We know that often behind light products and diet foods there are some scams involving the addition of salt, additives, binders and sugars to flavor foods deprived of their fat intake.

Diet foods have boomed , however, despite the suspicion that they are not as healthy and that they do not lead to weight loss. Do you want the truth?
The truth is that those who love to eat but follow a low-calorie diet must not completely give up the light versions of certain products on the market.
Diet foods in general contain:

1. less sugar (for sweeteners such as stevia or erythritol and other sugar alcohols)
2. less fat
3. fewer calories (depending on how many fewer calories they have compared to the variants, they have different labeling)

In some cases, more than light foods, we should speak of improved foods in terms of quality.
It makes no sense that Nutella, for example, does not yet have a sugar-free version: over fifty percent of the spread is sugar, then we have palm oil. The percentage of hazelnuts and low-fat cocoa does not reach twenty percent!

The food industry is full of temptations that if we really want to avoid we should limit the supply.
We must not always leverage the sense of responsibility of the individual consumer, who often finds himself having to extricate himself between the bio scam (and I frequent them a lot of bio), the wholemeal scam (eighty percent of the integral, and I’m good, it’s not integral), the scam of light.

Having said that, in this article I recommend some alternatives to dietary foods of excellent brands that can help you in your fight against extra pounds. I remind you that I am not affiliated with these companies.

DIET FOODS: HERE ARE WHICH BRANDS TO CHOOSE

1. Walden Farms.
   Sauces and diet creams ranging from peanut butter mayonnaise to fruit creams to condiments, from those and desserts to barbecue sauce. All with very few calories. How?
   Thanks to distilled water and some thickeners. They don’t make me crazy, there are those who love them and they have 3-4 calories per serving. On Amazon you will find all products, such as Walden Farms Syrup Collection (pancakes, caramel and chocolate) .
2. Zero locksmiths.
   Desserts and dietary syrups from the Fabbri line. Like for example the low calorie hot chocolate: 116 per cup but without sugar. Here: Fabbri Chococioc Zero
   For syrup lovers, Toschi also has its own diet line.
3. Fiberpasta.
   I have already told you about it. Bread, pasta and flour , but also biscuits and bakery products with a low glycemic index and lower calories than traditional alternatives.
4. Sukrin.
   Elito also offers in Italy erythritol as sugar, powdered sugar, cane sugar, and then again products with low GI and low sugars such as flour, preparations for bread and desserts.
   For example, their peanut flour allows you to have a light peanut butter and without additives, with the addition of a little water: Sukrin Peanut Flour with low fat
5. Hi carb.
   Nutriwell line, with leavened products and carbohydrate-based products with a low glycemic index , a greater thickness of proteins and fibers, fewer calories. Also these on vitamincenter.it and on amazon, like this convenience pack to try many different products, here:  Ciao Carb Pacco Convenienza.
6. Hero light.
   The jams are the best. Sweetened with isomalt, they have sixty to seventy calories per hundred grams: the least possible. Much less than all the jams “without added sugars” or with “fruit sugars” that are mistaken thanks to the label. Not the Hero Light .
7. Pizza Rima.
   For pizza lovers who are on a diet, Pizza Rima offers a pizza base to fill, which for 200 grams has only 300 calories. A spoonful of sauce, a 100-gram light mozzarella and a sprinkling of parmesan and we get a 600-calorie pizza, half of a margherita. Here: RI.MA Pizza Rima Light – 5 packs .
8. Slendier and Cleanfoods.
   I group these two companies because they both deal in konjac-based products. Slendier’s spaghetti, rice and fettuccine are the ones I prefer if I’m craving shirataki, that is, glucomannan pasta at about 10 calories per serving. Here. Slendier Shirataki Fettuccine.
   Cleanfoods, on the other hand, has a wider range of products, from light pancakes to lasagna to sauces. You only buy from their site, here.