On Saturday, October 3, 2015 at 7:12:17 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "Xeno" > wrote in message
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> > On 3/10/2015 10:44 PM, Ophelia wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> "Xeno" > wrote in message
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> >>> On 3/10/2015 9:29 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >>>> On Friday, October 2, 2015 at 8:39:31 PM UTC-4, Xeno wrote:
> >>>>> On 2/10/2015 8:51 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >>>>>> On Thursday, October 1, 2015 at 6:47:28 PM UTC-4, John Doe wrote:
> >>>>>>> The idea that "low-fat" means you get an equivalent amount of
> >>>>>>> badness
> >>>>>>> from other ingredients is just silly.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Processed foods that are "low fat" often have additional amounts of
> >>>>>> sugar added to make them more palatable for the mass market.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> That's because fat is flavour. Remove fat and you have remaining
> >>>>> something that more tastes like cardboard. Other ingredients such as
> >>>>> salt, sugar, etc. are added in an attempt to restore the flavour. What
> >>>>> you really need to look for is a balanced diet of 'real food'.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I've been drinking nonfat milk for decades. There is nothing to
> >>>>>>> make up
> >>>>>>> for the lack of fat. I use it for anything I would normally use milk
> >>>>>>> for, like... Cereal, chocolate milk, straight milk, whatever. I no
> >>>>>>> longer desire fatty milk.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> And as a result of reducing my fat intake and eating plenty of
> >>>>>>> fiber, my
> >>>>>>> cholesterol levels are excellent.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I eat a fair amount of fat, and my cholesterol levels are excellent.