Modern producers offer us a huge number of dietary and healthy products. Do they live up to our expectations?
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Instruction manual
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Muesli
Ready-made granola contains more than 400 kcal per 100 g. Baked granola, granola with additives (honey, chocolate) are especially dangerous - they contain a lot of sugar. If you want to use a truly healthy product, then do it yourself: a pack of oatmeal, dried fruits, sunflower seeds.
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Energy Bars
Sold in pharmacies and health food stores. However, they are not dietary at all. One bar can contain up to 300 kcal. The main purpose of such bars is to replenish energy reserves and athletes need them for long distances.
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Low Fat Yogurt
It is believed that you need to eat low-fat foods when you are on a diet. However, low-fat products are inferior in taste to conventional products. Therefore, manufacturers add sugar, for example, or starch to them. Which increases the total calorie content and fast carbohydrate content.
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Juices
Freshly squeezed juices contain a large amount of carbohydrates. So, to prepare a glass of orange juice, about 6 oranges are needed. That is, one glass of juice contains as many calories as in 6 oranges. It is healthier to eat fruit than juice from it. Since the juice is absorbed faster.
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Synthetic sweet drinks
It seems to be sweetness is provided by sugar substitutes, in which there are no calories. However, such drinks can be harmful. In addition, they do not give a feeling of fullness, but rather, only increase the desire to use them more and more.
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Dried fruits
You must be careful with dried fruits, eat in small doses. Sucrose is added to dried fruits to improve palatability, and sulfur is added to a beautiful appearance. Such supplements will not help to lose weight.