At the New York airport it once again became apparent why Americans are the fattest people on earth. One of the most popular places sold “all-natural nonfat frozen yogurt” and the lines were long.
No fat. So what did they get instead?
Soda, juice, chocolate, berries, fruit, bread and cakes. That is, sugar and starch.
They even sold some “Swedish” candy:
Swedish Red Fish
Why Americans are fat
Most Americans are so afraid of fat that “nonfat yogurt” can be called “all-natural” without anybody thinking it sound weird. Instead of real food many people eat mainly sugar and starch.
Why are they the fattest people on earth? That’s why.
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Well, we swedes are not that much better Doc.
But yes, starch and sugar is not a good thing to replace fat with. And if it wernt for two very vocal doctors we swedes would be just as fat scared.
So true! I used to be one of those eating only sugar and starch. Even worse, I thought I was healthy...
Doesn't sound very natural to me.
http://frecklesfood.blogspot.com/
What? You mean to tell me that Swedish Red Fish are not from Sweden?
Great seeing you on the cruise! Here's my cruise report:
http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/b/2011/05/09/low-carb-cruise-report.htm
I'll be writing about Dreamfields later in the week!
Laura,
Thats great, I'll put up a link on my Swedish blog soon!
I have to admit that I used to LOVE the "Swedish fish" when I was a kid. They would not pass my lips now.
"...“nonfat yogurt” can be called “all-natural” without anybody thinking it sounds weird."
Yes, and you can find the oxymoronic "non-fat half and half" on the shelf in any grocery store and nobody thinks that sounds weird either.
I get real loud in grocery stores now .... I'll pick up a can of beans, for example, and read the label for added sugar and if it has it, I say something like HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP??? IN BEANS??? ARE THEY KIDDING???? and then I put it back on the shelf. I do the same thing trying to find FULL FAT plain yogurt too. HAHA! Gotta do what you can!!
When I finally got over my fear of fat, I started feeling way healthier!
We need to distinguish between good fats and bad fats.
I used to subscribe to the low fat dogma in college, and then got married right out of it into a family that uses butter and whole milk. I thought they were nuts, but I did my own research and realized that I had been brainwashed. So, I started using more butter and drinking whole milk, and guess what? I'm thinner and healthier now than when I was in college!
My high fat plain yogurt used to have 1 carb per tablespoon. I would put 2 tbsps with some blueberries and a little Stevia for a nice dessert. One day I was telling a friend how much I liked this high fat yogurt and how it had only 1 carb per tbsp, then she looked at it & showed me it had 9 carbs. I couldn't understand it. They had changed the ingredients, it now contains powered skim milk. What a disappointment! I've learned not to get complacent with my groceries and check the ingredients every time. I'm worth it!