if a food is high in calories but low in fat and saturated fat will it make you gain weight?

Question

which is more relevant for losing weight - low calories or low fat content???

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Answer 1

Yes it will, if it is high in calories but low in fat that means that it is mostly sugar. Your body will convert the sugar to fat as it breaks down (unless you are doing strenuous exercise at the same time to burn off)

You need to find a balance between eating low calories and fat but still getting the good fats into your diet (like omega 3) I recommend you look at a GI diet.

Answer 2

YES

Although most folks find the Atkins diet unsuitable for them, it DOES make one or two useful points. The first is the myth about "Low Fat" food.

Next time you see Low Fat products, look at the ingredients. If you see sugar high up on the list put it back down. Refined white sugar is arguably WORSE for your body than fat. At least fat has to be broken down by your body before it can be used. Sugar is just ready to convert straight into YOUR fat.

Overall, keep an eye on calories, if you burn more than you eat, you will lose it - and the reverse is true.

As for more relevant, hard to say, but possibly avoiding calories rather than fat - high protein and high fat foods tend to make you feel full sooner - and release the energy over a longer period of time. High sugar stuff (but low fat) messes about with your blood sugar like crazy - and that tends to make weight loss harder.

Mark

Answer 3

If you want to lose weight, but without staying healthy, then the amount of calories is more important.

Eating less calories (energy) than you need will make you feel weak. This feeling (muscles not being stimulated) allows your body to dismantle the unused muscle tissue, so that less energy is needed to operate your body. You will also end up weighing less.

If you want to improve your physique, and your health, then the proportion of fat (and other nutrients) is more important. Processed foods, and foods high in one type of nutrient, are mostly to be avoided. High fat foods are OK, as long as you eat a reasonable amount of them. You need as much variety as possible, so that your intestines can extract all of the different nutrients that it needs.

Processed foods that claim to be 'low fat' are usually poor nutritionally (high sugar, lots of additives). Most veg are naturally low in fat, without being loaded with artificial sweeteners, emulsifiers, colourants, and preservatives.

'Calories' are really just energy, but using the word 'calorie' makes it sound negative. 'Energy' is a positive word, and it should be. Energy helps you to be active, and a BALANCED diet contains enough energy to keep you feeling energetic throughout the day. Which makes you more active. Which is good for you.

Answer 4

When anyone wants to gain weight, eat a lot of protein and carbohydrates. For example have a steak with a bit of garlic bread. Or pasta with broccoli. My hubby was only 120 lbs and looked like a skeleton until I started cooking for him.. he he. He is by no means even chubby now, but he has gained about 15 lbs, and looks great. I do not add sugar to a single thing. Also creotine (spelling)? sold at GMC or other places is shown to help gain weight if you are weight lifting.

Answer 5

In the short run, low calories from carbohydrates, but in the long run, low calories and low fat content both are needed.

Atkins Diet and similar low carb diets work well by restricting the intake of carbohydrates.

Answer 6

Neither...it is a balanced diet that is more relevent....the body needs both fat and calories to survive but in the right proportion.

Answer 7

Both are relevant.

What counts is the quantities you eat and the amount of exercise you take.

Answer 8

Yes, yes, yes, yes!!!!! Have you ever seen a packet of marshmellows that says it's low in fat, which of course is true but it is jam packed with sugar which when eaten in actual fact turns to .......Yes you guessed it FAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 9

the high calories make you gain weights and vice versa

Answer 10

both but its the fat u need to watch out 4