Eat Real Food to Stay Healthy and Trim
One of the problems of eating artificially flavored food (fat replacers, preservatives, sugar substitutes) is that you don't get a chance to really like foods that are natural, and are naturally low in fat or sugar. Eating these processed foods tricks the palate with foods that feel like fat or taste like sugar. But the problem here is that you giving your body artificial substances (that the body can't process and causes health concerns on their own right) and depriving it from whole foods that the body can easily process, digest, and extract life giving nutrients from.
Now although most of us have a predisposition to eating sugary and fatty foods, this can be changed over time. Replacing these foods with naturally occurring lower fat and lower sugar options is one solution to reducing the total amount of fat and sugar in our diets. You might lean on low fat or fat free milk instead of whole milk as an example. You might lean on real apples or oranges instead of the fruit roll ups. After some time of eating whole foods, you'll notice that these other foods are just too rich or sugary. You won't even miss it.
Here are some helpful tips to getting you to eat more real / whole foods:
1) For ingredients in dishes, use foods that are naturally low in fat or are fat-free.
Why not try a pureed fruit or vegetable to add flavor to your dinner or desert. These can even be added to meat dishes (like the mango salsa salmon I had the other night). Add low fat yogurt to your shakes or use fat free milk to your sauces.
2) Learn to sweeten without sugar. Instead of a spoonful of sugar why not try a squeeze of citrus fruit juice to enhance the taste of a dish. Try cutting the amount of sugar you add to your coffee by half and see if doesn't taste roughly the same. Add fruits to your pancakes or waffles instead of syrup.
3) Eat the real thing. If you must indulge. Go for the high fat high sugar option. Make sure it's not artificial fat or sugar. Learn to enjoy it slowly. If you get your fix every so often (like Sunday is my cheat day where I can eat anything I like), you're less apt to fall off your diet.
Over time, you might even develop a preference for the less sugary or less fatty food. But try to stick with eating real whole healthy foods. It will pay off for your body in the long run.
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