Does anyone else purposely avoid buying "lowfat" and "light" stuff at the grocery store?

[MichaelD]

I buy lowfat milk. It's better for you and after a few weeks, you don't notice the difference.

However, AFA other foodstuffs go:

No fat, no sugar, no caffeinne, no salt = NO TASTE

 

[dullard]

Some things taste the same. I guarantee that you couldn't tell the difference between low fat sour cream and regular sour cream. Some things there is a tremendous difference: the milk example you gave. However 2% milk is not low fat milk as far as I'm concerned. In fact 2% milk is the only product with that much fat that is allowed to be labeled as low fat (congress made a special exemption for 2% milk, no other product can do that).

The real key though, is that we need fat in our diet. The low fat craze started in the 1970's and got really big in the 1980's and 1990's. Guess what, as the amount of low fat foods increased, our weight increased proportionally. Fat is one of the most potent things to make you feel full. If you eat lots of low fat items, you will need to eat much, much more than someone who eats more fatty food. You eat more, so you weigh more - plain and simple.

So I buy the full fat regular foods. Except sour cream (since it is easy to find that on sale - people are too afraid to try it).

 

[Kev]

I don't eat anything remotely healthy. Maybe NutraGrain bars, but that is it.

 

[LH]

Lite Bread is the biggest rip off, I dont know why anyone buys it.

All it is, is thinner slices and a higher price.

Whole milk makes me sick. I only drink 1%.

I can't tell the difference between low fat sour cream and regular.

Diet Dr Pepper is okay.

But yes in general most diet, lite, or low fat products are nasty.

 

[Yossarian]

Originally posted by: dullard
Some things taste the same. I guarantee that you couldn't tell the difference between low fat sour cream and regular sour cream. Some things there is a tremendous difference: the milk example you gave. However 2% milk is not low fat milk as far as I'm concerned. In fact 2% milk is the only product with that much fat that is allowed to be labeled as low fat (congress made a special exemption for 2% milk, no other product can do that).

The real key though, is that we need fat in our diet. The low fat craze started in the 1970's and got really big in the 1980's and 1990's. Guess what, as the amount of low fat foods increased, our weight increased proportionally. Fat is one of the most potent things to make you feel full. If you eat lots of low fat items, you will need to eat much, much more than someone who eats more fatty food. You eat more, so you weigh more - plain and simple.

So I buy the full fat regular foods. Except sour cream (since it is easy to find that on sale - people are too afraid to try it).

I agree with you on the milk. Whole milk has so much fat it's disgusting, and 2% isn't much better.

The second part of your post is ridiculous. Eating fat doesn't make you "feel full", eating a lot of stuff does. As someone else wrote people think that they can overeat with no ill effects by having the low-fat foods. You don't NEED to eat more because of that. People are fat fvcks because most lead sedentary lifestyles, eat whatever they want, and never exercise.

 

[dullard]

Eating fat doesn't make you "feel full", eating a lot of stuff does.

There have been many studies on what makes a person feel full. The extent to which they play a role in everyone's life will differ slightly, but these are the important ones:
1) A full belly will tend to make you feel full.
2) Eating a bit of fat will tend to make you feel full. People who eat a handful of peanuts a few minutes before a meal tend to eat less than half of what people eat who didn't have that fat.
3) Hormones can trigger the full feeing.
4) Sufficient sugar in the blood stream can trigger a full feeling.

 

[everman]

Fat free ice cream and brownies are evul. And I hate running our of half & half for my coffee and having to use 2% milk, yuck!

 

[ElFenix]

i got light sour cream on a potato at a restaurant once (didn't know it) and then i tasted it and it was awful!

milk's taste doesn't change with the fat content. sure, 1% isn't as rich as whole milk, but i don't feel like crap after drinking a quart of it.

as for margarine spreading better than butter... wtf? get a butter dish with a nice top and just leave you butter out and it will spread on anything.

EDIT: oh, yeah, i almost never get anything "light" or "lite" except for ken's steak house dressing... the "light" version of those still has more fat than regular wish-bone or kraft dressing

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
The problem with most people who buy "light" and "lowfat" foods is that they look at it as a free ticket to eat something else extra.

"Ooooooh!! I'm eating light stuff so I can have that snickers for a snack" effectively netting them 0 (or less) calories saved.

Or the classic - I'd like a Double fatass with cheese, a megalardass sized fries, please hold the mayo, and gimme a liter of diet cola....gotta be healthy you know.

There are perfectly valid reasons for that...

I don't mind eating fast food, but I rarely drink anything but diet. Why?

- I don't want the sugar
- I hate how my teeth feel after drinking non-diet soda
- I actually prefer the taste of diet

So it might not be what you think.

Viper GTS

 

[KingNothing]

Q: What's the difference between regular swiss cheese and low-fat swiss cheese?

A: Number/size of holes.

 

[flavio]

Guess what, as the amount of low fat foods increased, our weight increased proportionally. Fat is one of the most potent things to make you feel full.

Ah, so eating a couple BK Burgers with 50grams of fat each for lunch and dinner every day will actually make you skinnier than if you had lowfat turkey sandwiches?

Good information. Bring on the deep fried cheese sticks!