Eight foods that are marketed as nutritious and healthy, but are actually not. Let's uncover their true faces! TOP1--Fish Fillets
General fried fish fillets are made of cod, which is rich in healthy unsaturated fatty acids (like DHA). Various fish sticks and fillet products have thus labeled themselves as "nutritious". However, please note that the packaging boxes/bags of cod fillets often list a dozen or more ingredients. The complicated processing has already made it less healthy—large amounts of salt, MSG, and saturated fat introduced during frying.
Therefore, if you are buying processed fish products, the harm they may cause to human health may have exceeded the benefits they can bring. TOP2--Green Tea
Asians generally love green tea, even turning it into an art. Green tea contains antioxidants and other healthy ingredients that can prevent cancer, heart disease, aging, and other age-related diseases. But most Americans don't like the taste, so manufacturers add sugar and other additives to make green tea beverages, selling them everywhere under the guise of healthy drinks.
In fact, any ingredient on the "green tea" bottle, such as: saccharin, preservatives, etc., makes it further away from being healthy for us. TOP3--Yogurt
Yogurt is made by fermenting fresh milk, and it is rich in protein, calcium, and vitamins. For those who are lactose intolerant and cannot enjoy milk, yogurt can be a good choice. However, the yogurt sold in major supermarkets in the United States has been turned into a "dessert" full of sugar and various processed fruits, and it is these "packagings" that merchants use to disguise it as a healthy food.
Therefore, it is best to choose plain non-fat yogurt when purchasing, and add some fruit yourself if necessary. TOP4--Popcorn
Nowadays, people no longer consider popcorn a healthy food as they used to. In fact, popcorn is made from corn, it is rich in fiber, has very low calories, and contains almost no sugar, salt, or fat. However, today's microwave popcorn contains a large number of additional ingredients to improve its taste, so it is no longer a healthy and nutritious food.
It's a good choice to choose cheap bulk products when buying popcorn, and to control the amount of salt and butter yourself. TOP5--Bread
The most common bread in the United States is the mass-produced white loaf. High-quality bread is indeed made only from flour, water, plus a small amount of salt and yeast. However, today's finished packaged white bread contains sugar, corn syrup, and many other ingredients. After these processes, the food will quickly turn into blood sugar once you swallow it.
Even now, many mass-produced whole wheat breads are also harmful to health, because they improve their taste through some "harmful substances": sugar, salt, and softeners. It's best to choose raisin oat bread or barley bread spread with pure jam. TOP6--Cereals
Cereals such as wheat, barley, rice, and oats have always been the most important food for humans. The protein, dietary fiber, and vitamins they contain are incomparable by other foods. However, food manufacturers have used the word "cereal" to make a huge profit. They combine a small amount of cereals with a large amount of starch, white sugar, corn syrup, salt, food coloring, and preservatives to produce "colorful" breakfast cereals that are very popular with children, greatly reducing the nutritional value of these cereals. TOP7--Organic Food
Organic food uses natural farming methods and does not involve any pesticides or fertilizers. It is almost regarded as the "savior" in the era of large-scale food pollution. For more than 30 years, we have been pursuing this goal. But driven by profit, its nutritional value system has begun to have a crisis. The organic milk we drink now comes from feedlot cattle that are forced to eat organic grains.
There are also various "junk foods" labeled "containing organic ingredients", which disguise themselves as healthy foods through organic labels. Only the manufacturer knows how much organic ingredients are inside. TOP8--Pizza
In Italy, pizza is even protected by law, stipulating that it must be made from whole wheat flour, tomato sauce, white cheese, olive oil, basil spices, etc. Pizza is originally very nutritious. The pizzas sold by many fast-food chains today use preservatives, cheap artificial fats, nutritionless canned fruits, long-freezable meats, and a large amount of salt... These pizzas are very high in calories and sodium content, but their nutritional value is not worth mentioning.