Warning: What Foods Slow Metabolism Down? ... The Dangers of "Low-Fat" Snack Foods the Diet Industry Will Never Tell You...

Do you suffer from slow metabolism? I believe that one of the worst con-jobs being perpetrated on people by the weight loss industry is how "low-fat" snack foods actually slow metabolism down in the long run!

Everybody has bought into the marketing hype that eating "low-fat" snack foods will help you to lose weight, but I not only think this is not true, I actually believe that these low-fat snack foods contribute greatly to slowing metabolism down instead of speeding metabolism up as is necessary for long-term weight loss.

        So what's the problem with following low calorie diets and eating low-fat snack foods?...

Keep in mind that even though I don't recommend following low calorie diets, I am not advocating eating food without restriction because eating too much of any food, including healthy food, does inhibit weight loss. Even if you find that you don’t gain much weight, you won’t lose any either. This is especially true when eating some very innocent looking "low-fat" snack foods.

Often people think that "low-fat" equals "calorie-free" and will eat more than they should of these apparently "healthy" snacks.

I truly believe that a great part of the obesity problems we are facing as a nation has to do with the tremendous increase of "low-fat" snack foods available to us. Research shows that we are eating a much higher percentage of low-fat food than we were 20 to 30 years ago, and yet obesity is increasing at an amazing rate. Why?

1. I think that many people look at low-fat foods and think that "low-fat" equals "calorie-free" and think they can eat them without restriction.

2. Most of these "low-fat" diet snack foods are highly processed and trigger food cravings in susceptible individuals (especially Insulin Resistant or Diabetic people)

3. These "low-fat" diet snacks have processed any nutrients out of the product and as such, are "empty calories" and don't contribute any health benefits to your body.

Many people think that snacking on low fat diet food is the best way to lose weight. As a matter of fact, many of these low fat diet foods actually trigger food cravings and slow metabolism down. On top of that, it is easy to overeat these foods because we mistakenly think that "low fat" equals "calorie free" ...

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