Nutritional facts on food packages

Question
Hi, i'm not sure if this falls into your category but i hope you can help me.I have noticed how recently in the last couple of years a lot of products have released a "diet" version of their products like cookies the are the same thing but they have fiber on them and they are supose to contain less calories, but i checked in several products in the nutritional information that they contain the same amount sometimes even more carbs,sodium etc etc and kcals than the regular one. So what's the point? people who eat the fiber "diet" version are eating the same or even more calories than the regular version. And also what's the difference between calories and calories from fat? i noticed in one product that the Kcals per serving were like 95 and the kcals from fat were 30 whereas in another product the kcals per serving were like 150 but it had less kcals from fat? anywayz i hope you can help me thank you very much! happy holidays!

Answer
HI Yuliane
I'm a psychologist and not a nutritionalist, so I may not be able to answer all aspects of your question.  However, I've read extensively on food myths and diet foods and I think you'll find these two URL's answer most of your questions:
http://www.ditch-diets-live-light.com/food-myths.html
http://www.ditch-diets-live-light.com/diet-foods.html

You've just noticed what food manufacturers hope most people don't!  Diet foods aren't always healthy.  Whenever they reduce fat, they have to add back sodium and sugar to improve flavour.  If they reduce sugar, they add back sodium and fat to improve flavour.  

Happy holidays to you too.
Cari

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