Avoid Foods That Should Have Fat But Are Fat-Free
Before you start thinking about switching over to “fat free” sour cream, salad dressing, cream cheese, and the like, we should set the record straight. The Monkey Diet is about eating low fat, naturally. While fats are necessary, the real thing should always be eaten, and in small amounts. A diet too high in fat slows a Monkey down. This means oils, bacon, high-fat meats, cream and cheeses are limited.

You would be hard pressed to find a food out there that doesn’t come in a low fat or fat free variety! Fat free/low fat salad dressings, peanut butter, mayonnaise, and snack foods are so common but are wrong not only for the Monkey Diet but all our diets because of the additives and food chemicals usually found in them. You need to eat a naturally low fat diet no an artificially engineered low fat diet!

Milk
This is one of the few foods where buying fat free would be a good option for Monkey’s. Fat free/skim milk is more or less still natural and minimally processed, but organic is best. However, there are other options if you want to stay away from dairy. Almond milk, rice milk, and oat milk are all naturally low in fat. Just watch for sugars and purchase the original flavors instead of vanilla or chocolate!

Peanut Butter
Here’s another classic case of marketing at work. Of course the best option here is to do organic nut butters which are always in their natural states. But, if you are going for the big brands, do not be fooled. The reduced fat options have the same amount of calories per serving as the original—they just have more sugar! And don’t be taken by the low sugar version either. A serving, size based on what the container says, of regular peanut butter only has 3 grams of sugar to begin with contrary to what many might want you to believe! You can’t eat a lot, but go for the good stuff when you do have it.

Mayonnaise
Don’t buy reduced fat mayo! Yes, it has a lot less calories, but whenever they take something out, they put something else in. Comparing the ingredients of the regular fat versus reduced fat, there are 12 ingredients in the reduced fat version that say "not used in regular mayonnaise" after them. That in itself should be scary. If over half the ingredients aren’t in typical mayo, then is reduced fat mayo really mayonnaises? Think about that!

Also, keep in mind that a big part of a Monkey’s diet is vegetables and whole grains. Eating the proper amount of fresh produce each day will help make your choices a little easier. There won’t be much room for fake, processed foods if you stick your Hauser Diet Plan. You will be able to get in the right amount of good, healthy fats just by eating old fashioned regular food!