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“Useful” products that harm the health

"Полезные" продукты, которые  вредят здоровьюQuite often, the formation of the image of “healthy” or “harmful” influence of food marketers.

So quite often, the products that are advertised as quite healthy, actually are completely are not.

1. Energy bar
Everyone knows how much protein is contained in energy bars. They are also sold in stores eco-friendly foods, but before you buy plastic taste bar, read what “nutrient” elements it contains.

The more ingredients listed on the label, the more industrial the alteration of the exposed bar. Usually, in bars beautifully articulated the names of ingredients that contain sugar. They dramatically raise blood sugar and cause a sharp drop after a while.

Instead of bars it is better to take a few tablespoons of peanut butter and spread it all over the Apple.

2. Low-fat yogurt
If the product does not contain ingredients that we consider to be harmful, it does not mean that the product is useful. Well, if eliminated saturated fats, but maintain the flavor manufacturers to make yogurt sweeter. Out that low-fat yogurt or yogurt with low fat contain so much sugar that they can be considered dessert.

Accordingly, this leads to an increase in the level of cholesterol in blood and completely destroys the main reason for choosing this product. Note unsweetened Greek yogurt contains less lactose.

3. Frozen yogurt
Ice cream, we all know, high-calorie and fatty foods, but if it’s frozen yogurt, it seems that is an entirely different matter. Don’t forget that it is also, in fact, the dessert, which affects the body not the best way.

4. Smoothies
Smoothies are not only useful because stuffed with various useful fruit. Be careful mixing large quantity of bananas, berries and other sweet ingredients, they increase the sugar content (allowance not more than 25 g sugar per day). Especially if smoothies from the store.

5. Dry fruits
Bad news for fans of dry mango and Breakfast with cranberries. A single fruit, not containing added sugar – raisins, apricots, plums, dates. They do not add sugar during the drying process.

6. Vegan desserts
Dessert is always a dessert in many vegan products more fat and simple carbohydrates than regular sweets. Coconut sugar often replaces in such products common sugar, but, nevertheless, it has the same effect on blood sugar as sugar.

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