are there bad chemicals in fat free food?

Question

i was told they replace the fat in fat free foods with bad chemicales that arnt good for your body is this true?

Answer 1

there is absolutely no need to ingest fat free foods. the media has brainwashed the masses into thinking that consuming fat makes you fat. when in reality a caloric excess and a sedentary lifestyle makes one overweight with a high body fat percentage.

when food items are made "fat free" they simply remove or lower the fat content and increase the sugar content.

there are healthy fats and bad fats. omega 3 & 6 fatty acids are the most important fats in the human diet. next comes monounsaturated fats which when consumed regularly will help to create a healthy ratio of HDL:LDL cholesterol.

Answer 2

You need a certain amount of fat in your diet to live. I think where people say that fat free and low fat foods are bad for you is when you're trying to eat an already processed food item, such as chips or cookies, and you try to go low or fat free. Fat free isn't always better either. The law says that fat free has to be fat free but it doesn't matter with the other nutritional info, but light items have to meet a certain standard. Also, if you're eating the right foods, then the fat, sugar, carbohydrate, and salt content pretty much goes out the window. Eat primarily non starchy vegetables, lean meats if you can, try to keep away from cheese. For cheddar cheese, 1/4 cup has about 110 calories in it. For a plate of nachos or enchiladas or something, you can guarantee that there will be 500 or more calories coming from the chease alone. I added it up one time when I was doing the atkins diet and thought I was fine because cheese has so few carbs. I didn't realize it was for 1/4 cup though. I was eating about 1500 calories a day in cheese alone. I was freaked out. So stay away from cheese. Don't eat meat that is larger than your hand. Meat is basically used as a filler and is difficult for your body to digest. Hope all this helps.

Answer 3

It's true. They replace the fat with "Olestra" (also known as Olean), an artificial fat that has made a lot of people VERY sick! I was sick for three days after eating four Pringles with Olestra.

It orginally had a label warning stating: "This Product Contains Olestra. Olestra may cause abdominal cramping and loose stools. Olestra inhibits the absorption of some vitamins and other nutrients. Vitamins A, D, E, and K have been added."

After the warning, sales were reduced by half. So the FDA (possibly due to pressure from the manufacturer) removed the warning, saying the public was educated about it's gastrointestinal side effects. After that there was an increase in the number and types of foods containing Olestra.

Warning: Read the ingredient labels on all fat-free foods!

Answer 4

Yes, this is true. Just read the ingredients label. Fat free and low-fat or low-sugar foods are full of chemicals, additives, etc.

Don't let the term "all natural" fool you, either. If a chemical is extracted from a plant, it's considered "all natural" even though it's a chemical.

The best foods are the ones that have 5 or fewer ingredients in them. Trader Joe's has an awesome selection.

Answer 5

The fat in low or fat free foods is often replaced with sugar or corn syrup.
Take a trip to the grocery store.Check Carbo values between regular foods and fat free foods.More carbos means more calories.

Answer 6

your joking right???

Of course when you use science to replace nature it is bad for you. We, as humans, were not meant to survive on chemicals that are so long no one but a chemical engineer could understand them or pronounce them.

I am not a militant nutritionist or anything and I can't afford to shop organic. We just need to eat real food. If you can't identify it don't eat. Read your labels.