It feels like a million different types of food get marketed as “healthy” nowadays.
In some cases, these selections prove worse for your health thancandybecause of how much sugar they contain.
Dried fruit
You might never have considered thatfruit could be worse for youthan candy.
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“While fruit is generally considered a healthy food, dried fruit is often high in sugar and calories.
Don’t feel like you oughta completely ditch dried fruit.
Granola
When you think of healthy grains,granolalikely springs to mind.
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“It is important to choose energy bars that are made withwhole grainsand have a lower sugar content.”
Not every energy bar has nutrition stats worse than a chocolate bar.
Marketed as healthy on-the-go breakfasts, some of the leading cereals have found their way into individually-packaged bar form.
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While the marketing for these cereal bars look pretty healthy, don’t be fooled.
“And because people think they are ‘yogurt,’ they often eat a bigger portion.”
All of the sugar in this treat ends up creating health problems down the road.
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“You would be much better off having a small handful of [chocolate candies] with almonds.”
“These contain high amounts of omega 6 fatty acids which can lead tochronic inflammationin the body.
They almost always contain copious amounts of sugar.
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Must you forever avoid all these of these ‘health’ foods that are actually unhealthy?
That is not the case.
“It’s the overall balance of your diet that matters most.
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