The popularity of processed food is going up. The main reason is that it’s convenient and affordable. However, with all the sugar, salt, preservatives and fat, processed food are not something you want to eat if you want to be healthy. Even though the temptation is strong and many times it’s much simpler to eat them than go for a healthy alternative, you should try to avoid them. What kinds of processed food are the worst? Here’s the top 10.
#1 Chicken Nuggets
They are readily available, mouthwatering and tasty. However, they are bad for you. You would rather consume grilled skinless chicken breast or chicken strips if you want to eat chicken meat. Whether you buy them from your local restaurant or out of your freezer, chicken nuggets are high in preservatives, fat and salt and has no benefit for your body.
#2 French Fries
Very few realize the amount of calories contained even in the smallest serving of French fries. Besides high calories, it offers very little nutritional value for your body. Eating french fries are linked to obesity and raised blood sugar level.
#3 Rice Cakes
Don’t be fooled by the propaganda rice cakes are somehow a healthy snack. Far from it. In fact, rice cakes almost took our #1 spot. Made of insulin spiking white rice and often soaked in salt and sugar coatings, rice cakes offer nothing healthy to your diet. Think of eating rice cakes on the same level you’d treat eating plastic. They share more qualities than they don’t!
#4 Energy Drinks
Either packed with sugar or packed with the poisonous aspartame choosing between a diet or non-diet energy drink is really no choice at all. Oh, and the high dose of caffeine and all the other “goodies” will over the long run, knock out of whack your adrenal glands. Which is very far from good or healthy.
#5 Granola Bars
They are packed with sugar, dried fruit and other things that are the fast road to getting fat fast. Save the granola bars for when you need all the carbs to run a marathon, not a normal afternoon snack.
#6 Yogurt and Fruit Cups
Your yogurt may be fat free but don’t forget all that sugar filled fruit at the bottom of the cup, that will pack on the calories. A much better alternative is Greek yogurt. The nice thing is you don’t lose much in taste either.
#7 Microwave Popcorn
We know anything coming out of the microwave, pretty much, is a bad idea. Microwave popcorn? Beyond bad. Treated with all sorts of chemicals with names from science projects, to preserve the corn and make sure it pops correctly in the bag, microwave popcorn may just be the most unnatural snack on our list. Which is saying something.
#8 Diet Sodas
touched on this above with energy drinks, but let’s re-emphasize just how toxic diet products are. Incredibly toxic. NutraSweet, Splenda and the rest are likely much more unhealthy than even sugar. Diet sodas are a prime carrier of these chemical sweeteners. Think stevia and only stevia when it comes to healthy sweeteners. Even stevia should only be used in moderation.
#9 Canned Peaches
Fruits must be healthy right? Wrong. Not when frozen and drenched in sugary syrup. Canned peaches, the most popular of the canned fruits are no exception to the rule. Canned peaches are barely more healthy than candy but are marketed as a health food. Avoid.
#10 Cookies
We all love them, but they are high in calories, fat and sugar. They don’t provide anything beneficial for your body. Try something else that has a nutritional value and is good for you. There are many alternatives that taste good. Source: http://gegeblog.com
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