You are probably well aware that cutting junk food from your diet is essential to lose body fat. However, some “healthy” foods contain much more calories, fat and sugar than you would think. These tricky “diet destroyers” can limit your ability to lose weight and stay healthy.
Explore our guide of these 20 foods and don’t let them ruin your diet.
1. Yogurt
Plain yogurt is a perfect healthy choice with only 100 calories. However, yogurt can be also loaded with sugar. One serving of a typical yogurt with fruit at the bottom of the cup contains 26 grams of sugar.
Is it a lot? Daily recommended value for women is only 25 grams and 37 grams for men. So, with just one yogurt you may have consumed your daily intake of sugar!
Healthy choice: Always check ingredients when purchasing yogurt. Avoid flavor additives and sugar. The general rule is – the less ingredients the better.
2. Veggie Burgers
Veggies are healthy. And vegetable burgers are healthy too, when prepared properly.
However, restaurants often do unhealthy things to veggie burgers when preparing them. The burgers are loaded with oils, butters, fried onion rings, mayonnaise and cheeses. As a result, you may consume more fat and cholesterol than when eating a traditional beef burger.
Healthy choice: When your order your veggie burger ask for fresh, unfried vegetables, no mayo and go light on cheese.
3. Smoothies
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Smoothies can be extremely healthy. But some food chains market the high sugar smoothies as a healthy food. Chocolate, artificial flavored syrups or frozen yogurts when added to a smoothie may diminish healthy benefits of other ingredients.
Healthy choice: Watch out for ingredients in your smoothie. A healthy smoothie may contain only natural fruits and vegetables, plain yogurt, ice, milk or protein powder. Make sure there is nothing artificial in it.
4. Avocado
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Avocados are superfoods loaded with antioxidants, nutrients, fiber and healthy fats. However, people watching calories should be careful with avocados.
A single avocado contains over 350 calories. Many people eat en entire avocado or more as a snack, without realizing how high in calories it is.
This is What Will Happen When You Eat Avocados Every Day
Healthy choice: Leaving half of an avocado for the next meal might not be appealing. Avocados tend to turn brown when oxidized. If this happened, simply scrape off the top layer and eat the green part. To avoid this, cover your avocado with clear plastic wrap and store it in the fridge.
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