| You've probably heard the saying that that the road to | | | | healthy because they are not made from potatoes. |
| Hell is paved with good intentions. | | | | However the coconut oil that these are fried in is twice |
| This is what happens when we delude ourselves into | | | | as saturated as lard. A cup of corn chips will give you |
| thinking that natural foods have less calories and fats | | | | almost half of your daily limit for saturated fat. If you |
| then others, or mistaking too much of one particularly | | | | must have corn chips look for brands that are baked |
| healthy food (cheese is a good example) for a healthy | | | | or low fat. |
| choice. | | | | 6. Fast food bagel sandwiches - These can seem |
| Here is a breakdown of the ten most common food | | | | healthy because they include healthy vegetables such |
| choices that contain hidden sources of fat and sugar | | | | as tomatoes and lettuce and low fat meats such a |
| (and therefore weight expanding calories!) | | | | turkey or chicken. However the bagels themselves are |
| Here are the Top Ten Foods that will minimize your | | | | full of carbs. Just one of these sandwiches can yield |
| nutrition but maximize your waistline! | | | | up to 700 calories, 40 grams of fat, 300 mg of |
| 1. Cheese Pizza - A pizza that has no toppings seems | | | | cholesterol and 1600 mg of sodium. Try a turkey |
| like it should be healthier and it is to some extent. | | | | sandwich on rye bread with 1 slice of cheese, lettuce |
| However just two slices of plain cheese pizza will | | | | and tomato instead. |
| provide you with 760 calories and almost a full day's | | | | 7. Extra large chocolate chip cookies - You might lose |
| limit of saturated fat and sodium. That's without | | | | weight eating just one single cookie but it depends |
| sausage, pepperoni and anything else! Your best | | | | how big it is. A single large cookie, like the ones sold in |
| choice is a vegetarian pizza, such as foccacia brushed | | | | Starbucks, has more than 300 calories and as much |
| with olive oil and flavored with sun dried tomatoes and | | | | saturated fat as a 12-ounce sirloin steak plus 7 |
| herbs. | | | | teaspoons of sugar. If you can't resist, try going for the |
| 2. Canned chicken noodle soup - Brimming with salt, a | | | | oatmeal cookies. |
| half a can averages about 1100 mg of sodium. That's | | | | 8. The Breakfast Special - Restaurant skillet-style |
| almost half your daily quota. Go for the low-sodium | | | | breakfasts that include eggs, home fries, bacon, |
| brands instead. | | | | sausage and cheese - is not exactly the healthiest |
| 3. Low Fat Potato Chips - The worst are the low fat | | | | choice out there, considering the meal alone will give |
| chips fried in Olean (olestra). This indigestible fat | | | | you 1220 calories, 70 grams of fat (19 of them |
| substitute's generic name is called sucrose polyester | | | | saturated) and 1820 mgs of sodium. For a healthier |
| Olean doesn't provide any calories, but in many people | | | | alternative, try a couple of scrambled eggs or egg |
| it causes gastrointestinal distress including severe | | | | whites with 2 or 3 pancakes or toast and small side of |
| cramps or diarrhea that they had to see their doctor. | | | | fruit and cottage cheese. |
| Olean also reduces the body's absorption of other | | | | 9. "Supersize Me" French Fries - Stop saying yes |
| foods. Try baked, low-fat potato or tortilla chips, or raw | | | | when you are asked if you want your order to be |
| veggies like carrots and celery instead. | | | | supersized. Large French fries contain 600 calories, 30 |
| 4. Yogurt covered raisins - This is a common offering | | | | grams of fat (16gms of which are the artery-clogging |
| in health food stores and it sounds healthy because | | | | saturated plus trans fats!) A super-sized waistline is |
| raisins are a source of iron and yogurt is a common | | | | what you'll get for super-sizing your fries at the fast |
| health food. Actually yogurt covered raisins are full of | | | | food joint. A baked potato is a better choice. |
| fat and sugar. They are usually coated with saturated | | | | 10. Mocha Latte with whole milk - This is actually more |
| sugar palm oil, or hydrogenated coconut oil. You'd be | | | | like a heated milkshake packed with 600 calories and |
| better off to snack on a handful of plain raisins. | | | | 15 grams of saturated fat. |
| 5. Corn chips - Most people think corn chips are | | | | |