What foods did you think were healthy but actually aren't??

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  • slkehl
    slkehl Posts: 3,801 Member
    Fruit juice
  • xarge
    xarge Posts: 484 Member
    I remember when around November '11, the boards had plenty of proNutella people, citing it along with peanut butter.

    As for me, I thought Nestle Nesfit was a rather healthy choice for cereal. Until I saw that added glycose syrup.
  • torrmairi
    torrmairi Posts: 64 Member
    Jackfruit chips - they don't taste greasy, but one 250g pack is 1200 calories! I used to eat them for lunch sometimes, now I avoid them like the plague.
  • metalvegan
    metalvegan Posts: 133 Member
    Diet soda is comprised mostly of water. Water doesn't have any nutritional value (it can't be metabolized) and doesn't contain any vitamins yet water is universally considered a "healthy" drink. So why is diet soda unhealthy if water isn't?

    ... as far as we know, diet soda is perfectly healthy and hydrating beverage and has no effect on weight loss and no negative health consequences whatsoever.

    Diet soda contains sodium and caffeine (typically) both of which are DEHYDRATING. Please don't replace your glasses of water with salty fake-sugar crap for hydration.
  • Skyeburn
    Skyeburn Posts: 10
    These daft cereal bars with fruit in them. They often loaded with syrup/sugar.
  • pmcco
    pmcco Posts: 56 Member
    the first question my doc asks me every year is if I have stopped drinking diet coke.... I figured that in and of itself means it is pretty bad for me. dang you diet coke addiction!
  • VeganDeeva
    VeganDeeva Posts: 17
    I'm so glad i read that because i swore by Agave nectar! Thank you for your comment! i will definitley not be buying it anymore
  • bennysammysofie
    bennysammysofie Posts: 331
    I thought Checkers chicken tenders, seasoned fries, and a large coke were healthy....but nooooooooooooooooo, they arent! 500 calories over already and its only 6:30pm!
  • jimbo_a_logo
    jimbo_a_logo Posts: 26 Member
    Add up everything on the list and basically food is bad. :wink:
  • bwelches
    bwelches Posts: 14 Member
    "low fat" foods that have been removed of most fat but replaced with chemicals and sugary fillers.
  • Hezzietiger1
    Hezzietiger1 Posts: 1,256 Member
    100 calorie pack anything..
  • 3laine75
    3laine75 Posts: 3,069 Member
    there are no unhealthy foods.

    agree
  • 3laine75
    3laine75 Posts: 3,069 Member
    I remember when around November '11, the boards had plenty of proNutella people, citing it along with peanut butter.

    As for me, I thought Nestle Nesfit was a rather healthy choice for cereal. Until I saw that added glycose syrup.


    nothing wrong with nutella - just had some :)
  • ajones1227
    ajones1227 Posts: 180 Member
    Before I started using MfP to tack calories I thought I was doing good by eating salads. I use to go to wendys almost everyday on my lunch break and get a belt Cobb salad only to find out the salad alone was 660 calories not including the dressing. The only thing I could think of that would be fattening in the salad would be the bacon and that's only one piece broke in half.
  • annew1952
    annew1952 Posts: 77 Member
    I agree with whoever said salads ordered in restaurant. Also the dressings especially the creamy ones. And a lot of
    processed foods have so much sodium.
  • meechi53
    meechi53 Posts: 195 Member
    I thought that the new SILK Soy and protein fruit drinks were good for you until someone here ripped me a new one for drinking it and told me that's the reason I was on a plateau..
  • alexbusnello
    alexbusnello Posts: 1,010 Member
    Nutella... : (

    Soy

    Some granola bars
  • meeka472
    meeka472 Posts: 283 Member
    Fruit Juices (i.e. apple, orange, cranberry etc)...nothing but flavoring and high fructose corn syrup.

    And I second the salads in restaurants. I got my first shocker when I went to Shari's and called myself being good and healthy and ordering one of the salads for lunch. You could have knocked me over with a spoon when I found out that healthy salad was over 900 calories and full of fat and sodium!
  • MaryJane_8810002
    MaryJane_8810002 Posts: 2,082 Member
    A dentist told me that Pringles were bad for the teeth :mad:
  • bennysammysofie
    bennysammysofie Posts: 331
    Add up everything on the list and basically food is bad. :wink:

    Sorry I forgot to put "read this with a sarcastic tone" :)
  • funkyspunky872
    funkyspunky872 Posts: 866 Member
    Muffins. (You might as well have a cupcake with icing.)

    Granola.

    Dried fruit.
  • elle18287
    elle18287 Posts: 267 Member
    I use to order pasta with grilled chicken when eating out because I thought it was healthier/lower calorie than sandwiches and fries. Hahahaha. Oh my.... no. Or at least very rarely. And I would eat the whole thing! Dumb Dumb Dumb.
  • 3laine75
    3laine75 Posts: 3,069 Member
    Since my first criteria for determining if a food is healthy or not is its calorie count, I'd include several items on my list. These shocked me when I first started getting educated about how much I really need to eat: granola, pasta, dried fruit, peanut butter, grapes, "fruit on the bottom" yogurt, and most breads.

    Not that these foods are bad for you, just shocked me how loaded they can be.


    you should change your first criteria
  • ketaparker
    ketaparker Posts: 4
    i agree! i used to think drinking juices was healthy, but i gained 10 lbs from them! i drink more water now :smile:
  • ketaparker
    ketaparker Posts: 4
    true! i was eating a blueberry muffin for breakfast, but was wondering why i could NOT lose weight. i finally figured out "the muffin was NOT helping"! :smile:
  • sleibo87
    sleibo87 Posts: 403 Member
    special K or fiber bars. Too processed with hidden crap in them. I use this app called FOODUCATE where you scan the car code and those got C's and D's on the ratings.
  • KittieLea
    KittieLea Posts: 1,156 Member
    I used to think Smart Ones, Healthy Choice and Lean Cuisine meals were healthy...until I read how processed they were. YIKES!
    Same with diet sodas. Something should have told me they were bad when I got headaches from drinking them :(
  • annew1952
    annew1952 Posts: 77 Member
    I agree with whoever said salads ordered in restaurant. Also the dressings especially the creamy ones. And a lot of
    processed foods have so much sodium.
  • Sarah_Wins
    Sarah_Wins Posts: 936 Member
    Baby carrots
  • Snoopy108
    Snoopy108 Posts: 94 Member
    Smoothies can be very dangerous.

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