Allison Turner
Some unhealthy foods have an impeccable reputation when they hurt our bodies and health. In this nutrition tip, we uncover five classic misconceptions.
Mistakes in nutrition – 5 unhealthy foods
Those who pay attention to their diet are not always right in their choice of food. Some are unhealthy despite being advertised as healthy.
- Energy bars: Athletes in particular like to use energy bars. The reason for this is the high protein content.
- However, energy snacks contain some ingredients that are not necessarily healthy. These include sugar substitutes or glycerin and palm oil.
- A healthier alternative: A banana with some peanut butter on whole wheat bread.
- Ready smoothies: Smoothies from the refrigerated section are practical, but not necessarily healthy. There is a lot of sugar in ready-to-drink drinks, even if sometimes in the form of fructose. However, sugar comes with a lot of calories.
- Healthy alternative: Mix your smoothies yourself and take them with you in a thermal bottle.
- Low-fat products: Less fat is healthy. However, the taste of artificially fat-reduced foods – this applies above all to dairy products – is spiced up by artificial flavors and lots of sugar. After all, the flavor carrier fat is missing.
- The healthy alternative here: is products with a normal fat content such as buttermilk.
- Breakfast muesli: Ready-made breakfast cereals or cornflakes are practical. Breakfast is ready quickly.
- However, these finished products contain a lot of sugar. You could also have pure chocolate for breakfast instead.
- A healthy alternative here: oatmeal with lots of fresh, possibly sweet fruit.
- Fruit juices: Fruit juices, whether pure or as a spritzer, are considered healthy thirst quenchers. However, with fruit juice, you also consume a lot of fructose.
- Healthy alternative: Eat fruit in its natural form, i.e. as it is. It also contains fructose, but also plenty of fiber, and other healthy ingredients.
