Light products

Food with the designation “light” is not always low in calories! There are no European-wide guidelines for this. Light can therefore mean many things: For such products, always observe and compare the analysis values on the package.

Really calorie-reduced foods can be helpful in losing weight. However, there is always the danger that you eat more of them than of “normal” foods.

Less sugar,
Less fat
Less salt
Less alcohol
Less carbon dioxide
Less caffeine
And also fewer calories.

Diet products

Dietary products available on the market are not always suitable for losing weight. These are for example food for diabetics. In these products, the normal sugar is replaced by fruit sugar or sweetener.

Fructose has just as many calories, is only broken down differently in the body. Diet chocolate has the same calorie content as normal chocolate. The same applies to jams and baked goods.

Here too, the only thing that helps is to study and compare the analytical values. Likewise, margarine has by no means fewer calories than butter. Only half-fat margarine or half-fat butter is calorie-reduced. Here fat is replaced by water.

Example of an energy-reduced mixed diet

Average: 1500 kilocalories6300 kilojoules27 % fat22 % protein51 % carbohydrates

Breakfast examples

or or 2nd breakfast 11 o’clock: 1 large glass of thin juice spritzer (300ml)

1 wholemeal roll5 g butter (1 teaspoon)
1TL jam or honey
1 tbsp. cream cheese (reduced fat)
200 ml freshly squeezed orange juice without added sugar
2 cups of coffee or tea (300 ml)
1 slice of wholemeal bread, 1 slice of cheese (30%)
50 g tomato pepper, chopped fresh herbs
1 glass of vegetable or fruit juice
2 cups of coffee or tea
2 slices of whole grain toast, 2 teaspoons honey, 2 tablespoons curd cheese (20%)
1⁄2 Banana or other fruit
1 glass of vegetable or fruit juice
2 cups of coffee or tea
1apple
150 g natural yoghurt (1,5,% )
1 tsp. liquid honey1 tbs. wholemeal cereal flakes
1 large glass of mineral water (300 ml)