9 food claimed as healthy and you need to avoid them!
- Dietitian.Lauren Hmede
- Jul 16, 2019
- 2 min read
Introduction:
Some food are claimed and labelled as healthy but in fact they are not and only packs calories so let us learn today what food we must avoid.
1. Flavored Greek Yogurt
Greek yogurt provides protein more than the regular one but in fact the flavored one packs high amount of sugar due to topping with cookies or carael so if you like Greek yogurt option for plain version.
2. "Fiber-Rich" Bars and Cookies
Some cereals and cookies contain fiber but in fact they are low in protein and even high in sugar rather than fiber
3. Juicing
Juices are concentrated in sugar only while there is no fiber or protein moreover only contain high amount of calories. It is better to choose whole fruits as they pack fiber, less calories and more fiber.
4. Foods That Claim to Benefit Your Glycaemic Index
Carbs rich food and especially those rich in sugar have high glycemic index. You can prevent blood sugar spike by combining carbs with protein and healthy fats.
5. Foods with Healthy-Looking Packaging
Not all food labelled as healthy and have attractive packaging are really like this. You need to spend additional 5 minutes while shopping to go over nutrition facts.
6. Foods That Are Labelled "Simple" but Have a Long Ingredient
Many products are labelled as "simple" and people link the term to "less processed food". It is better to link the front package with nutrition facts as you may get surprised that this "simple" product contain long ingredients.
7. Wheat vs. Whole Wheat
Whole wheat bread are good source of protein and fiber while wheat is poor source of both, it is easy to notice if the product is made of whole wheat or not. Just look at the first ingredient as it must be listed as 100% whole wheat.
8. "Natural" Foods
"Natural" term is not "FDA" approved so you need to go over the label to make sure if ingredients fit your lifestyle and weight loss diet or not.
9. Foods Labelled as "Made With Whole Grains"
What does it mean that a food offers 12 grams of whole grain? Not much, unless there's a nutrition facts panel and ingredient list to back it up. While you do want whole grains in your diet, the best place to find them is in whole-grain breads, cereals, crackers and the like made from 100-percent whole-grain flours.
10. Sports Drinks
What you really need after exercise in only water for appropriate hydration while passing over sugary drinks only offer additional calories and sugar.
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