Nutrition Tips For Women

We’ve all heard that Italians don’t get heart attacks even when they’re over-weight because they use olive oil in their foods instead of regular vegetable oil and margarine which clogs arteries. We may come to conclude well, then this must mean that olive oil is great for us and we can and should start frying all our foods in olive oil.

But guess what, olive oil is still oil- surprise, surprise- meaning it’s loaded with tons of calories. Foods, even if they are supposedly good for you, need to be looked at as a whole picture. Olive oil is great, but remember the golden rule- moderation. (Not to mention, olive oil won’t go with every food as a substitute for oil.)

We’ve all seen hundreds of ads for protein bars, energy chocolate bars, carbohydrate bars, etc. that are so full of fiber than on the weight watchers diet we tell ourselves that we can probably count it as zero points.

Now I’ll reveal something to you- a deep secret- even though you probably know it. The reason why it may be a revelation is because subconsciously we’re still affected by it. Here’s the scoop: (shhhhh……..don’t tell anyone) Advertisers Mislead and Lie. There it is- the secret is out.

Energy bars are usually so shock full of sugar and usually average around 400 calories that unless you substitute one bar for a meal- guess what will happen to you? You’ll gain weight. Yes, that’s right. Not lose weight, but gain weight.