5 Psudo-Healthy foods

Pseudo-Healthy Food: Pretzels
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*The label may shout 'fat free' and seem like a better alternative to chips, but they're made with refined white flour stripped of its vitamins and antioxidants. They're also dense so they pack a ton of carb calories for a very small amount and they’re not filling. Think of it this way—one 15- ounce bag contains the equivalent of 24 slices of white bread.
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I just read elsewhere on the web -that a woman was practically bragging that she traded in potato chips for fat free pretzels... I hit the back button because I wanted to scream at her -just becuase it's fat free doesn't mean it's healthy or calorie free :)

5 Pseudo-Healthy Foods—and 5 That Are Healthier Than You Think
Pseudo-Healthy Food: Blueberry Scone
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Even a trans-fat-free wild blueberry scone packs over 400 calories (the amount an entire meal should supply) and over 50 percent of the maximum amount of artery-clogging saturated fat intake for an entire day. They also don’t count as a serving of fruit and they’re devoid of dietary fiber.
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my basil and parmesan scones have 150 calories - so not all scones are created equal

Gets a Bad Rap: Juice
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It does have less fiber than whole fruit and juices go down fast but cup for cup, 100-percent juice counts as fruit, and some common juices score very high as antioxidant-boosters. One recent study found that adding citrus juice to tea boosts the antioxidant absorption by up to 13 times. Another ranked the antioxidant capacity of several juices and found the 8 highest were: pomegranate juice, Concord grape juice, blueberry juice, black cherry juice, açaí juice, cranberry juice, orange juice, and apple juice. Juices do contain sugar, but it's natural, not added—natural sugars are those put there by Mother Nature, and don't create the same negative effects in the body that added sugars do (the refined kinds food manufacturers mix in)—and those natural sugars are naturally bundled with lots of important nutrients.
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not all juices are created equal...

same with the dried fruits -there's a lot out there that have oil and sugar as added ingredients - people still need to read labels
 
maleficent said:
not all juices are created equal...

same with the dried fruits -there's a lot out there that have oil and sugar as added ingredients - people still need to read labels
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Granted.
And I know you know this but.....
They are just telling people not to naturally assume all juices are 'good' and dried fruit is 'bad'.
People need to learn to look at everythin and make thier own choices.
hell I dont buy anything without looking at the label anymore.

Shopping takes forever!:D
 
I had never heard that bananas were "bad" for you...? Well, except from my mom - they give her heartburn!
 
Good article for it's purpose, getting people to think more about their food rather than buying into hype.

And I gotta say, I LOVE bananas :D Ain't no body getting me to stop eating them. Well, except for me, I guess :D
 
I am with the label talk

I agree with you all here. You have to read the labels. Sometimes I dont even know what the hell it all means. I have just started going to Whole Foods Grocery Stores and getting dried fruits out of the big containers. And looking at the bottle that says 100% juice. They don't let crappy half assed products to slide at whole foods.
 
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