Dietitian Andy Bellatti gives advice about which “health foods” are worth eating and which aren’t. It seems you can stop paying $11 for a jar of almond butter.
Eating healthy can often feel like torture in a country whose crowning achievement in food is the Crunchwrap Supreme.
To make matters worse, a lot of supposedly healthy foods aren’t actually very good for you.
With that in mind, Business Insider asked Andy Bellatti, a registered dietitian and the cofounder of Dietitians for Professional Integrity, which “health foods” you should skip on your next trip to the grocery store
Juice
When you juice fresh fruits and veggies, you remove their fiber, the key ingredient that keeps you feeling full and satisfied until your next meal. What you keep is the sugar. In the short term, a high-sugar, low-protein diet means hunger pangs, mood swings, and low energy. In the long term, you can lose muscle mass, since muscles rely on protein.
Tech: 15 ‘health foods’ you’re better off avoiding
