Low fat or full fat

kat239
kat239 Posts: 92 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Evening all well it is here in the UK.

Do you guys eat full fat foods or low fat IE oil butter mayo, cheese. I go for the full because it tastes so much better but have less of it than low fat which is full of crap. Just wondered what others think.
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  • WBB55
    WBB55 Posts: 4,131 Member
    Butter, cheese = full fat
    Cottage cheese, cream cheese, yogurt = fat free
  • Rocbola
    Rocbola Posts: 1,998 Member
    I don't eat dairy, but i still think the full fat is better than the fat free, just be careful not to over eat on anything fatty.
  • Lyadeia
    Lyadeia Posts: 4,603 Member
    I prefer the taste of full fat, but oftentimes low fat is lower on calories too. So it really depends on what fits in my diary. I don't have issues with either, generally.
  • RainRedfield
    RainRedfield Posts: 597 Member
    I no longer eat any of the items you listed. That being said, often sugar is used in place of the fat so I would choose full fat in most cases.
  • deksgrl
    deksgrl Posts: 7,237 Member
    I go for 2% milk. But full butter, oil, mayo. Greek yogurt is either 0 fat or 2% just because those are the only two choices I think.
  • Holly_Roman_Empire
    Holly_Roman_Empire Posts: 4,440 Member
    Whatever fits in my macros for the day. I have full-fat everything except milk, just because I drink so much of it.
  • accebersmith
    accebersmith Posts: 96 Member
    The milk I drink is full fat. I drink one cup a day, in my two cups of coffee. As I told my nutritionist (who insists I should be drinking skim milk), I didn't get obese by drinking a cup of whole milk a day.

    My yogurt is non-fat, and my cottage cheese is 2%. When I add cheese, which is pretty rare, it's usually full fat, but I use a smaller quantity.

    When I use butter (which, again, is rare), I use garden variety, full fat butter. This also makes my nutritionist crazy, but that's okay, because I'm still losing a pound a week, despite hypothyroidism. My blood panels are fabulous.
  • MelanieMamaof5
    MelanieMamaof5 Posts: 75 Member
    That all depends on what they add to "low fat" or "fat free" in order to make up for taking the fat out (i.e. artificial sweeteners, etc). Always air on the side of more natural. You will find that the more "good for you" a food seems, the worse off it really is for you. Take for instance health/protein bars. Most of them are FULL of crap (hydrogenated oils, corn syrups, high fructose corn syrups, etc.) That's my two cents.
  • lthames0810
    lthames0810 Posts: 722 Member
    Full fat everything.

    And real sweeteners, mostly honey.
  • Marcia315
    Marcia315 Posts: 460 Member
    Full fat.
  • plipsurt
    plipsurt Posts: 185 Member
    Personally I go for as natural as possible and therefore wouldn't touch all that 'low-fat' additive loaded stuff. I have butter, not spread, full fat Greek yoghurt, I make my own salad dressings with olive oil. Like you, I have a little less but am happy to do that rather than fill my body with additives that cannot possibly be good for me.
  • KellySue67
    KellySue67 Posts: 1,006 Member
    I like regular butter, but usually do 1%milk, 2% greek yogurt and low fat cheese. It just seems to fit my daily intake better.
  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
    Depends on how many calories I have. I prefer full fat, but if I'm low on calories than I'll opt for the low fat alternative.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Low fat for most things, but I'll have some full fat cheese once in a while, and I use (rarely) regular butter. Mostly I can't really tell a difference in taste for most things, so I don't really care for the extra calories.
  • kuolo
    kuolo Posts: 251 Member
    Full fat, just less of it! I think it's good to have some fat in your diet. Except for milk in my tea, I hate the taste of full fat milk!
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Mostly full fat, but I usually get 1% cottage cheese and after years and years of buying skim can't yet get my head around non skim milk (I don't really drink milk much anyway, just use it in things). I'm not interested in reduced fat cheese, but I mostly like to save cheese for special occasions and eat the fancy ones anyway.
  • rlt219
    rlt219 Posts: 1 Member
    Full fat is more "natural", they tend to replace the fat with sugar to get the taste back. When I ate dairy products I would ALWAYS go for full fat, though it was hard to find non low fat things sometimes
  • corgarian
    corgarian Posts: 366 Member
    Full Fat

    But I also eat as few processed foods as possible so if it's in the grocery isles I wont go near it, that **** is just full of things my body can do without.
  • Ontario1450
    Ontario1450 Posts: 1 Member
    I'm voting for full fat. But I'm on low-carb diet.
  • geebusuk
    geebusuk Posts: 3,348 Member
    I don't feed from the toilet, so my food isn't "full of crap", even when it's low fat.

    "If it fits your macros".

    Though right now I'm not TOO bothered by fat/carb ratios - always make sure I get appropriate protein.

    I often go for low fat options because it allows me to be more flexible in situations where I've got limited calories.

    Unfortunately Rocbola, as ever, shows a basic lack of understanding of the very basics of 'food' and 'nutrition'.
    First user that has (now) pushed me to find the 'ignore' function :(.
  • melimomTARDIS
    melimomTARDIS Posts: 1,941 Member
    It depends on whether or not I can tell a negative taste difference/if there is a major caloric difference

    We like-full fat cottage cheese, and full fat peanut butter,and I prefer full fat plain yogurt to fat free plain yogurt.

    We typically purchase reduced fat cream cheese, fat free flavored yogurt, unsweetend almond milk instead of dairy milk for the grownups in the house, and reduced fat salad dressings.

    And lately, Ive been using a light margarine spread instead of butter.

    Ugh, I just saw that "chemical **** storm" pic. I dont like anyone's food to be compared to feces.
  • AHack3
    AHack3 Posts: 173 Member
    I eat 2% reduced fat, low fat and fat free
  • AliceDark
    AliceDark Posts: 3,886 Member
    Full fat everything, unless there's no other option. (My BF called me out the other day for drinking low-fat kefir, and I told him that's only because Trader Joe's doesn't make any other kind.) I feel like my food is processed enough as it is, so if there's an option to eat it in a less manipulated state, I'm going to choose that. Plus, they do add extra sugar/salt/etc. to low-fat and fat-free foods, and I'd rather have the fat.
  • somefitsomefat
    somefitsomefat Posts: 445 Member
    "If it fits your macros"
    ...

    I often go for low fat options because it allows me to be more flexible in situations where I've got limited calories.

    /thread
  • toutmonpossible
    toutmonpossible Posts: 1,580 Member


    Do you guys eat full fat foods or low fat IE oil butter mayo, cheese. I go for the full because it tastes so much better but have less of it than low fat which is full of crap. Just wondered what others think.

    I drink skim or 1% milk and use regular butter and oil sparingly. The low-fat versions of the latter have no flavor and margarine is disgusting. I don't use mayonnaise. I try not to eat too much cheese, but as the low-fat versions often have no flavor I more often than not will eat the regular version.
  • bgarganera
    bgarganera Posts: 22
    Depends on your metabolic type and how well you respond to carbs.
    (if you're carb sensitive and need them on the lower end) then you accommodate to higher fat to compensate.
    Other side if you can lose weight/fat with a higher carb intake then by all means do so and adjust your fats from there
    (Catch 22 if you do a high-fat lower carb diet is your metabolism will adjust more quickly and you won't be able to sustain a fat loss phase compared to if u were on higher carb diet.

    Good Luck
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Dairy - It varies. I don't drink milk and rarely use cream.
    --Cheese - mostly reduced fat, some full fat, never fat free.
    --Yogurt - don't eat it much, but usually fat free when I do.
    --Cottage cheese - lowfat
    --Ice cream - Low/reduced fat. Again don't eat this much, but I prefer the taste of lower fat.

    Meat (non-fish) - I go for lean unless I'm splurging on sausage, wings or baby back ribs.

    Butter/oil - I use extra virgin olive oil almost exclusively, but I use butter or a butter/olive oil spread w/ added plant sterols on occasion. And I occasionally use peanut, sesame or canola oil.

    Mayo - just regular mayo. I don't eat much mayo anyway.
  • loubidy
    loubidy Posts: 440 Member
    Full most of the time except maybe philidelphia, skimmed milk and mayonaise. Just to keep my calories lower, the rest isn't really worth it.
  • BlueBombers
    BlueBombers Posts: 4,064 Member
    Low fat:

    1% milk


    Half fat:

    Mayonnaise
    Cream cheese


    Full fat:

    Cheese
    Coffee cream
    Yogurt
  • ShannonMpls
    ShannonMpls Posts: 1,936 Member
    butter, cheese, cream cheese - full fat
    I use half and half in my coffee
    fat free yogurt
    Sometimes low fat sour cream, though I seldom use it
    Mayo - full fat. not a chance I'd use anything else.

    Though I love full-fat greek yogurt, it's a huge calorie savings to have skimmed, and unlike other cheese products, nothing odd is added when the fat is removed. And it still tastes good :)

    I think cheese is awful when the fat is removed. And does low fat butter even exist? If it does, I don't want it :)

    I almost never drink milk, but if I use it for oatmeal or froth it for coffee, I use 2%. We used to buy skim because we were used to it, but now that we're using grass fed milk, it makes sense to buy it with at least some of the fat...we're working our way up to whole.
    Personally I go for as natural as possible and therefore wouldn't touch all that 'low-fat' additive loaded stuff.

    Fat free greek yogurt has no additives, nor does fat free cottage cheese - at least not the brands I buy. Same with skim milk; it's simply milk with the fat removed.

    Lots of other fat-free products do indeed have a bunch of stuff added to mimic the consistency that fat gives, and those I typically don't eat, but I'm on board with the calorie savings of skimmed milk.

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