| Men and women who are doing their best to stick | | | | tell the world is that desserts need sugar and that |
| to a diet and lose weight often look for what has | | | | "low fat" doesn't mean "no sugar". In fact, |
| come to be known as healthy food, food labelled | | | | customers may be very surprised to find that |
| as "low fat", "fat free" or "diet". Since people don't | | | | the low fat yogurt may be the equivalent of a |
| always read the labels and since the producers do | | | | candy bar, in terms of sugar. |
| their best to conceal the effect of such foods, it's | | | | Energy bars are another problem. People like |
| no wonder that some people fail to lose as much | | | | them because the drastic cut in calories, which is |
| weight as possible on a particular diet. Trying really | | | | one of the basic features of every diet, puts |
| hard to stay away from sweets and sodas is | | | | energy reserves under severe strain. It's hard to |
| useless when the supposedly healthy food makes | | | | get through the day and does all the things one's |
| it harder to lose pounds. | | | | used to do during the first couple of weeks of |
| The biggest problem is the fact that a lot of | | | | dieting, when the body is still adjusting to the |
| healthy foods contain ingredients such as high | | | | lower intake of food. Energy bars sound like a |
| fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated oil and plain | | | | great way of getting through the day without |
| sugar. This is the trick that producers use to sell | | | | eating, but it's not that simple. The main source of |
| food labelled healthy, despite it not being so. The | | | | energy for the body contained in energy bars is, |
| words "fat free" is printed in attractive letters on | | | | of course, sugar. |
| the label, but nowhere does it say that the lack | | | | And let's not forget fruit juices. A lot of people |
| of fat is more than compensated for by the | | | | like to drink their daily helping of fruits instead of |
| sugar content. While producers have to meet a | | | | eating it, but fresh fruits and fruit juices are not |
| certain standard in order to be able to call their | | | | the same thing. Producers need to add various |
| foods "low fat" or "fat free", there are no | | | | substances to juices in order to keep them from |
| regulations for the word "diet". | | | | spoiling. They also add sugar to juices, because |
| Be careful when buying yogurt and all sorts of | | | | some fruits are not naturally sweet enough to |
| yogurt-based desserts because the dairy | | | | suit the tastes of customers. It is useless to say |
| companies really like to brag about their support | | | | that all that extra sugar is not good for people |
| of healthier lifestyles. Since people who like yogurt | | | | trying to lose weight. The best thing to do is to |
| worry about the quantity of fat found in such | | | | skip juices and eat fresh fruits. |
| products, the dairy companies have rushed to | | | | Find out more about how to reach your healthier |
| launch low fat and fat free versions of their best | | | | lifestyle targets and weight loss goals. |
| selling brands. What they are not very eager to | | | | |