Diet Foods and Deceptive Terminology

Dieters should beware of the claims listed in diet foods. Diet foods are typically those that are lower in fat, sugar, or calories when compared to their regular counterparts. The problem with removing a substance, such as fat or sugar, is that it has to be replaced with something. Often, the replacement substances can actually do more harm to your body than the fats and sugars themselves. More often than not, diet foods have taken out the traditional ingredients and replaced them with a chemically modified version of the original. The problem is that these substances are not recognized by the body as food and are therefore treated as toxins.