14 Health Foods That Aren't
By David Zinczenko and Matt Goulding
Men's Health Magazine
If your weight-loss regimen consists of giving up pizza and burgers in favor of flaxseeds and rice cakes, it's time to reconsider your strategy. In the book, Eat This, Not That! Supermarket Survival Guide, co-authors David Zinczenko and Matt Goulding insist you don't ever have to diet again. You can eat all of your favorite foods and still drop 10, 20, 30 pounds in just a few months.
To do so, though, you'll need to learn the sneaky tricks the food industry employs to sabotage your waistline. The biggest hurdle to your weight-loss efforts isn't the industrial-strength calorie bombs lurking in supermarkets and restaurants the country over (though be sure to brush up on the Worst Restaurant Foods and Worst Supermarket Foods in America, just to be safe), but rather, the flood of lackluster packaged and prepared foods masquerading as healthy eats. With the food industry spending $30 billion a year to peddle their most dubious products, it's no wonder we've confused some of the most calorie-riddled, fat-laden products in America for truly nutritious food. To help you slim down this year, the Eat This, Not That! guys have identified the 14 most punishing health ruses and suggest delicious alternatives that will keep you satisfied and give you all the purported nutritional benefits that many of our most beloved foods sadly do not. Read on to discover a new, smarter game plan!
1. Bran muffin
2. Chicken Caesar salad (dinner-size portion)
3. Tuna melt
4. Chicken wrap
5. Turkey burger
6. Fruit smoothies
7. Granola bar
8. Pasta salad
9. Yogurt with fruit on the bottom
10. Bagel with cream cheese
11. Pasta primavera
12. Dried fruit
13. Fish sandwich
14. Stick margarine (1 Tbsp)
By David Zinczenko and Matt Goulding
Men's Health Magazine
If your weight-loss regimen consists of giving up pizza and burgers in favor of flaxseeds and rice cakes, it's time to reconsider your strategy. In the book, Eat This, Not That! Supermarket Survival Guide, co-authors David Zinczenko and Matt Goulding insist you don't ever have to diet again. You can eat all of your favorite foods and still drop 10, 20, 30 pounds in just a few months.
To do so, though, you'll need to learn the sneaky tricks the food industry employs to sabotage your waistline. The biggest hurdle to your weight-loss efforts isn't the industrial-strength calorie bombs lurking in supermarkets and restaurants the country over (though be sure to brush up on the Worst Restaurant Foods and Worst Supermarket Foods in America, just to be safe), but rather, the flood of lackluster packaged and prepared foods masquerading as healthy eats. With the food industry spending $30 billion a year to peddle their most dubious products, it's no wonder we've confused some of the most calorie-riddled, fat-laden products in America for truly nutritious food. To help you slim down this year, the Eat This, Not That! guys have identified the 14 most punishing health ruses and suggest delicious alternatives that will keep you satisfied and give you all the purported nutritional benefits that many of our most beloved foods sadly do not. Read on to discover a new, smarter game plan!
1. Bran muffin
- 420 calories
- 20 g fat
- 300 calories
- 12 g fat
2. Chicken Caesar salad (dinner-size portion)
- 900 calories
- 60 g fat
- 400 calories
- 20 g fat
3. Tuna melt
- 900 calories
- 50 g fat
- 500 calories
- 15 g fat
4. Chicken wrap
- 700 calories
- 35 g fat
- 375 calories
- 15 g fat
5. Turkey burger
- 850 calories
- 50 g fat
- 350 calories
- 20 g fat
6. Fruit smoothies
- 600 calories
- 120 g sugars
- 350 calories
- 75 g sugars
7. Granola bar
- 200 calories
- 15 g sugars
- 150 calories
- 5 g sugars
8. Pasta salad
- 300 calories
- 20 g fat
- 200 calories
- 14 g fat
9. Yogurt with fruit on the bottom
- 190 calories
- 30 g sugars
- 110 calories
- 15 g sugars
10. Bagel with cream cheese
- 700 calories
- 40 g fat
- 13g saturated
- 425 calories
- 18 g fat
- 6 g saturated
11. Pasta primavera
- 800 calories
- 40 grams of fat (12 g saturated)
- 400 calories
- 20 g fat
- 6 g saturated
12. Dried fruit
- 175 calories
- 45 g sugars
- 70 calories
- 15 g sugars
13. Fish sandwich
- 600 calories
- 30 g fat
- 11 g saturated
- 300 calories
- 13 g fat
- 4 g saturated
14. Stick margarine (1 Tbsp)
- 100 calories
- 11 g fat
- 2.5 g saturated
- 2.5 g trans fat
- 50 calories
- 6 g fat
- 1.5 g saturated
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