One of the side effects of the "war" on fat was a plethora of processed products with reduced amounts of fat. These products typically have labels saying "low-fat" - "reduced fat" or "fat-free". The problem is that these products are not healthy at all. Foods that have had the fat removed from them taste like cardboard, no one would want to eat them. For this reason, these foods are usually loaded with sugar, artificial sweeteners or other unnatural chemicals. We now know that fat is harmless and sugar is bad. What this means is that the "low-fat" foods are usually much, much worse than their "regular" counterparts.
