Saturday 23 December 2017

Oops. Fat replacing sugar in US diets.

From the late 1980s, nourishment scientists found fat and saturated fat as key nutrients that had to be decreased in US diets.

1 result was that the Snackwell’s phenomenon in the early 1990s–“no-fat” cookies with just as many calories as the ones with fat.   They flew off the shelves.

Image result for snackwell's no fat cookies

Now the push is to eliminate carbohydrates, especially sugars.   The result?   Fat is back, along with its calories (fat contains more than twice the calories per gram as carbohydrates, 9 as opposed to 4 pounds).

A tweet from Kevin Bass tells the story:

Why are Americans getting fatter? A food love-story in six charts. (P.S. It’s not the carbohydrates or the sugar.) pic.twitter.com/8V2BmIs97k

— Kevin Bass (@kevinnbass) December 3, 2017

The USDA tells the Identical story, however in regards to Certain products:

These products can be more satiating, but observe the calories!

Also watch out for the saturated fat:

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source http://www.rawkidsrecipes.com/oops-fat-replacing-sugar-in-us-diets/

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