“Healthy” Foods That Aren’t Really Healthy

Thursday, February 3rd, 2011 at 12:05 pm

I was at the grocery store the other day and had to shake my head at all of the deceptive labels with everything claiming all sorts of things that are supposedly “healthy”, but aren’t really. This is what I mean when I say that weight loss starts in the super market. You have to learn what foods are good for you and which aren’t. One of the things that really disturbed me was that I saw several examples of healthy foods in their natural state, but right next to them I saw counterfeit versions of these foods claiming that they were healthier than the original… What? Yet in reality, all of these counterfeit versions were actually MUCH worse for you than the original… and they still have the balls to claim that their overly processed “junkified” versions are better. This is food marketing deception at it’s worst!

**Example #1: Product claiming “Better than peanut butter” This product is…. I’m at loss of words! I can’t believe anyone would ever believe that this junk is better for them than natural peanut butter. Normal peanut butter is made up of to simple ingredientss… peanuts and salt. And they don’t add much salt so it’s not high in sodium.

However, this claimed to be better than peanut butter product has a list of various ingredients whose name I can barely pronounce. They say it is better than peanut butter because it has less fat? People, fat is not the reason why you are fat. We need fat to live and function properly. The reason you are fat products like this one that strip all of the healthy fats out of natural products just to claim they are ”low fat”. Ok, now you’ve just taken away one of the healthiest parts of the product…the appetite satisfying healthy fats that you need to control cravings and manage more stable blood sugar levels. To make things worse, the healthy fats were replaced with 2 different types of sugary syrups as well as additional dehydrated cane juice (aka SUGAR), in addition to added refined starches. This product has taken something as simple and natural as peanut butter, and turned it into what should really be called some sort of processed candy. Yet, they claim that it’s healthier than peanut butter. And somehow they get away with deceiving people like this. Don’t be their fool!

**Example #2: Product claiming to be “better than eggs”. I won’t get as detailed on this one because my friend Mike Geary has touched this subject before so I will just send you to his article so you can read it here:

http://www.thesuperherobody.com/deal/eggwhites.

But basically, this product was just egg whites with a bunch of added chemical colorings, flavorings, and other nonsense, including fake added vitamins. Again, this product has essentially ruined a good thing by removing the healthiest part… the YOLKS! I know yolks have been give a bad wrap because of all the cholesterol that they have, but this is actually the most nutritious part of the egg. Anyone that tells you differently doesn’t know much about nutrition… that includes some doctors. The important thing to look for in quality whole eggs are cage-free and organic. Remember to check out Mike’s article at http://www.thesuperherobody.com/deal/eggwhites.

**Example #3: A product claiming to be “better than butter”. I have to admit I was fooled by this product for a long time. Margarine has claimed for a while that it is better than butter, but truth is it’s loaded with highly processed and deadly trans fats. Even low quality butter is healthier than any margarine. One problem with butter is pesticides and hormones from improperly raised cows. That is why it is better to choose organic butter, and if you can find “grass-fed” butter, then I would even say it can be healthy for you. In fact, adding a little butter to your steamed vegetables helps your body to absorb more of the vitamins and minerals in the veggies. Also, due to the content of stable saturated fats in butter, this makes butter one of the best oils to cook with. Oils high in polyunsaturated oils are the worst to cook with due to their highly unstable nature. For more info on healthy vs unhealthy cooking oils, here’s a previous newsletter…

http://www.thesuperherobody.com/articles/cookingoils.php <<<<<<<<<<<<<<Another article you should read.

And no, the saturated fat in butter is NOT bad for you. I hope we’ve already beaten a dead horse with that topic. If not, you can go back to this page to see why… http://www.thesuperherobody.com/articles/saturatedfats.php.

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As a side note. Mike has this awesome book called “The Fat Burning Kitchen” that has tons of info just like this. I REALLY RECOMMEND it will change the way you shop for groceries.

You can take a look at it here http://www.thesuperherobody.com/recommended/fatburningkitchen.php

or you can keep being a fool and shop or products that claim to be healthy and wonder why you keep gaining weight.