| You hear it everywhere, fat free this, fat free that. | | | | completely a bad idea. I'm sure you'll agree that most |
| Everyone knows about it and most people believe | | | | fat free foods taste horrible. Even still, food |
| that foods labeled as fat free are actually free of fat. | | | | companies throw in excess sugar, artificial flavorings |
| That's where people falter and that's how people | | | | and preservatives that do just as much damage as |
| mysteriously gain weight like crazy! | | | | fat, if not more. The sugar is especially harmful to |
| What does the word fat mean really? Well, most | | | | your body since it is more likely than other |
| people believe that it means just fat that adds to | | | | ingredients to be stored as fat in your body since |
| your weight. Not quite. Really, fat can be either the | | | | you are highly unlikely to exercise after eating |
| fat that is found naturally in foods or, yes, the fat | | | | something full of sugar. If you think about it, eating |
| that becomes excess weight because of unhealthy | | | | something fat free, that is more than likely to be full |
| foods and lack of physical activity. Because most | | | | of sugar, is just as bad as eating something drenched |
| people think that, automatically, fat means the fat in | | | | in oil r even fried. |
| our bodies that make us overweight, the idea of a | | | | The human body is very resilient and very, very |
| fat free food is very tempting and can fool people | | | | amazing. It knows which foods can be used as |
| into thinking that eating those foods will result in | | | | energy and will naturally store excess energy as fat |
| weight loss. | | | | to be used later. But that's the problem: if you only |
| That's completely wrong though! Just because we | | | | eat fat free foods or even foods really high in fat |
| eat fat does not mean we will be fat. The two are | | | | but do not exercise, your body will store all of it as |
| not the same at all. In fact, fat is a good thing to eat | | | | fat within your body. That is just how the body |
| since it has lots of calories, which our bodies use as | | | | works. So the best thing to do to counteract this is |
| an energy source. So if you are an active individual, | | | | to exercise! |
| then eating fat is great since it will keep you | | | | The other thing to do is to avoid fat free foods. |
| energized. | | | | They are usually full of sugar and just because it has |
| But if you are not active, that's a different story all | | | | that label "fat free", it does not mean, at all, that it is |
| together. By not exercising, those calories are not | | | | actually healthy for you. When you are food |
| used up so they are stored in your body, which is | | | | shopping, always check the nutritional label for all the |
| when fat can cause us to be overweight. So if you | | | | ingredients and how much sugar is in that product. |
| think about it, the fat in foods is not the so-called | | | | The best solution is actually a combination of both of |
| enemy; the real enemy is having excess calories that | | | | those. You should exercise regularly and eat healthy |
| you do not use up. | | | | foods, preferably fresh produce and meat. Make sure |
| Now that we have that cleared up, you will see that | | | | you get your energy source from wholesome foods |
| avoiding foods with fat will do nothing really. It won't | | | | instead of fat free, sugar-filled garbage. That's one of |
| make you skinnier or help you lose weight. And | | | | the best way to lose weight! |
| choosing fat free foods over regular food is just | | | | |