What are some 'sneaky' foods?

I always thought granola bars were a healthy snack, but sometimes I'm better off eating a candy bar... >__< Same thing with dried fruit. So much sugar in so little!

but most of all...
ALCOHOL
I can drink an entire day's worth of calories in an hour
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I miss being drunk

Oil is the sneakiest food out there! It is the most calorie dense food on the planet, and it is way too easy to overdo it. You can easily put 250 calories of pure fat onto a 90 calorie plate of salad, turning one of the world's healthiest veggies into junk food with a single pouring motion.

There is nothing wrong with fat (oil) so your not turning your vegetables into junk food. You need the fat to absorb a lot of the nutrients such as fat soluble vitamins.

Thanks You! So true!

Oil is the sneakiest food out there! It is the most calorie dense food on the planet, and it is way too easy to overdo it. You can easily put 250 calories of pure fat onto a 90 calorie plate of salad, turning one of the world's healthiest veggies into junk food with a single pouring motion.

There is nothing wrong with fat (oil) so your not turning your vegetables into junk food. You need the fat to absorb a lot of the nutrients such as fat soluble vitamins.

Do you work for the food industry? Why so quick to defend junk food with so many of your comments?

Anyway, raw nuts, olives, avocados and seeds can very easily be added to a salad to get your healthy fats. The example i gave was of a 390 calorie meal, of which 64% of the calories came from nutrientless, fiberless fat. That's not junk food? Get real.

Some oils have the same healthy fats you've listed above.... You get real

Oil is the sneakiest food out there! It is the most calorie dense food on the planet, and it is way too easy to overdo it. You can easily put 250 calories of pure fat onto a 90 calorie plate of salad, turning one of the world's healthiest veggies into junk food with a single pouring motion.

There is nothing wrong with fat (oil) so your not turning your vegetables into junk food. You need the fat to absorb a lot of the nutrients such as fat soluble vitamins.

Do you work for the food industry? Why so quick to defend junk food with so many of your comments?

Anyway, raw nuts, olives, avocados and seeds can very easily be added to a salad to get your healthy fats. The example i gave was of a 390 calorie meal, of which 64% of the calories came from nutrientless, fiberless fat. That's not junk food? Get real.

Some oils have the same healthy fats you've listed above.... You get real

Do you know basic math?

Anyway, getting a macronutrient as part of a complete food is different from having a meal that consists MOSTLY of a refined food.

I find cider isn't too bad. good cider that is, not something that is mostly sugar. I was drinking a dry apple cider last night that was only 6.5g of sugar and 150 calories (500Ml) . Something i can burn off dancing to a fast tempo in around 10-15 minuets

oatmeal & nuts....I don't get enough enjoyment out of them to want to sacrifice all those calories. I prefer a nice salad instead....

A whole cup of cooked oatmeal has only 150 calories! That doesn't seem like a lot to me, but I guess things start to add up when you add milk, sugar, fruit, granola, nuts, or other toppings...

I eat oatmeal almost every day~ I love it So I gotta stick up for it! haha

Nuts and granola. I don't even serve myself nuts in a container, I just open my can, take a palm full and that is all.

I make my own granola but it is still so high calorie that I can only have a tiny little amount. I was also pretty disappointed upon reading that 21 frosted shredded mini wheats was a serving! It makes me so sad every time I have to count them out that I have switched to Cheerios.

For me it's dried cranberries. I add a quarter cup to my oatmeal most mornings and really have to restrain myself from grabbing an extra small handful because of the concentrated sugar content.

Olives are NOT a whole food. Raw olives are slightly toxic, they need heavy processing to become edible, hence why all olives go through some kind of brining process.

Not to mention, olive oil is actually healthier than the olive fruit, as some health compounds are only released when the fruit is crushed into oil, they're indigestible when you eat a whole olive.

Brining is not " heavy processing ". It's just water and salt, one of the most natural ways of preserving food.

They're also treated with lye. There's a lot more to curing olives than just water and salt. There's also a lot more to brines than just water and salt.

Brining is not " heavy processing ". It's just water and salt, one of the most natural ways of preserving food.

They're also treated with lye. There's a lot more to curing olives than just water and salt. There's also a lot more to brines than just water and salt.
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You probably know much better than I. I can just say that the homegrown olives I have brined with nothing but water and salt, plus the occasional herbs have always turned out really delicious. Also when the villagers in Souther Spain, where most of my experience comes from, brine their olives for home use or local sales, they also use just salt and some water and the process is known worldwide as " aceituning ".