Do you know the difference between light, diet, and zero foods and beverages? Here are some tips for you to improve your eating
habits by making healthy and balanced food choices.
Light: usually a small reduction of salt, calories, fats, or sugars
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from the regular version.
Diet: diet food or drink has a large reduction or removal of
some nutrient, usually sugar, fats, or sodium. Diet foods can also
have lower levels of other nutrients for people with special dietary
requirements, such as gluten or lactose.
Zero: when a food or beverage indicates that it has completely
removed one or more ingredients from the regular product. Commonly,
calories, sugar, sodium, or fats are removed.
However, take care when buying these foods, because when one
nutrient is removed or decreased, sometimes the amount of another is
increased. Sometimes, a diet food can have much more sodium or fat,
example, than the regular version.
As doctors say, for every patient, a different treatment. Therefore, a
professional should be contacted before starting a diet.​