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[Beyond Beauty]

Hiya every 1__x

I was just recently reading an article about weight loss__x

I read that low fat diets dont work but i didnt understand a single word__x

Can any 1 explain to me about low fat diets and why they dont work and what you eat if you are not doing a low fat diet,because im trying to diet and i want to lose wieght but i dont knoe how to__x

Thank you__x

[Judi]

The FDA has set up very specific food labeling requirements that food processors must abide by. On the nutrition panel they must declare the serving size and the nutritional content for that serving. On nutrition labels of food intended for consumption by adults, the fat is displayed as total fat -- the amount of fat in gram weight contained in that one serving -- and the percentage of your daily fat intake that should be. This is based on an average diet of 2000 calories.

One gram of fat has nine calories. The FDA states that an adult should have 65 grams or less of fat per day, or in other words 9 calories X 65 grams. This equals 585 calories from fat per day. This is equal to 30 percent of your daily calorie intake. (585 fat calories divided by 2000 calories = 30 percent.

The total fat figure listed on the label is the total of all the different fats, including saturated fat, polyunsaturated fat, and mono-unsaturated fat. Because the US population is concerned about their intake of fat, and saturated fat in particular, the FDA has required a breakdown of the fat content for display on the nutrition panel. So, under the total fat section of the label, you will also see how much of that fat is saturated. The FDA has also recommended that not more than 10 percent of your calorie intake come from saturated fat, so they also display what percent of that daily value is supplied by that serving of food.

The FDA has wisely recognized that babies actually need plenty of fat in their diet, and so have disallowed the breakdown of fat, or the display of cholesterol on nutrition panels of food intended for consumption by babies and toddlers. This is in an attempt to keep parents from feeding their children a diet too low in fat.

I hope this helps I normally try not to take in over 20-25% of calories from fat and this works well for me. Any questions let me know.

[EricaCD]

The main problem with low fat diets is not the low fat part. It's that many of the fad diets out there would have you believe that, so long as you were eating low fat, you could basically eat as much as you want and not lose weight.

Atkins-type high fat/low carbohydrate diets do the same thing, only in reverse, and suffer from the same problem.

Some people's bodies and metabolisms will show better short-term results with one form of deprivation than others. For example, if I want to lose weight fast, I have to cut my intake of fats and wine pretty dramatically. I can maintain or even increase my intake of carbs and beer, and I will still lose weight fairly quickly. (Yes, this does drive my wife insane. She calls it my "beer and pasta" diet. She, incidentally, is wired the opposite way and has to cut carbs way back to lose weight fast.)

OTOH, these are ways to lose weight quickly - not sustainably. Generally, the best way to lose weight and keep it off is to eat a balanced diet, just less of it. That, and plenty more exercise. You should try to lose, on average, 1/2 to 1 pound a week. That allows your metabolism to gradually adjust to your changed diet - which in turn greatly increases the likelihood you will be able to sustain the weight loss. It's really a life change, much more akin to quitting smoking or drinking, than it is a short-term process. The short-term solutions almost never work.

Good luck!

Erica

[RobinC]

Here's a good point too... in many of these so called low fat packed foods , they have way too much sugar, the result...Too many calories! Go for the proper low calorie intake for your dietary needs. You can find many good calorie counters online too! Find more Ideas about great foods to eat at: www.justpureliving.com