There are many low-fat and fat-free products available to help us reduce the amount of fat in our diets. But just because a product is fat-free doesn't mean it is low-calorie. In fact, many fat-free or reduced fat products can have as many or more calories per serving than regular products.
| Food |
Calories in Regular |
Calories in Fat-free or Low-fat |
| Peanut butter (2 Tbsp) |
191 |
187 (reduced-fat) |
| Chocolate chip cookies (3) |
142 |
118 (reduced-fat) |
| Fig cookies (2) |
111 |
102 (fat-free) |
| Vanilla frozen yogurt (½ cup) |
104 |
100 (non-fat) |
| Vanilla ice cream (½ cup) |
133 |
111 (light) |
| Granola cereal (½ cup) |
257 |
213 (low-fat) |
| Blueberry muffin (1 small) |
138 |
131 (low-fat) |
| Tortilla chips (1 oz) |
143 |
113 (baked) |
| Cereal bar (1) |
140 |
130 (low-fat) |
You can easily compare calories by reading the nutrition labels.
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Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Healthy Weight tip sheet.
