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Forget what influencers say: This go-to yogurt topping can be
Forget what influencers say: This go-to yogurt topping can be fatty and sugary as hell without a tasty payoff. Plus, you’ll get crumbs all over the damn place. It’s a gra-no-no for us.
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00:00:005 Unhealthy Foods That Are Marketed as Healthy, Ranked 5. Samosas: Health nuts love to chow down on Indian cuisine, presumably due to the wealth of vegetable options available. But
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00:00:00these are basically glorified french fries with an added dose of refined flour to spike that insulin. (Free tip: Make sure you get some dal somewhere in the meal to temper that part.)
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00:00:104. Fake-meat burgers: Hint: Anything with “burger” in its title is a dub. Sure, these qualify as vegan, but don’t sleep on the copious amounts of coconut oil and sodium in Beyond and Impossible burgers — or the fact that anything highly processed presents its own nutritional drawbacks.
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00:00:203. McDonald’s Caesar salad: Iceberg lettuce has the nutritional value of a sheet of looseleaf. Not to mention the bacon bits topping, some bullshit high-fructose-corn-syrup-powered dressing, and, oh yeah, more calories than a Big Mac. We’re not lovin’ it.
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00:00:302. Subway sandwiches: Sandwiches always seem like they’re much healthier than their greasy counterparts. Yet spots like Subway remind us that you can definitely pack the absolute worst ingredients on a footlong. Yeah, Jared lost a bunch of weight from them — but he’s a sexual predator too. This your dietary role model?
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00:00:401. Granola: Forget what influencers say: This go-to yogurt topping can be fatty and sugary as hell without a tasty payoff. Plus, you’ll get crumbs all over the damn place. It’s a gra-no-no for us.
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