ARTICLE - "10 'HEALTHY' FOODS THAT AREN'T REALLY HEALTHY"

Dear Readers:

Think that those juices and smoothies are really healthy?  Well, maybe not.  Here is an excerpt from the article:

"The health foods aisle has a way of making guys fat—and unhealthy—and understandably pretty ticked off. 

After all, isn't munching on (nasty-tasting) health foods supposed to be good for you?

If food manufacturers were really out to boost your health, yes. But their end goal isn't making consumers healthier. It's making money. And packaging foods as "healthy," "smart," and "natural" is an easy way to make a buck. Unfortunately, apart from suckering you into eating foods that really aren't any healthier than whatever it is you're trying to sub out, those healthy labels can make you overeat big time. In fact, in a 2015 Penn State study, researchers found that the more fitness-branded foods dieters bought, the more they ate and the less they exercised. So, potentially, your health-foods diet could pack more calories, fat, and ridiculously convoluted chemicals than your unhealthy diet ever did."

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