Are you sure you eat right and eat only wholesome foods? Think again! Today, the consumer market has become so picky that manufacturers have no choice but to mask unhealthy food as healthy. Want to know what is bad and what isn’t?
15+ foods that only seem healthy
Sometimes we ourselves do not suspect that we are being deceived!
1. Low fat products
Fatty foods are very high-calorie, but at the same time tasty. No fat – no taste. How to fix it? It’s simple: manufacturers of low-fat products add a lot of sugar to it!
2. Organic products
There is no better way to sell an unhealthy product than to classify it as “organic.” Do you think raw cane sugar is better than usual? And no! This is the same fructose and glucose.
3. Vegetable oil
Vegetable oils have gained popularity after it was proved that their use in food significantly reduces the level of bad cholesterol in the blood. Yes, and in a short time! But there are studies that suggest that they can lead to the development of cardiovascular diseases and even cancer. How to deal with this, huh?
4. Breakfast Cookies
Such cookies are nothing but a marketing ploy. It is no different from the usual, and therefore zero benefit from it.
5. Margarine
Margarine is believed to be a worthy substitute for butter. But it contains a lot of trans fats, vegetable oils, and saturated animal fats. So there’s not much good in it …
6. Juices
Both packaged and freshly squeezed fruit juice contain a lot of sugar, which has nothing to do with a healthy diet.
7. Snacks for vegans
Many people tend to believe that if the appetizer is designated by the word “vegan” or “vegetarian”, then it is automatically more useful than any other, but this is not so. Most processed snacks are unhealthy as well as fast food.
8. Dietary cookies
Buyers are attracted by this phrase, because it promises to receive pleasure without guilt. However, artificial sweeteners and refined oils are added to dietary cookies, so you can’t consider them a healthy alternative.
9. Whole Grain Products
Whole grain foods have more dietary fiber and lower glycemic index, which makes them so popular among adherents of a healthy lifestyle. But modern wheat is not at all as rich in composition as it was in the past. In addition, whole grain bread causes the same jump in insulin in the blood as white, so …
10. Breakfast cereal
Despite the rich list of ingredients that are full of packages of such cereals, they contain a lot of sugar. The same goes for whole grain breakfast cereals.
11. Sports drinks
Perhaps, in certain conditions, such drinks are useful for professional athletes. But ordinary people do not need them, as well as the artificial colors they contain, minerals and hidden sugar.
12. Diet ice cream
This ice cream contains polysorbate 80 – a food supplement that gives the dessert a creamy taste and makes it resistant to heat. Needless to say, this is not at all useful?
13. Diet Coke
Many people’s favorite drinks without sugar and calories are crammed with other unhealthy ingredients, such as aspartame (an artificial sweetener).
14. Gluten Free Products
Products containing gluten are contraindicated only to those who do not absorb it, and not to everyone, no matter how nutritionists assure us. Yes, gluten can provoke inflammatory processes in the body, but this does not mean that gluten-free foods are definitely more beneficial.
15. Jelly without sugar
There may not be sugar in this dessert, but it is full of artificial sweeteners like Acesulfame Potassium (E950) and Aspartame.
16. Protein Bars
This sports nutrition product is convenient in that it is easy to replenish the required amount of protein, but its quality is poor. Plus, protein bars contain a lot of sugar and artificial sweeteners.
17. Salad dressings
Most of these dressings are made up of vegetable oils, trans fats and sugar. And low-fat versions contain impurities that are far from the concept of proper nutrition. By the way, they can be replaced with much more useful extra virgin olive oil or apple cider vinegar.
18. Chocolate without sugar
Manufacturers of “unsweetened” chocolate stuff it with artificial sweeteners and sugar alcohol, for example, maltitol, which has a laxative effect.
19. Granola Bars
That’s certainly healthy food, you say! Well, not really … Granola bars are the same “undercover” sweets. They also contain sugar, sorbitol and soybean oil.
Be vigilant!