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Unhealthy foods are one of
the major reasons people fall sick, gain an alarming amount of weight and have
weight gain issues. Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency, shares 7
foods you think are healthy but actually aren’t. Please don’t be fooled by
these misleading healthy foods.
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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