Nutrition is full of all sorts of lies, myths and misconceptions. What people believe to be true is often the exact opposite of the truth.
Here are 11 “diet” foods that are actually making people fatter.
1. Breakfast Cereals
Most commercial breakfast cereals are high in sugar and refined carbs, which are highly fattening and extremely unhealthy.
2. Agave Nectar
Agave is even higher in fructose than sugar and high fructose corn syrup. Excessive fructose consumption is strongly associated with obesity and all sorts of metabolic diseases.
3. Whole Wheat Bread
Whole wheat bread is usually not made with actual whole grains. It spikes blood sugar just as fast as white bread and can contribute to various health problems.
4. Granola
Granola is often highly processed and contains added sugar and oil. It is very energy dense and easy to over consume.
5. Low Fat Yogurt
Low-fat yogurt is yogurt that has had the good stuff (saturated fat) removed, only to be replaced with something much worse, like sugar.
6. Commercial Salad Dressings
Most commercial salad dressings contain unhealthy ingredients like high fructose corn syrup and soybean oil. It is much better to make your own.
7. Fruit Juices
Fruit juice is high in sugar, but has no fiber. It is very easy to consume massive amounts of sugar from fruit juice.
8. Diet Soft Drinks
Artificially sweetened beverages contain no sugar and no calories, but some studies show that they can stimulate the appetite.
9. Organic Processed Foods
Even though organic whole foods are healthy, a lot of organic but processed foods are made with unhealthy ingredients like sugar.
10. Trail Mixes
Trail mixes are very energy dense and are an excellent snack for people who need energy. However, they are high in both carbs and fat at the same time, which is a bad combination if weight loss is your goal.
11. Gluten-free Junk Foods
Junk food with “gluten free” on the label is still junk food.
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Mmmhhh this is very interesting. This are the exact foods that you will hear people say that are the best in curbing certain illnesses. But lo and behold they turn out to be the killer foods. what is actually going on, are people now using the internet to dupe unsuspecting people into trying stuff that will hurt them in the name of wellness of to gain money from them?
I might say that this is very saddening. Despite the fact that we have Google to do our searches we are still being misled. I just wish the truth would be told the way it is.But well this is the world we live in.
Sometimes when I do searches on the net I kind of get a little sceptical on what I should take in and what I should leave out. It's so hard to trust anyone nowadays.we have oftenly been told to have cereals in the morning for breaksfast because it supplies fibre to the body, now he're we are being advices Not to eat cereals because they contain lots of sugar. Honestly I think it's best to just stick to what you think is good and healthy to be eaten. Because at this rate people may and up eating stuff that won't even help them.
So, given that those are after all not exactly "diet" foods, what can you suggest that we eat to at least lose some fats especially in the tummy area which is actually my problem.
Do you think, my just eating an apple for dinner is already a good way to diet. I have tried eating an apple only, for a straight one week and the next week my pants have loosened and my tummy a bit flatter.
Though, my hubby's aunt says that apple is acidic so it might harm my stomach?
that is very good interesting list of things to gain weight, but there is one thing that do make you lose weight is whole wheat bread or flour that does not make you gain weight, its in the diet things to eat and it add little onlly calories, so its perfect to lose weight or burn fat