8 – Low sugar – low fat diets can be a health threat
Do you follow a low sugar, low fat diet to stay healthy?
If so, once you’ve hit 50, you could potentially be hurting your health. It may seem that it’s healthier to go low fat but you should never go too low, as our bodies need a certain amount of fat to function. Plus, as studies has shown that our ability to absorb nutrients reduces as we get older, it’s crucial to ensure you are getting the proper quantities as you age.
Lower fat foods aren’t always as healthy as they claim either, as they’re typically processed and laden with additional sugar, or artificial additives. When you eat a lot of processed low fat food, you’re ingesting a ton of empty calories, which really isn’t good for your body.
Following this type of diet might induce an increased hunger, which leads to weight gain that could put your health at risk. But it’s not just low fat foods that hinder your attempts to keep healthy as you age – as did you know that low sugar foods can be bad too? Instead of sugar, they typically contain excessive amounts of hazardous sweeteners, such aspartame, which studies has indicated raises the risk of certain malignancies.
Consuming these chemicals can also exacerbate cardiovascular troubles, which is especially bad news for over 50’s, since your risk profile for heart disease climbs as you age.
We think there’s enough evidence to avoid processed foods altogether and replace items that are closer to nature instead. Next time you go shopping, fill your basket with whole grains, healthy fats, and plenty of fruit and veggies and leave the ultra-processed items on the shelf.