Weight loss tip: learn to differentiate healthy from unhealthy

Weight loss tip...

Don't automatically assume that your chosen food or drink source isn't bursting with an abundance of added sugar and/or artificial additives just because it's considered a 'healthy' option.

No added sugar, 'light' and reduced fat are just a selection of the manipulating marketing gimmicks manufacturers use to target desperate dieters, but failing to notice the nutritional content of a food or drink product that's considered a healthy option can be equally as detrimental to our health and waistline as opting for 'diet' orientated dishes and desserts that are bursting with added sugar and/or salt - the substitutes used to compensate for a loss of taste as a result of a product's reduced, low or no fat content.

The image below resembles the reason why we should all analyse everything that we eat in order to differentiate healthy, from unhealthy...

On the left is a small pot of strawberry activia yogurt - a seemingly sensible snack that claims to benefit our bones with its calcium-rich properties as it 'looks after us from the inside.' On the right is a Cadbury dairy milk chocolate bar - an energy dense sweet treat bursting with addictive added sugar and artificial additives - yet despite many health conscious dieters being drawn to the yogurt, this 'health friendly' fruit fuelled snack not only contains a shocking 8% of strawberries, but a staggering 16.5g of sugar - over 3 grams more than the 12.5g sugar content of the Cadbury milk chocolate bar - making it far from the fruity 'feel good' option it's manufacturers have lead us to believe.

Top tip: ditch the brands that claim to 'benefit' your health, weight and waistline - these are the core culprits responsible for increasing our overall intake of salt, sugar and artificial additives - and get label wise. By learning to analyse everything that we eat, we can control more than just how many calories we consume.