Re: [Body for Life Women's Club]Low fat vs. regular; new diet soda

[Guest guest]

You are right about certain fat free foods containing more sugar than the

regular full fat versions, but in things like milk, cheese, yogurt, and cc,

there really isn't a difference in the sugar amounts. Those things are better

to consume in low fat or fat free versions because of all the saturated fats

that are in the regular fat versions. Saturated fat is not healthy no matter

how you look at it. I actually enjoy the taste of skim milk and in fact,

nothing tastes better sometimes than a big glass of ice cold skim milk. You can

buy skim milk that tastes like 2% for those of you who can't stand the thin

consistency of skim milk. My grocery store sells it right next to the skim milk

and it has no fat, but does have the consistency of 2% milk. To me, it tastes

more like cream than milk, but then again, I like the thin, watery taste of fat

free milk.

Consuming low fat or fat free dairy products is quite different than consuming

fat free cookies. Those do have a higher sugar content than the full fat

versions. I think it's the Oreo's that have MORE calories in the low fat

version than in the regular Oreos. Always check the labels. I agree that

consumption of sugar is out of control in this country. It's not so much the

fat we should be focusing on, but the sugar. Juvenile Diabetes is becoming an

epidemic in this country as is Type II. I have been really paying close

attention to the sugar content in labels. I just recently switched my children

over to the reduced sugar Froot Loops, Cocoa Puffs, Frosted Flakes etc. They

eat stuff like Kashi GoLean Crunch and Quaker oatmeal most of the time, but we

do buy them the occasional box of crap cereal for a treat. Well, they don't

notice the difference in the reduced sugar versions of those cereals and most

have around 4-6g of sugar per serving as opposed to 14-18grams for the

regular sugar-laden ones.

I was also shocked to discover how much sugar is in applesauce, even the

natural, unsweetened kind. We used to send them to school with those little

snackpack size applesauce cups, but then saw there was around 16 grams of sugar

per tiny cup. That ended those and we starting giving them raw apples instead.

We did away with those little fruit snacks like Spongebob, ScoobyDoo, etc. and

fruit roll ups and started giving them baby carrots, edamame, and grapes

instead. Gone went the granola bars and in came the low fat string cheese.

Away went the sugar laden, nuclear colored Trix yogurt and now they eat the

Yoplait Light mixed with cottage cheese. That's their favorite dessert now!

They get crappy junk food one day a week and it's when they are over at their

grandmother's house, which is how it should be anyways.

Speaking of reduced sugar...anyone try the new 7-up they have? It's called 7-up

Plus Mixed Berry. It's got 5% juice and 2 grams of sugar per can and 10

calories. They use a combination of Splenda and Nutrasweet to lessen that

artificial sweetener aftertaste and it's pretty good. I tasted it in the

grocery store the other day and ended up buying a couple of 12 packs in addition

to my C2.

M.

Anatolee@... wrote:

The nonfat products

tend to add sugar to make them taste better so you would actually be getting

more of the stuff that makes you fat and less of the stuff that doesn't! Nonfat

products have been said to be one of the worst things to come along in the

fight against overweight. I can give a much more detailed synopsis about insulin

and the role it plays, etc but it is much too late tonight. If anyone wants

to know...just ask.

[Guest guest]

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> I was also shocked to discover how much sugar is in applesauce, even

the natural, unsweetened kind. We used to send them to school with

those little snackpack size applesauce cups, but then saw there was

around 16 grams of sugar per tiny cup. That ended those and we

starting giving them raw apples instead. We did away with those

little fruit snacks like Spongebob, ScoobyDoo, etc. and fruit roll ups

and started giving them baby carrots, edamame, and grapes instead.

Gone went the granola bars and in came the low fat string cheese.

Away went the sugar laden, nuclear colored Trix yogurt and now they

eat the Yoplait Light mixed with cottage cheese. That's their

favorite dessert now! They get crappy junk food one day a week and

it's when they are over at their grandmother's house, which is how it

should be anyways.

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Yay!! Hooray for you, !!!

I'm the mother of a teenager, and a high school teacher in Los

Angeles. I see the effects of what our kids eat every day, and it's

scary. My own son has ADHD and Asperger's syndrome, which is related

to autism. We've had him on a clean diet for three years now, and he

feels so much better, he refuses to eat junk now.

My students, on the other hand, subsist on chips, candy, and soda. I

have kids come into my class who have developed type II diabetes, and

they have cookies and snowcones. It drives me crazy. As soon as that

movie " Supersize Me " is available on video, I'm buying it and showing

it in my classes. Talk about off topic, I'm an art teacher! One of the

things all my kids know about me is that I exercise daily, eat clean,

and have lost 110 pounds. I'm hoping to make a difference with the

ones who are open to it.

If your kids will eat healthy, you are giving them the greatest gift

you can. Congratulations.

Vicki

[Guest guest]

If you get the Musselman's brand applesauce it doesn't have that

much sugar.

Stasia