I strongly urge all of those of you seeking a leaner and more muscular body, whether you are working with a personal trainer or not, to quickly develop the habit of properly reading food labels. It never ceases to amaze me that so many dieters are duped into eating some pseudo healthy concoction that is both of zero nutritional value and full of “hidden” sugars and fat.

The worst culprit of all are those “fat free” foods that are absolutely laden with the sugars that in this author’s humble opinion are far more likely any other macro nutrient to cause the consumer to gain fat.
In your quest for fat loss you should also be aware that claims such as “5% fat” are not necessarily the nutritional bonanzas that they first appear to be. Claims of this nature are almost always based on net weight, not calories. Remember that 1 gram of fat equates to 9 calories, more than twice that of both protein and carbohydrate (that are each 4 calories per gram).