Top Ten Healthy Foods Are Not That Great For Fat Loss

In this first part of my 2 part Top Ten Healthy Foods Article, I talk about what many of us perceive as healthy food for fat loss. Lets get started.

Not Top Ten Healthy Foods #1 – Cereal

Dry box cereals will not help with fat loss. Cereal is a processed food and is loaded with refined carbohydrates. With the combination of high carbohydrates, low fiber and protein, your insulin levels will be elevated and less satisfying as far as hunger is concerned.

Of course, if you are substituting cereal for a breakfast option like a fast food place, you will see a change for the positive in your health. However, if you take that one step further and substitute the cereal with high fiber fruit and high protein like a protein drink, you will see positive changes not only in your health but also your waist line.

If you just can not seem to get away from cereal in the morning, stick to a more natural option like oatmeal. Oatmeal has more natural ingredients and a higher fiber to carbohydrate ratio. This will make you feel fuller, longer.

Not Top Ten Healthy Foods #2 – Artificial Sweeteners

Artificial sweeteners are horrible for fat loss. They are not natural and completely foreign to our bodies. They will increase your hunger and if you are hungry all the time, it will be very hard to stick to your diet.

Not Top Ten Healthy Foods #3 – Sports Drinks

Besides the artificial sweeteners that is mentioned above, sport drinks contains a host of horrible ingredients that will tamper with your fat loss success. Some of these ingredients include…

• High fructose corn syrup, linked to diabetes
• Yellow dye number 10
• Brominated vegetable oil, interferes with the metabolism of iodine
• Oil of wood rosin.

Not Top Ten Healthy Foods #4 – Coffee

Coffee does a number of things that might hurt your fat loss goals such as…

• coffee is a inflammatory food
• coffee depletes minerals from your body
• coffee raises blood pressure and cholesterol is some individuals.

Not Top Ten Healthy Foods #5 – Granola

I’m not sure why granola is considered a health food. It is loaded with sugar and fat. It is obviously not a great choice when you want to keep your waist line small. Granola and cereal are very similar. Todays granola contains high fructose corn syrup. This ingredient is also found in soda which can lead to a fatty liver and diabetes.

Top Ten Healthy Foods Part 2

In the next part of this article called Misleading Top Ten Healthy Foods For Fat Loss, I will cover the last five foods that are not effective for fat loss. You might be surprise to find out what you thought was a healthy food is really hurting your chances for fat loss.

Henry Chervenka

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