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1. Products with ‘less fat’
It seems logical: less fat means less weight. But that is not the case in some cases. Products that have ‘less fat’ on the packaging often replace this fat with sugar, which can be an even worse culprit. In addition, research shows that people eat about 30 percent more when they eat something that is low in fat. So: avoid these products and eat good fats in moderation.
2. Prepackaged Salads
Quickly get a salad at the supermarket to still eat healthy if you don’t have the time or inclination to cook. It seems like a great choice, but it is really advisable to make a short walk through the supermarket for your own fresh ingredients. Firstly, several preservatives have been added to keep the salads longer and have a nice color, which are not good for your body. But sugars are often also added for a better taste and the dressings are very high in calories and fat. This means that a prepackaged salad sometimes contains even more calories than a frozen pizza. Not good if you want to lose weight. So go for the healthy and also tastier option: a fresh salad.
3. Ready-made soup
Ready-made soup is not recommended, although the packaging sometimes seems so healthy. This applies to many prepackaged foods, but soups from a bag or can also often contain unnecessary amounts of salt, which cause you to retain more fluid, raise your blood pressure and increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. So you can’t call it healthy, but it is a no-go for people who want to lose weight.
4. Cruesli
Many people see a bowl of yogurt with muesli with cottage cheese or yogurt as a healthy breakfast, but you also get too much sugar unnecessarily. A large amount of sugar mass has been used to stick the grains together into the crues sludge skirts we love so much. The dried fruit that may be added also does not involve much more than sugar. Especially at breakfast, so much sugar is a bad idea, because it can cause an annoying dip when your blood sugar levels return. It can also cause you to keep walking around with sugar cravings, which can cause you to binge. Certainly not a good option if you are losing weight.
5. Fruit juice (fresh juice)
Fruit juice is also a misleading substance, because it tastes refreshing and seems so healthy. Not to mention juice from a carton (a lot of added sugar, few nutrients), for example, you need about six oranges for a glass of fresh orange juice. You can clock back the calories from all these oranges without realizing it, while the fiber is left behind when you squeeze it. And these fibers provide that feeling of satiety. And don’t forget, fruit sugar is also just sugar, which unfortunately is not left behind during the pressing. Because the sugars are liquid, they are also absorbed much faster than if you eat a loose fruit and can be stored directly as fat.
6. Carbohydrate Only Snacks
Eating a dry rice cake or cracker is not exactly a moment of indulgence, but it is also not always healthy. Many of these products lack fiber, so you won’t feel full quickly. Moreover, when eating only carbohydrates, the substance in the blood is directly converted into sugar. This is absorbed as quickly as possible, leading to low blood sugar and therefore the same hunger you had before eating that loose cracker. You can easily make this a healthier snack by filling the slice of bread or cracker with good fats and protein. A little peanut butter, oily fish or avocado can do a lot of good.
7. Vegetable chips
Replacing your favorite potato chips with vegetable chips seems like a good step, but they are completely useless. Nutrients in the vegetables are largely lost, while just as much salt and fat is added as with potato chips. That also means around 500 calories per 100 grams for vegetable chips. In addition, vegetables that often appear in the chips, beet, carrot, sweet potato and parsnip contain natural sugars that, due to the loss of moisture during frying, remain in the vegetable chips much more per 100 grams than when they are still fresh. A real recommendation.
8. Dark chocolate
Dark chocolate is a very popular ‘healthy’ snack and substitute for the fatter milk and white chocolate. The antioxidants it contains have a good effect on heart and blood vessels. Whether it’s really good for you depends on which dark chocolate bar you buy and of course in what amount you eat it. To make chocolate, fat and sugar still have to be added to cocoa, even with dark chocolate. To keep the bitter taste in balance, sugar is added and for a softer chocolate there is often also milk in dark chocolate. So don’t be fooled. When buying a bar, keep in mind that the second ingredient of the chocolate should not be sugar. A higher percentage of cocoa means less room for sugars and a higher concentration of antioxidants. Keep 80 percent as a guideline.
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