European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday april scene stars and stripes Page 5 Low fat always Means Low calories myth if you see the word Low on the Label that your clue to look a Tittle further suggested dietitian Susan Moores of Minneapolis Check for serv ing size and the number of calories on the nutrition facts Label Low fat foods often contain the same amount or even More calories than regular versions that particularly True for fat free foods if fat is taken out something else is put Back in and that often sugar some studies suggest that snacks with Low fat labels simply entice you to indulge so you end up eating More calories than if you selected the regular version 6 you can still eat shrimp and other shellfish on a cholesterol lowering diet fact shrimp May be High in dietary cholesterol but its Low in saturated fat which is a bigger blood cholesterol raising culprit studies now suggest that saturated and trans fats tend to have a greater effect on our blood cholesterol than the cholesterol we eat Accord ing to dietitian David Grotto a Chica go based Ada spokesman experts still advise us to keep a lid on dietary cholesterol to keep our hearts healthy 300 milligrams a but we should be even More vigilant about Satu rated and trans fat so As Long As its not battered and Fried there May be no need to say Sayonara to shrimp 7 multigrain foods Are always made with whole grains myth the Only Way to know for sure is to see if whole is in front of every Grain in the ingredient list Moores advised multigrain Only Means the product was made with sever Al grains you cant assume that whole grains were used the same is True for 7grain or cracked even breads and cereals that say made with whole grains May contain few whole grains look for products la bleed 100 percent whole 8 Olive Oil has fewer calories than other fats myth somehow with All the Buzz about the hear health benefits of Olive Oil spotting food fads beware the following diet plans that require you to eliminate entire categories of food or rely on expensive supplements products that use words such As breakthrough or cures for serious diseases Are not sold in health food stores or on the internet pills or potions that claim to revival purify your or balance your body with products that rely on personal anecdotes or testimonials rather than scientific evidence organic Doest necessarily mean More foods labelled As no trans fat might still have saturated fat which is about As bad people forget that its still a fat said dietitian Bonnie Tau Dix of new York All oils Are 100 percent fat and Supply basically the same number of calories about 120 calories per Tablespoon Light Olive Oil has nothing to do with the amount of calories that simply refers to the flavor so even though Olive Oil contains the Good monounsaturated fats be mindful of How much you douse or drizzle 9 Frozen vegetables Are just As nutritious As fresh fact just Picke d vegetables do have More vitamins and Miner als but the nutrient Levels can drop the longer that produce is stored Frozen vegetables Are Flash fro zen soon after picking to lock in nutrients you can limit the loss of nutrients by steaming or microwaving with a Little water or stir frying with a bit of Oil 10 foods boasting 0 trans fat contain Good fats myth sometimes the substitution was a saturated fat which signals no significant improvement turn the product Over and Check the nutrition facts Label Grontoft repackage claims Are marketing facts backoff repackage claims contain nutrition facts explained dietitian and Ada president elect Connie Diekman dont assume that trans fat free is a healthful Choice she said when a product says 0 g trans by Law it can contain up to half a Gram per serving so Flash Frozen veggies if you eat a jumbo portion you May be getting More trans than you bar gained for 11 organic food is always More nutritious myth few studies have compared organic and conventionally grown foods according to food toxicologist Carl Winter director of the Foo Safe program at the University of California at Davis some evidence suggests that organic produce May be higher in certain antioxidants but there appears to be no nutritional advantage to organic milk and meat he said the descriptor refers to the practices on the farm and not the nutritional Content of the final product when it comes to the snack aisle dont As sume that organic gives you the Green Light to Load up an organic cheese puff is still a cheese puff How its done the key to weight loss a balancing act the Basic Rule of metabolism is like a math equation one Pound equals calories to lose a Pound a week that Means subtracting 500 calories a Day Best achieved by cutting 250 calories and burning 250 calories each Day through exercise that key for most people who successfully lose and keep weight off mainly because you can eat More if you exercise More severely reducing calories also makes it difficult to get the 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