream and the list goes on and on. Let’s face it – sales of low fat processed foods have “skyrocketed” over the last 20 years and so has the number of Americans who are overweight.

The problem is that processed fat free, or low fat, foods contain no real nutrition and are very low in fiber. Nutritional fiber is only found in fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, grains, and berries. The acid in your stomach will not completely dissolve these natural fibers, so eating them fills you up faster and keeps you full longer.

But eating low fat processed foods like, cakes, cookies, and chips that are also low in fiber means you have to eat more to feel full. As you eat these foods the acid in your stomach begins to dissolve the foods and digest them very quickly – it’s like trying to fill up a sink that has no stopper. Eventually you can get the sink to fill up - but it takes a lot more water to do it. On top of that, processed low fat foods are loaded with MSG which lowers your blood sugar levels so you’re hungry an hour later. The result is that you eat more, you take in excess empty calories and your body stores the extra calories as fat.

Healthy fats are not the enemy. Fat soluble vitamins such as A, D, E, & K are worthless without fat. Whole foods like nuts and seeds contain the essential fatty acids that your body needs to be healthy. The fats to avoid are trans fats, and partially hydrogenated oils that are found in fast foods, junk foods, and processed foods.

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