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