To fat free dairy or low fat dairy...

lizzardsm

That is the question!

I'm doing Insanity now and they recommend 40protein/40carb/20fat. Their nutrition guide is unclear whether or not to eat nonfat vs lowfat (1-2%) dairy. I spoke with my nutritionist friend (but she doesn't specialize in weight loss) and she said that I should go with fat free dairy since dairy fat has quite a bit of saturated fat. Any thoughts? Does it matter?

I'm slowly pulling out of my plateau and would just like to speed things up a bit. I know. I know. It's going to come off slow so be patient.

seekingstrengthX2

It is entirely up to you. As long as you stay within your macros, it doesnt matter.

caraiselite

uh low fat if you won't buy full fat.

fat free crap is disgusting.

SVallatini

Read the labels for fat free or low fat dairy. You would be suprised at you what you will find. Some of these actually have more sugar than you would want to consume. Also, the fat free foods such as yogurt have Aspartame. Just a heads up about the low fat or fat free dairy.

lizzardsm

Thanks! That's great to know! Aspartame isn't too much of a problem because if I'm buying yogurt it's plain (then I flavor at home with either stevia & lemon extract or plain with fresh fruit).

soccerella

i only do fat free milk, but full fat cheeses and such

stuffinmuffin

After trying to melt some low fat cheese on some bread with it ending up looking more like I'd tried to create a skin graft on my toast I use full fat cheese - it tastes better - it melts and if you weigh it, it works within your cals. Same with milk, I tried skimmed, found I was using twice as much and just went back to semi-skimmed because I used less and it tasted better.

I have not really tried or seen that many 'fat free' dairy products as I thought fat was the basis for most dairy stuff to start with? And if it's fat free...my first question would be "what IS it??".

Personally as advice...I would just say eat what you actually prefer - this should be part of a long-term lifestyle change and if you end up eating to a pattern or products you don't really like that much it will make it so much harder to sustain. x

SVallatini

Your welcome, I like your idea of flavoring the plain yogurt. I will ge giving that a try soon.

aproc

I try to stay away from 'fat free' stuff. I don't buy milk but I've made the switch from fat free cottage cheese and yogurt to 2%. Less additives in a lot of cases and sugar.

Marll

Full fat is the only way to go with dairy. The calorie savings is minimal by going low or fat free and the taste is so much better, not to mention fat is satiating, so you won't be hungry as often.