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I know what you are thinking, this
is better for you right? Light is better
for a healthy life. At least that’s what
we are raised to believe, but throw that out now, because it is probably those
light foods that are keeping you off the road to healthy living. For years,
food companies have used these “Diet”, “Light”, and “Fat Free” labels to get us
to buy things that should never enter our body in the first place. At first glance, the “Light” label on my V8
juice seems accurate, after all it contains only 50 calories as opposed to the
170 of the regular V8. However, if you continue to read down, you will see
that you are giving up all of the protein in V8 when you drink the light version.
That little cheat chart of nutrition
facts is only the tip of the ice-burg.
Located not too far, hiding in plain view on the ingredients list is the
true perpetrator.
Sucralose, more commonly known as
splenda, is written on the list of ingredients.
We also think of splenda as a health food, because it replaces
sugar. However, the truth is that
eliminating sugar won’t help you lose weight. In fact sucralose has been shown in studies to
not only make you gain weight, but also negatively affect your body’s ability
to utilize those few nutrients V8 light didn’t eliminate.
It doesn’t end with just V8, almost
all light and diet labeled foods have something in them to make them worse than
if you ate the actual product. The conception
of aspartame, used in Diet Coke, can
lead to not only to seizures, but also death.
Saccharin, sweet’n lo, greatly raises the risk of some forms of cancers
and tumors. Besides these health risks,
these replacement chemicals are highly addictive making you want to eat more of
them and, in the end
So what can you do to eat healthier
now that “diet” foods are off the table. Stick to the natural. If you buy it the way you can find it in the
wild than it is generally good to eat.
Of course, a variety is best.
Your body needs protein and iron in meets, the nutrients in fruits and
vegetables, and yes even the fat found in milk and other dairy products. The goal, is to aim for as little processing
as possible. The amount of sugar found
in one processed item is often more than what is enough fruit for you to care
to eat.
Keep healthy, keep it natural, and
do your research.
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