15 Healthy Foods (That Really Aren't)

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15 Healthy Foods (That Really Aren't)

There might be no bigger industry on the planet loaded with con artists than the food business. Making heads or tails about what you can put into your body without completely destroying it is harder than anything you've ever had to study in school.

Well, because we're in the business of sticking it to the Man and exposing baloney, maybe we can help make your research a little easier.

A chicken pot pie from KFC has 790 calories. That's about 11 hot wings. It also has almost twice the recomended daily allowance for saturated fat. and
Dieters believe Quinoa is a lower calorie alternative to rice. Quinoa is 222 calories a cup when cooked. Brown rice, cooked, is 216 calories per cup.
Too much sugar-free candy can give you explosive diarrhea. The sugar alcohols used to sweeten the candy cannot be completely digested. As it works thr
Turkey is usually a good alternative to heavier meats. However, deli turkey meat is usually loaded with nitrates and sodium. Nitrates have been linked
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SPINACH AND TOMATO PASTA ARE NO HEALTHIER THAN REGULAR PASTA. The nutritional value of regular and vegetable-flavored pasta is almost identical. The v
CRACKED COM You ordered a wrap instead of a sandwich, thinking that it has a lower calorie count. Turns out, wraps are worse than bread. Wraps often c
Many health conscious dieters believe that sweet potato fries are a healthier alternative to regular fries. But that's not exactly true. The calorie c
Nuts can be a healthy high-protein snack only if you opt for unsalted varieties. Salted mixed nuts contain nearly 100mg of sodium per ounce. CRACKED.C
Frozen yogurt, although better than full-fat ice cream, can still pack quite a sugar punch. Plain vanilla has about 34 grams of sugar a cup! That's mo
15 Healthy Foods (That Really Aren't)
Banana chips have surprisingly low nutritional value. A SERVING OF BANANA CHIPS HAS ALMOST 5 TIMES THE CALORIES AS THE SAME SERVING OF BANANAS. Plus,
An individual side of coleslaw at KFC has more fat than one of their Original Recipe chicken drumsticks! KFC CRACKED COM
A tablespoon CRACKED.OON of ketchup has four grams of sugar. Which is more than a regular chocolate chip cookie.

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