Ive done a lot of research on dieting and food over the years and I learned that there are many things I see people calling healthy that aren’t. I don’t necessarily blame anyone for not realizing, many millennials and gen z kids (especially americans) didn’t really learn practical life skills in school (like cooking) and many baby boomers and gen x people (the ones that raised millennials and gen z) have an outdated idea of what’s healthy or just trust what the food companies say is good for you; so here’s a little of what i’ve learned over the years:
-meat- meat is difficult to digest have growth hormones filled with nitrates which may cause cancer and can cause heart problems
-potatoes- difficult to digest, potatoes are actually part of the nightshade family and don’t really have any nutritional value
-milk- milk is filled with cystic bacteria, anti biotics, difficult to digest and barely any calcium and vitamin d
-most bread- they often use ‘food grade bleach’ to make white bread and it can have a lot of sugar
-tv dinners/microwave meals- even if it’s atkins or weight watchers, they’re over processed and filled with preservatives
-white rice- it’s got no nutritional, plenty of preservatives value and also ‘food grade bleached’
-salad dressing with dairy
-fat free food- whenever they put ‘fat free’ on something, they just put more sugar which your body just turns into fat
-veggie chips- over processed and deep fried
-protein bars- lots of sugar and soy in order to make it taste good
-low carb,low calorie- it doesn’t matter if it says low carb if it’s got lots of sugar, preservatives etc. in it
-yogurt- lots of sugar and there’s dairy in it
-vegetable oil- can raise your cholesterol
-corn,popcorn- also difficult to digest, little nutritional value and lots of salt
-soy- difficult to digest, lots of sugar and can mess with your hormones
-margarine- lots of fat and can raise cholesterol
-energy drinks- so much sugar, sodium and dangerous levels of caffeine
overall the trick is to pay attention to what’s in your food, don’t blindly trust the companies that make it and replace it with better alternatives. you don’t necessarily have to starve yourself, spend a lot or join a diet program, just learn to cook healthy (microwaving isn’t cooking) and choose the ‘lesser evil’ when you eat out. (americans especially need to pay more attention to sugar). I hope this was helpful