Unhealthy foods are one of the major reasons people fall sick, gain an alarming amount of weight and have weight gain issues.
Diet Soda
Drinking
soda often, increases your risk of heart attack, stroke and prostate
cancer; it also makes you eat more which can lead to obesity. You would
think diet soda is better but it’s potentially worse. The artificial
sweeteners in diet soda fool your body into thinking you’re eating real
food, disrupts the body’s natural ability to regulate calorie intake and
cause a spike in your insulin levels (because these sweeteners are
actually much sweeter than actual sugar) which can lead to obesity,
diabetes and heart problems.
Packaged Meat
Packaged
meats are usually loaded with salt and preservatives, as a result they
are basically a well-packaged sodium-saturated disaster. It’s best to
avoid them and opt for fresh meat. However, if you need to buy packaged
meat choose brands that don’t have more than 350mg of sodium per 2 oz
serving.
Sports Drinks
These
are basically just sugar, water and artificial food colouring in a
bottle. Consistent consumption of sports drinks, especially for an
average person who doesn’t participate in high intensity workouts, can
lead to gradual weight gain over time, raise sugar levels and increase
the risk of stroke and heart disease. For those who do basic exercises
involving the treadmill etc. to burn off a few extra calories, sports
drinks are not advisable because you are likely drinking more calories
than you are burning off. Drinking water will be a far better
alternative.
Skim/Low-Fat Milk
While
rejoicing about the fact that skim milk has less fat, it’s important to
also mourn the fact that as the milk is being rid of fat, it’s also
being rid of its essential vitamins ( as well as its texture and
flavor). Skim milk ‘skims’ are whole lot of the factors that make whole
milk healthy.
Margarine
This
might come as a shock but margarine is more or less the synthetic
substitute of butter. It is basically an invention of chemists that
involves a lot of chemical processing and the addition of synthetic
vitamins, antioxidants and trans-fats (which increases bad cholesterol
in the body).
Wheat Bread
Wheat
bread is great and healthy when it’s actually wheat bread. Most
wheat-bread products aren’t a hundred percent whole wheat. It mostly
white bread with a little wheat flour mixed in. Endeavour to buy wheat
bread only when you are sure you can trust the source to give you 100%
whole wheat bread.
Flavoured Soy Milk
Unsweetened
or plain soy milk is the best choice for enjoying the low in
cholesterol, high protein and potassium benefits of soy milk. Flavoured
soy milk have far too much sugar and unnecessary calories added to it to
make it tasty.
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