Low Fat?

[phelanangela]

Hi, I’m confused / worried about the conflict with LOW FAT as recent studies suggest that low fat and high carb diets are to blame for obeisity.
I was struck by the amount of carbs on my plan with low fat yoghurt/ cheese. I would have expected “normal” cheese / yoghurt and less carbs.

[corneliab56]

I will jump on this question too. Finding a well balanced yogurt is a real task at the market. So many listed as low fat or 2% are crazy sweet with sugar, and I never buy low fat cheese so that option is just eliminated from my menu choices. I thought that the idea is to eat whole nutritious foods.

[Ossie-Sharon]

Hi, ladies. How one responds to fat and carbohydrates has much to do with genetic make-up, age, gender, physical activity, and other lifestyle factors. Overall, this program is fairly low in carbs – 40-45% of energy from total carbohydrates (even lower available carbohydrates) – compared to up to 65% in a “regular” diet, with 35-40% of energy from fat. Since this program covers many different types of people, we allow for low-fat items, as well as full fat. If you would like to select which types of items appear in your menus, I suggest to not use the Ready-to-Go system (which is based on the most popular items selected by other Clubmembers), but rather the full Menu Planner application. It comes with a tutorial, so no worries.
As for “crazy sweet” yogurt, we really would rather people choose the plain, pastured, unsweetened types with active cultures. The types of fats in pastured animal products are much better than the chemicals added to non-fat products.

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