2024-01-15 12:42:14
The new year is often subject to good resolutions, especially health ones, starting with Dr. January, or Sober January. On the plate, we can motivate ourselves to opt for healthier, less processed foods that are better for our health. But be careful of fake friends and other marketing scams!
Our colleagues from Mirror (Source 1) thus reveal four food products, reputed to be good for health, which it would be better to avoid consuming according to Dr. Michael Mosley, British doctor and journalist, author among others of “Eat, fast, lose weight”, and creator of the Fast 800 diet (800 kcalories per day). “With huge signs at the end of every aisle, telling you exactly why the latest products will improve your health, it’s easy to fall into [les] well-laid traps [du marketing] and spending a fortune on ‘healthy’ foods that are not.”, wrote the specialist on the website thefast800.com.
A chip remains a chip
The doctor therefore advises avoiding vegetable chips, which can be seen as a healthy alternative to potato chips. Not big enough to have any real nutritional benefit, they are however fatty enough to harm good nutritional balance, since cooked in oil (usually sunflower). It would be better prefer them:
raw vegetables cut into sticks, nuts (almonds, cashews, walnuts, hazelnuts), seeds (sunflower, squash, etc.), parmesan chips, prosciutto chips (raw ham) .
Adapted, lightened but also very transformed
Also wary of products sold as low in fat, supposedly better for your health. Because to compensate, they are often richer in sugars and additives of all kinds. Result: they can lead blood sugar spikes and cause new cravings. “Eat healthy, rich fats [acides gras] mono and polyunsaturated will not only satisfy your taste buds, but will also reduce your appetite, as they slow the rate at which the stomach empties, thus delaying its signal for more food”, wrote the doctor. Note that the doctor also recommends caution regarding processed dishes labeled “gluten-free” or vegan, which can compensate with additives, unsavory fatty acids, flavorings, etc.
Dressings and margarine: keep an eye out
While eating salad every day is undoubtedly a good thing, you still need to season it correctly. Dr. Mosley warns: “Not only do commercial salad dressings contain a significant amount of calories per serving (and few of us stick to the recommended serving size of one tablespoon), they’re also packed with additives to extend their shelf life, thickeners, hidden sugars etc.”. We prefer the one that we make “home” to the ready-made vinaigrette, with olive oil, a squeeze of lemon or a little good quality balsamic vinegar.
Surprisingly, the doctor also advises to prefer butter to margarine, because the latter is a processed product generating trans fatty acids. On condition, however, that you only use butter occasionally, the best fat for cooking being extra virgin olive oil once more according to Dr. Mosley.
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