Fat
This is driving me crazy. No really, it is.
In the holy year of 2009 there are still nutritionists advocating low-fat diets as the silver bullet to a better life and everyone takes that for granted. Because of that the market has moved in this huge anti-fat direction. Hell, I can barely find ONE yogurt that is NOT low fat or fat free. And I could almost live with that if that extra fat weren’t replaced by sugar and artificial crap in most of these products. You’re taking away the natural fat that the human body needs (oh yes I said it, YOU NEED IT) and you are replacing it with chemicals and THAT’S suppose to be BETTER! Wait, WHAT?!
This is not about what’s good and what’s bad anymore, this is about choice. I can CHOOSE to smoke and knowingly hurt myself, I can CHOOSE to drink and knowingly hurt myself and while we’re at it, I can CHOOSE to OD on tons of OTC drugs and KNOWINGLY hurt/kill myself. But I am not given the choice of a regular yogurt. YO-GURT. Actually never mind the yogurt, it’s beginning to be difficult to even find cheese that is not low fat. WHAT IS GOING ON?! Is saturated fat really worse than tobacco?
I like my fat. YES, I do. Moreover, my FAT diet is HEALTHIER than your low-fat diet a hundred times and more. And I am willing to bet you that my cholesterol level is lower than yours. But this is not about me and it’s not about you. Do whatever you want. Eat your sugar-filled fat-free yogurt, drink that unhealthy soy milk (yes, I said unhealthy), eat that disgusting chemical mixture you nicknamed butter and pretend you are healthier because of that; but PLEASE let me have my fat yogurt, sour cream, cheese, milk etc. I am not taking away your diet coke, am I? Just give me my regular yogurt back, give me my fat back so that I can actually complete my healthy diet.
And when you’re done with that. please wake up. Fat is not the “enemy”. The enemy is inside, not outside.
PS: I also love it when people grab light yogurt, skim milk, cheese out of skim milk and then, finally, a box of donuts. Let me put it frankly: you’re doing it wrong.
Daca te uiti la cei care cumpara chestii low-fat, sunt toti grasi
Eu am renuntat sa mai vorbesc despre asta…nici macar cu prietenii nu discut.
Ideea e ca ei n-au decat sa cumpere ce vor, fiecare cu corpul lui, problema mea e ca nu mai gasesc regular
Intr-un raion intreg de iaurturi, unul singur NU este low fat. Iaurt grecesc nu gasesc decat “fat free”. Trebuie sa caut cu deosebita atentie cand iau branza, pentru ca mai bine de jumatate din tipurile de branza sunt reduced fat. Adica deja am facut o obsesie pentru fat, parca as fi pe keto sau ceva 
doamne cat esti de feroce…
Nasol de tine…cred ca e frustrant. Nici nu vreau sa ma gandesc cum ar fi o gorgonzola reduced fat
Sa stii ca m-am gandit si chiar vreau sa ma uit la etichete mai cu atentie (ca saream direct peste astea low-fat), ca am senzatia ca de fapt low fat-ul la branzeturi e doar o chestie de marketing si ca in rest totul e la fel. Adica serios acum, cum sa faci branza low fat? Iaurt mai inteleg, dar BRANZA?!
Eu am alta problema cu iaurturile, ca toate au gust ciudat de E-uri, chiar daca au grasimea corespunzatoare. Vreau un iaurt natural si nu stiu de care sa cumpar. Oare e ceva de capul alora bio? Mult succes! Poate candva vei gasi ceea ce cauti. Asta da quest. Sfantul Graal e mic copil.
Sincer nu mai stiu ce se gaseste pe la noi, dar din amintiri, de preferat erau cele mai “taranesti” chestii. Cu atat au mai multe etichete si reclame sexi, cu atat mai mult stay away. La alea bio, mai ales la noi, cred ca doar eticheta e de ele. Eu luam cele mai ieftine si simple chestii si erau foarte bune.
DAR.. nu stiu ce mai e prin rafturi. Poate gresesc. Experimenteaza
Si daca stii pe cineva la tara, te-ai scos
“Eu am renuntat sa mai vorbesc despre asta…nici macar cu prietenii nu discut.”
Ruxandra, asta e cea mai buna solutie :sa iti vezi de treaba , oricum nu te vor crede asa ca de ce sa iti bati capul?
Asa patesc si eu, ma roaga colegele (ca stiu ca ma preocupa nutritia sanatoasa) sa le spun ce sa manance ca se ingrasa.
Daca pomenesc de uleiuri presate la rece se stramba iar la smantana, nuci sau cascaval mai au putin si fac infarct.
So… why not keep it quiet?
Unfortunately we all live in an industrial world where food is mass-produced. We raise our babies with Humana powder that is supposed to be better than breast milk or even cow milk. As they say. But it’s only a powder.
Why are you complaining about things our children are taking for granted? We belong in a society where chemicals are a big part of it so we better adapt than to avoid because avoidness makes us less healthier but marginal.
What is natural anyway? Pure garden-made tomatoes near Bucharest? Come on…
Of course we have to fight against chemicals but it the same battle as with cars… We all NEED the electrical vehicle but we still don’t own one. Because… It’s not a social thing to do. Better to Audi…
Alin, that is a different topic which I did not actually tackle. And while on that, the fact that our kids are taking this for granted doesn’t mean they should (why do I feel like I’m quoting “Australia”?), but again this is not what I was trying to touch on here.
Mass production and processing of food is a problem that merits a discussion, but my problem here is with idiotic diet trends. We do not feed more people, save more money (or on the producers part make more money – at least I don’t think so) by creating all these low-fat products. That is simply the result of a wrong approach in nutrition, which resulted in highly processed and chemical-filled versions of what used to be natural healthy products and a lot of health issues to follow from that. In the end, the terror of fats shaped the consumer trends which then of course shaped the producer trends and the result for the consumer (me) is a huge difficulty to make the healthy choice even when one is aware of what that choice is.
idiotic diet trends = trends = a lot of people that follow = a good market. making trendy products is a good market. making trends is also a good market. it’s money and difficult to compete with.
IT’S A HUGE DIFFICULTY TO MAKE THE (…) CHOICE because of the falsity of marketers. and the falsity of conventional marketing and advertising.
I guess that’s a good point.. you create a need and then you fill it. I didn’t think of it that way.