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Article #90: Healthy Foods That Are No So Healthy

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Men and women who are doing their best to world is that desserts need sugar and
stick to a diet and lose weight often that "low fat" doesn't mean "no sugar".
look for what has come to be known as In fact, customers may be very surprised
healthy food, food labelled as "low fat", to find that the low fat yogurt may be
"fat free" or "diet". Since people don't the equivalent of a candy bar, in terms
always read the labels and since the of sugar.
producers do their best to conceal the Energy bars are another problem. People
effect of such foods, it's no wonder that like them because the drastic cut in
some people fail to lose as much weight calories, which is one of the basic
as possible on a particular diet. Trying features of every diet, puts energy
really hard to stay away from sweets and reserves under severe strain. It's hard
sodas is useless when the supposedly to get through the day and does all the
healthy food makes it harder to lose things one's used to do during the first
pounds. couple of weeks of dieting, when the body
The biggest problem is the fact that a is still adjusting to the lower intake of
lot of healthy foods contain ingredients food. Energy bars sound like a great way
such as high fructose corn syrup, of getting through the day without
hydrogenated oil and plain sugar. This is eating, but it's not that simple. The
the trick that producers use to sell food main source of energy for the body
labelled healthy, despite it not being contained in energy bars is, of course,
so. The words "fat free" is printed in sugar.
attractive letters on the label, but And let's not forget fruit juices. A lot
nowhere does it say that the lack of fat of people like to drink their daily
is more than compensated for by the sugar helping of fruits instead of eating it,
content. While producers have to meet a but fresh fruits and fruit juices are not
certain standard in order to be able to the same thing. Producers need to add
call their foods "low fat" or "fat free", various substances to juices in order to
there are no regulations for the word keep them from spoiling. They also add
"diet". sugar to juices, because some fruits are
Be careful when buying yogurt and all not naturally sweet enough to suit the
sorts of yogurt-based desserts because tastes of customers. It is useless to say
the dairy companies really like to brag that all that extra sugar is not good for
about their support of healthier people trying to lose weight. The best
lifestyles. Since people who like yogurt thing to do is to skip juices and eat
worry about the quantity of fat found in fresh fruits.
such products, the dairy companies have Find out more about how to reach your
rushed to launch low fat and fat free healthier lifestyle targets and weight
versions of their best selling brands. loss goals.
What they are not very eager to tell the






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