Harmful "useful" products


Breakfast cereal.
Grains are known for their healthy and nutritious, they are recommended for weight loss. However, read the package breakfast cereal: often contain a lot of sugar and salt, and all the vitamins and minerals in the product have a chemical origin.

Chewy bars.
They contain beneficial to human health oats and nuts. However, consumption of the bars affects an increase in blood sugar in human blood, as their composition is corn syrup. And some of the bars contain chocolate chips, which puts them on a par with candy.

Yogurt with fruit.
Fat-free - does not mean that useful. The packaging is said that the composition has a yogurt sugar, corn syrup or artificial sweeteners. Same thing with the low-fat frozen yogurt, which can contain 20 grams. sugar 1/2 jar.
A good alternative: take plain yogurt and add your own slice fruit

Bread.
Delicious bread, it turns out, is not always good for health. Whole grains or whole wheat sometimes mean nothing. Dark bread can contain corn syrup and trans fats. Therefore, excessive consumption of this product will certainly affect your weight.
A good alternative: bread from sprouted wheat

Sandwiches.
Often referred to as "light", but the sandwiches contain sugar, proteins and too much white bread.
A good alternative: make your own sandwiches.

Fruit juice.
Even 100% fruit juice contains sugar, fructose often. As is known, an excessive amount of fructose leads to obesity, increased cholesterol levels.
A good alternative: cook your own fruit juice or just eat fruit.

Sports drinks.
They are designed to replenish your body with electrolytes, carbohydrates and other nutrients. But in fact, sports drinks - a sweetened water, 1 package contains up to 30g. sugar.
A good alternative: drink plain water during your workout, consume proteins and carbohydrates after exercise.

Salads fast food.
Will not let you lose weight sugar contained in the leaves of lettuce and croutons made from white flour. Sometimes it is better to order a double cheeseburger than a chicken salad.
Healthy alternative: make your own salads.

Frozen foods.
There is nothing wrong with frozen vegetables or fruit. However, most frozen foods mistakenly considered "light" and "useful". In fact, this processed food, which included a lot of sugar.
A good alternative: cook food on a "day to come" in the morning or in the evening.

Diet soda.
It contains artificial sweeteners, something like aspartame, which is about 200 times sweeter than sugar. Are you sure you want to risk their own health?
Healthy alternative: water, water with squeezed lemon, green tea.

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