How to Avoid Unhealthy Foods that Seem Good For You

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The supermarket is full of foods that sound healthy but are actually full of fat, sugar, additives, and calories. Learn how to tell the good from the bad.

To complete this How-To you will need:

100% whole-wheat and whole-grain foods
Plain yogurt
Loose tea or tea bags
Food with the Whole Grain Stamp

Step 1: Beware of de-fatted foods

Beware "fat-free" and "reduced fat" foods. Many are heavy on sugar and additives, and therefore high in calories.

Step 2: Get the "whole" thing

Don't be fooled by the word "multigrain." Just because a product has a lot of different grains doesn't mean any of them are the healthy "whole grain" kind. Check the label: If the first ingredient is "100 percent whole wheat" or "whole grain," you're good.

Tip: Look for products that bear the Whole Grains Council's "Whole Grain" stamp of approval, which means the item contains a least half a serving of whole grains.

Step 3: Understand "All Natural"

Understand the term "All Natural." For meat and poultry, it means that the product has no artificial flavors or colors, synthetic ingredients, or chemical preservatives. For all other foods, the term is unregulated, and used as a marketing tool rather than a guarantee that an item is unprocessed.

Step 4: Eat plain yogurt

Eat plain yogurt. Otherwise, sugar has likely been added, making it more a sweet treat than a health food.

Step 5: Limit "nutrition" bars

Most energy, protein, and granola bars are candy bars masquerading as health food. Stick to ones with at least four grams of fiber and 10 grams of protein, no more than 30 grams of carbs, and less than five grams of fat.

Step 6: Brew your own tea

Brew your own tea beverages. Many of the commercial bottled and canned ones have enough sugar to qualify as cola, and very little of the antioxidants found in fresh-brewed tea.

Step 7: Know what "organic" means

Pick foods marked "organic" if you want to be sure that they're free of synthetic pesticides, antibiotics, and hormones. But they're not necessarily more nutritious than their non-organic counterparts.

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[MicoMonstrosity]

I dropped my muffin

& got another one

[MonkeyRobot727]

Tea bag................Teehee

[faylinameir]

I hate to break it to you but tea bags can hardly be considered real tea. Buy loose leaf tea and you'll never go back to the bagged kind, it has the real antioxidents and tends to be cheaper.

[allblacks420]

Healthy whole grains is an oxymoron, today's wheat is nothing like the wheat from 100 years ago and will make you sick.

[teeheetheawesomebomb]

step 1 : just look at the nutrition labels

step 2 : eat or drink what you buy warning : buy food before you consume it!!!!!!!!!

[greenpie891]

the muffins i buy are 190 calories

[lawliman15]

@Iondal1 press backspace until ur arrived to unreal, then press space and type tournament (D)

[NytaSmileeex3]

Why would I really sit in the supermarket and check every label -____-

[BethLaura123x]

I ate like 3 packets of chips whilt waiting for this video to load.

[homeworkslayer]

if you "health problems" you can eat chips and drink soda but go by serving sizes and eat healty to balance out and chew slow when you eat so become more full with less food.

There i just sized a whole video and less than 500 letters. :)

[DJLunasf]

Sad that it takes a hot chic video to get across a healthy message. Ironic how packaging on foods is deceptive, but hey, whatever works, so are women. Gotta love American advertising. lol.