15 Health Foods That You Should Never Eat

11Sports Drinks

As the name suggests, these drinks are meant for sportspersons and their ingredients are electrolytes (salts) and sugar. They may be beneficial for athletes but they are of no use for common people. In fact, there is not much difference in sports drinks and sugary soft drinks; however, the former does have less sugar in comparison to the latter. So it is better to avoid sports drinks as they are just liquid sugar in reality. 

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12Low-fat/Fat-free milk

People avoid full-fat milk because they are afraid that it may increase their weight or make them obese; however as per a research, the low-fat/fat-free milk has more chances of making you obese. The low-fat dairy products have sugar added to them which increases the chance of heart disease, diabetes 2 and cancer. It’s better to have full-fat milk and products than low-fat/fat-free milk or products.

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13Low-carb junk foods

With the increasing love for fitness, the interest of people is increasing in low-carb diets as they are pretty effective in losing weight and improving health. There are many low-carb junk foods in the market which are highly processed and in reality, they are just highly refined items with chemicals added to them. 

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14Whole wheat products

The truth is that the whole wheat products are not really that healthy as they are perceived to be. They increase the blood sugar as the grains are crushed to turn them into fine flour and it may be surprising but the glycemic index of whole wheat bread can be the same as that of white bread. In fact, the quality of wheat is also not as good nowadays as it used to be earlier so it’s better to avoid whole wheat products.

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15Brown Rice Syrup

It is also known as rice malt syrup and for making this sweetener, the cooked rice is exposed to enzymes in order to get simple sugar by breaking down the starch. There is no fructose in brown rice syrup but it does have glucose which can increase the blood sugar very fast. The syrup is also highly refined which means that it has almost nil calories. One more reason to avoid this syrup is the presence of arsenic contamination in this sweetener. 

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