12 Misleading Foods You Should AVOID at All Costs
Banana chips
To me, bananas are everything one could ask for from a fruit: great nutritional content, naturally sweet, available anywhere and affordable too.
Banana chips, though, aren’t such a great idea; this fried product can give you more than 150 calories and, since it’s thermally prepared, it has already lost many of its nutritional properties in the process.
In other words, if you really want something healthy, you should just stick to plain, raw bananas instead – and there are plenty of reasons to do it. Our post right here reveals 9 amazing things that happen when you eat bananas!
Bottled green tea
In my post about the nutritional benefits of coffee vs. tea (see here), we’ve found that green tea is very rich in antioxidants and other important compounds that keep you healthy in the long run. However, many of the bottled alternatives on the supermarket isle are nothing more than sugar water mixed with artificial flavors.
In fact, this 2018 report from ConsumerLab found that some bottled tea products contain absolutely no ECGC – the valuable antioxidant usually found in green tea which helps you lose weight and prevent cancer.
In simple terms, it’s infinitely better to brew your own cup of tea at home rather than purchase a product that may contain chemicals and empty calories.
