I have a sister in law and a mother in law, everything all the time has to be fat-free. It drives me up a wall. My problem is not fat, it’s carbs! Fat Free=more sugar which means more carbs! Plus fat-free tastes like CRAP!
I am MUCH healthier now that I cut the carbs to a minimum and went to meat. Trim as a beanpole.
That fake, processed trans fat stuff (vegetable oil, canola (or "rapeseed") oil, margarine, etc.) that was supposed to be better for you is the worst thing you can eat. Then throw a ton of sugar on top of it and see what you get.
The danger is not fat... it's metabolic disorders brought on by all this processed crap in our diets.
I tried fat-free salad dressing once and almost got sick; it was too sweet, and it had a nasty gelatinous texture. Fat-free cream cheese is rubbery. And have you ever put fat-free half & half in your coffee? I had to once, at my MIL's house. It took about half the container to change the color of the coffee, and I still couldn't taste it in there.
Cut your high sugar fruit intake, sugar, and breads it drives my TRIS to 3 times their natural level. I’m not a big sweet eater as I have to keep weight down due to being HEIGHT challenged at 5’. Most of my carbs are veggie based.
I basically eat my son’s type 2 diabetic diet minus the high sugar fruits. My TRIS are now normal. Even during Christmas they only budged 10 pts and I indulged in a few sweets. Equals cholesterol that is under control enough the dr does not scream for the horrid side effect riddled drugs! Which I can’t take any way, I’ve already had 5 reactions to the crap that were VERY UNPLEASANT.
But you are 100% correct on the non-fat crap. Same goes for sugar free, they are higher in FAT. They have to add 1 to make the crap taste a little better. Better to have a small portion of something good, than eat something you hate the taste and texture of.