It seems like everyone is trying to eat fat-free these days -- so why are Americans continuing to gain weight even though every package in the shopping cart is labeled "fat-free"? Because in the frenzy to lose fat, they've forgotten about proper nutrition, counting calories, portion control, and the fact that other nutrients used to replace fat in most low-fat and fat-free foods can convert to fat stores right in their body. In short, a healthy diet does not include a box of fat-free cookies for dinner.

Registered dietitian and author Sandra Woodruff has been teaching Americans how to cook low-fat for years with her popular cookbook series. In this new volume she shows them how to be low-fat with simple, straightforward guidance in making the necessary lifestyle changes. Way beyond just providing recipes, Woodruff supplies shopping tips, hints on controlling portions, strategies for maneuvering menus when eating out, and guidelines for exercise -- a low-fat lifestyle's secret weapon -in addition to her usual fat-free cooking tips and wonderful recipes.

Woodruff includes nutrition information for each of her enticing dishes, and answers the most commonly asked questions about healthy shopping, cooking, eating, and living -- answers that can't be found on the back of "fat-free" product boxes. At last, here is a doable recipe for making the lifestyle changes to live truly fat-free, in one refreshing volume.