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There\u2019s a lot of misinformation in the health and nutrition industry, and a significant percentage of the products that are marketed as \u201chealthy\u201d are anything but.\u00a0 Below you\u2019ll find a few examples.\u00a0 These are foods you may currently think of as being good for you, and if so, prepare to be disappointed.<\/p>\n
Smoothies<\/strong><\/p>\n Ask just about anyone and they\u2019ll tell you that smoothies are really good for you.\u00a0 After all, they\u2019re made of fruit, and websites all over the internet say that most fruits are superfoods, so how could smoothies be bad for you?<\/p>\n The first thing to do is to check the food label and see how many carbs your favorite smoothie has.\u00a0 If it\u2019s got more than 15 grams of carbs per serving, consider it to be a non-starter.<\/p>\n Gluten-Free Anything<\/strong><\/p>\n Grains cause inflammation in a staggering percentage of the population, which is why the phrase \u201cgluten-free\u201d has gotten so popular in recent years.\u00a0 The problem is that when you remove the gluten from any given product, you take away the thing that provides the food\u2019s delicious, chewy texture.\u00a0 If manufacturers want their product to sell (and of course they do), they have to replace it with something equally attractive, which usually means sugar.\u00a0 The result?\u00a0 Most gluten-free snacks on the market today wind up having more calories than the snacks they\u2019re replacing.\u00a0 It\u2019s just not a good trade.<\/p>\n Protein Bars<\/strong><\/p>\n This is a big one because many people who are serious about dieting rely heavily on protein bars.\u00a0 Unfortunately, if you compare food labels, you\u2019ll quickly discover that most of the ones being sold today have as much sugar in them as most candy bars.\u00a0 True, you are getting a few healthy ingredients in addition to that, but much of their benefit is blunted by all that sugar.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n There are plenty of other \u201chealthy\u201d foods that actually aren\u2019t.\u00a0 The biggest favor you can do for yourself is to avoid processed foods altogether, be aware of sugar content, and eat mostly fresh fruits and veggies.\u00a0 If you insist on eating processed foods, become an avid food label reader.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s a lot of misinformation in the health and nutrition industry, and a significant percentage of the products that are marketed as \u201chealthy\u201d are anything but.\u00a0 Below you\u2019ll find a …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3144\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}