M.D. In the last 20 years, the average Americans has reduced his fat intake from 41 percent of calories to fewer than 32 percent. Yet, the percentage of overweight people increased from 25.4 percent to 33.3 percent.
People buy foods that taste good and fat helps to make food taste good.
Low fat, high-carbohydrate cookies that are low in fiber do not fill you up, so you eat too much. You body converts all extra calories to fat, and the extra calories from low-fat products end up as body fat. A low-fat diet, high in calories, make you fat. The only way to lower cholesterol, high blood pressure and body fat is to take in fewer calories, and the only way that you are going to reduce calories without feeling hungry is to increase your intake of fiber. Increase whole grains, beans, vegetables and fruits.