Low fat & fat free food controversy on the Otter Diet
An Otter 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 Otters 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
fat-free products. First, as an Otter, you can have the fat. A large portion
of your daily calories are supposed 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 Otter
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