Low fat & fat free food controversy on the Lion Diet
A Lion needs to avoid anything that has any of the following labels on it:
Low Fat, Fat Free, Reduced Fat, Low Sodium, Low Sugar,
and Sugar Free. Of
course as Lions you need to be buying foods that don’t have a lot of
sugar anyways, but that means naturally low in sugar, not a modified product.
As
for the fat there are there a couple of reasons why you should avoid those
products. First, as a Lion you can have the fat. A large portion of your
daily calories are suppose to come from fat. You can actually add butter
and sour cream to your food without feeling guilty about it. Just watch the
portions.
The second reason to avoid any foods with these labels is that they
are most likely highly processed. Buying organic, natural foods would be
preferred do to the chemical processing that is involved in non-organic foods.
However, if you are not eating organic for one reason or another then try
to stay with foods that are in their most natural state. When foods have
a "low
fat" or "sugar free" version, they have been even further
processed. The producers of the food have taken something out, which also
means that they have put something in. The added components of these foods
tend to be artificial colors, artificial flavors, artificial sweeteners,
or even modified fats. In short they are adding food chemicals. When you’re
trying to be healthy, chemicals are not what you should be putting in your
body!
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Good Fats for the Lion
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