evvy_mctough

Seriously... My l2 year old's been on a 'fat free diet' for about 6 months now. She lost some weight (she's 5-5 l/2 now, 135 pounds) and she does eat good foods.. just NO FAT! (and I mean she is obsessed with this no fat! I bake her homemade bread and she won't eat it if 'I grease the baking/loaf pan.' What effect does this have on the body? oh yeah, the rest of what she eats is well balanced.. fat-free yogurts, ff milk on Special-K cereal, 'grits' any & all fruits & vegetables, 'beans' (eats them like crazy.. ) I, the mother am a 'vegetarian' by the way (but I eat fats, tho healthy ones.. nuts, for example. I think my daughter caught onto this but she scares me with this 'fat free' diet. She had emergency gall bladder surgery a year ago and was told to eat 'low fat' following that (but she just went overboard.. she figured she needed to lose 20 pounds and voila! we're into this fad diet now. I want to know if anyone's got any medical knowledge.. what HARm can this do to her? thanks