- "unhealthy" foods often play a primary role for people gaining weight and developing chronic health conditions. Surprisingly there are foods that many people consider "fit", but in reality they are real junk food and poison for our body.
Let's discover together 10 foods that seem healthy, but are not at all!
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Processed "low fat" foods
The war on saturated fat could be considered one of the worst decisions in the history of nutrition; when this trend was born, manufacturers tried to eliminate fat from their products, but because the flavor suffered a lot, they significantly increased the sugars!
Il Saturated fat itself is harmless, while added sugars are harmful if consumed in excess.
Ready-made sauces and gravies
Many toppings for pasta or vegetables are loaded with unhealthy ingredients like cup sugar, vegetable oils and trans fats, along with various man-made chemical compounds.
Although vegetables and pasta are healthy foods, eating them with ready-made condiments rich in harmful ingredients negates all the benefits they would bring.
Fruit juices
Many believe that fruit juices are healthy, but in most cases it is like drinking liquid sugar; often, in fact, they they don't really contain fruit, but extracts of chemicals that taste like fruit.
Whole wheat
Most whole-based processed foods aren't actually made with whole wheat; you have to select simple ingredients such as flour and pasta and make sure of the origin and processing.
Phytosterols that lower cholesterol
I fItosterols are nutrients similar to the plant version of the cholesterol; they are often added to processed foods, which are then sold as a "cholesterol lowering".
In fact, some studies have shown that these nutrients have negative effects on the cardiovascular system.
Margarine
Margarine, used in place of butter, does not contain many trans fats, but is rich in refined vegetable oils; it is best to prefer a good natural butter from herds of cows that eat grass.
Energy drinks
Energy drinks were designed for athletes; they contain electrolytes and sugars and most people don't need it.
These drinks are to be considered the same as normal sugary drinks and are always better to drink water.
Low-carb foods
Low diets carbohydrate content they are very fashionable; this has prompted processed food manufacturers to create low carb products.
However, these products are highly processed, rich in chemical compounds and refined ingredients. A nice example of fit foods, which actually aren't!
Agave nectar
Sugar has long been demonized, leading producers to seek alternatives; one of the most popular natural sweeteners is agave, which is actually even worse than sugar.
Sugar contains 50% fructose and 50% corn syrup, but agave is up to 90% corn syrup.
Vegan processed foods
Vegan diets are very fashionable; there are now many vegan processed foods on the market that are often sold as substitutes for non-vegan foods.
These products are far from healthy, as they are heavily processed and rich in chemicals.
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