Are low fat and "lite" foods really better?

I honestly do not believe they are. I think companies say that to make a person think they are doing right by their bodies by eating such foods. More of a marketing stragity then a health benefit. What people don't realize, and quite frankly this is what companies are counting on, that people are going to over eat thinking 'as long as I eat this' I'll loose waight. In fact, our bodies need fats, sugars and all of the things health experts claim are bad for you. However, what they don't impress is 'too much of a good thing'. Natural foods like fruit vedgies etc are good for you, only if you eat regurally and balance them out over the course of the day. Eating three meals is recommended (or six small ones), but really who actually is religious about that kind of thing? Not very many. If your friend wants to really loose weight and keep it off, she just needs to stick to a regular schedule, eat normally and make sure to be active. Fat bulids if you just sit around and act lazy. If you're moving (no matter how you chose to do so) you'r in effect exercising. Don't pay attenion to people who claim there is a right and wrong way to do it. The only thing you can do that's "wrong" is over doing and pushing yourself. this comes from being in a hurry. If you slow down and let nature take its course, you'll have a higher success rate then those who try diets, or pig out on so-called diet food designed to loose weight. pfft. No two people can honestly agree on what is healthy.. and what is right.

Short answer: No. Longer answer is, for what they take out of the recipe, they add other chemicals in their place that carry little to no fattening qualities. These chemicals rarely are things your system can absorb or utilize thus always risks that they may settle and deposit somewhere in your body or your body may react adversely to it. I always tell my family not to buy into it because of this. And yes, it is way more healthier to eat fresh things and more natural-based foods. I really do not approve of our current food being synthesized so much, our bodies are really not meant for it.

Most of the time they are not better. In the case of dairy foods they are usually better but if it is a lite or a low fat baked good or other type of carbohydrate the lightness is not going to make that much of a difference and they use fillers in there that are not all that great. A carb is a carb and it will effect the body basically the same way weather it is lite or low fat or not.

I've been reading much about this issue and I have been convinced that low fat stuff really is bad for people. Unless that food is naturally low fat. And yes organic is way better. It's pretty logical if you ask me. There hasn't always been factories where food is made/processed right? So foods that have naturally fat are good for you. Like milk or meat. If fat is taken away it's not as tasty anymore so something has to be added to make food tasty again. So something not so healthy is added and there is no natural balance in the food anymore. Our bodies are not used to that kind of thing.

What do they do when they take out the fat? They add sugar and lits of other additives. Your health professional is right. Instead of using light or low fat butter or margarine I eat dry toast. Eating margarine and even the low fat kinds is like eating plastic. You are just getting a lot of plastic like chemicals that you can't pronounce. I try to buy whole foods a lot of times instead of the heavily processed ones.

Obviously. who themselves is very fat they feel very irritating for their health. they get very disturbed when any works to provide them. and lite foods must be added to their food list. because it is right to their health.

I think it's better to eat foods in their natural state, which is to say, regular fat not low fat, that sort of thing. I think it's better without chemicals added to make the lowfat stuff taste better. Also, your body does need fat, so if you have natural fats like in whole milk and butter, it's good for you in moderation.