Chips- Low fat chips may taste better then they used to, but truth be told this is due to more salt, carbs, and other additives. When fat is removed from a chip manufacturers have to make up for the lost taste with the salty stuff.
Yogurt- When fat is removed from yogurt, sugar is aded for flavor. These sugars can be in the form of detrose, molasses, sucrose, fructose, and glucose among others. Make sure and read all of the ingredients before going with the "low" label. Try and stick to ingredients that is natural and you won't have to work as hard.
Peanut Butter- We all know peanuts are a good fat, and they increase protein concentration and the size of muscular cells, which adds to your muscle mass without a workout (Clinical Science). We need new fat to activate fat-burning paths in our liver (Washington University School of Medicine). What most peanut butter companies don't tell you is that they have replaced the healthy fat with maltodextrin which is a filler for processed foods. You are trading the healthy fat from peanuts for empty carbs with double the sugar. Ditch the empty calories and get the original.
Cheese- Low fat cheese means that only 51% of the cheese is real cheese. The rest is whey solids, preservatives, coloring and other additives. Lower numbers on the nutrition label may seem better but the preservatives will make you pack on the pounds. Cheese is good in moderation.
Soda-It is common sense that soda is bad for you. The high amounts of fructose corn syrup are horrible for your teeth and body. Diet soda is 13,000 times sweeter then real sugar(Health Science Center at the University of Texas) which makes you reach for sweeter foods and crave foods like pizza and carbs. It may make you feel better to have a diet soda over a regular soda, but the benifit is minimum to none.
Facts gathered from: http://healthyliving.msn.com/nutrition/5-low-fat-foods-that-are-making-you-fat
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