Beware of High-Calorie Health Foods, Health Foods That Aren't Healthy
With all about health foods showing “low-fat” or “fat-free”, it is difficult to say which ones are actually better for your health. Foods are usually advertised as being health foods when they really aren’t. With your diet, it is not the thought that counts. You should read labels, ask for nutritional facts, and be informed. Don’t just assume that it is health food because it is made to sound and look that way.
Here are some of the top unhealthy health foods.
1. Bran Muffins and other “Healthy” Muffins
Bran Muffins look healthy. But they are really not. The problem is that diet pelples assume it is health food so will eat as much as they want. If you eat a whole bran muffin, you could get over 350 calories and 600 mg. of sodium. These portions are too large and though the ingredients are generally healthy, they shouldn’t be consumed in one time.
Apple Bran Muffin contains about 350 calories and 520 mgs of sodium. That’s actually more sodium than the Blueberry Streusel Muffin and only 10 fewer calories. The Zucchini Walnut Muffin which sounds incredibly healthy contains 490 calories. Choose something like the Mini Chocolate Croissant, which sounds much unhealthier, and you are getting only 140 calories and 135 mg of sodium.
Large portion size is the enemy, so keep that in mind when ordering and try to eat only a half of your health food breakfast treat.
2. Smoothies
Diet peoples always consume smoothies with really good intentions. It is only fruit. But in Large serving sizes, it contains sugar, frozen yogurt, and sherbet. All of these ingredients can turn your snack into more of a decadent dessert. An original size Banana and Berry Smoothie Juice has 400 calories. And if you consume original size of the Peanut Butter, Chocolate, and Banana Smoothie, you will consume 770 calories.
Try drinking an all-fruit or light smoothies instead and stick with 16-oz cup. You will see 16-oz is enough and you were just sipping on extra calories because they were there. Strawberry, Banana, and low calorie base blend Juice contains only 150 calories in a 16-oz cup. It is health food for diet.
3. Salad
Most of people seem to think salad is always a health food dish and they have to choose “salads” whenever they want to diet. But the truth is that many times salad is the worst choice on the diet menu. Pasta salad, egg salad, and chicken salad are loaded with calories, sodium, and mayonnaise. When you consume Pecan Chicken Salad Sandwich, you will get 769 calories and 1,240 mgs of sodium. That is more than a half of the daily sodium intake for an adult recommendation.
