3 Foods to Avoid in your Diet
Are you putting all your efforts into a new diet program, but feel like you’re getting no results, well there are foods to avoid in any diet.
Many people find themselves in this place – they work hard, hold on to their diet strategy like a bulldog, but fail to see the transformation they wanted. Hopes were high, but the scale just isn’t telling you what you want to see, a drop in weight.
What gives?
Often, the problem is not lack of effort or motivation. The issue is that you are incorporating certain foods in your diet plan that are actually not diet foods at all. The diet industry is big business, and unfortunately many companies market their products as healthy, even though they are in fact counter-productive for your aims.
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What are these foods?
Here are three problem foods to avoid in any diet immediately.
1. Fruit Flavoured Yogurts
Fruit flavoured yogurts are a favourite with dieters, but many fail to see them for what they are: pint-sized sugar bombs. Individual yogurt packs have gotten unhealthier and unhealthier, while their reputation as a go-to diet food has regrettably survived.
Next time you’re picking out your favourite yogurt, double check the sugar content. You might be surprised to find there are 15+ grams of sugar per serving.
Of course you can purchase the sugar-free varieties, but then you’ll be consuming unwanted artificial sweeteners, which can be just as bad for you.
Instead, opt for plain ol’ Greek yogurt.
Flavour it yourself by adding a handful of fresh berries or nuts.
A perfect solution.
2. Fat-Free Products
Beware of any product marketed as ‘fat free’. These products proudly label themselves as fat-free, and that very well may be true.
But ask yourself, if the fat is removed, what has been added? Time and again, the fat content has been substituted with something just as undesirable.
Often that means heaps of sugar.
If you are trying to lose body fat, sugar is just as bad – if not worse – than fat is.
3. Protein Bars
The last problem food to be wary of is the protein bar, despite its prevalence in many diet programs and meal plans. These often seem like a great option because they contain protein, but once again you have to look a little closer.
Check that sugar content. Most protein bars have upwards of 15 grams of sugar per bar. Some contain 30 and even 40 grams.
In actuality, these are glorified chocolate bars. While you can buy a few bars with very low sugar content (five grams or less per bar), these will require a little searching.
Sadly, many dieters are blissfully unaware of these 3 foods to avoid. Are any of them in your current diet?
If you want to learn the two must-eat foods that will catapult fat loss into high gear, make sure you check out The 2 Week Diet Plan. Highly-readable and conveniently-packaged in PDF form, it has all the best advice you need to correct any lingering misinformation you’ve fallen prey to.
CW
