Now that IS sensible for the long term! Most (reducing) "diets" are unsustainable. Moderation in all things 🤓

1 litre of apple juice is an equivalent of 2kg of apples. If you normally don't eat 20 apples in one seating, you should not drink 1l of juice 🙃 If you take more sugary fruit, the amount of sugar in one juice serving goes up.

Or indeed better for the environment. the amount of processing needed to create vegan meat substitues is often equivalent to the energy and resource use of just raising the chicken and eating it.

It’s actually not healthy, because you need at least a little bit of meat in your diet (please don’t downvote this is what primary school taught me lol)

Don't worry. Her own heart will tell her.

I have read that bread in the US is very sweet. Almost like cake. Not like that in Europe at all.

If you don't drown the salad in dressing, it can still be alright. They usually give you a separate dressing pack.

Low fat just means high in sugar to make up for the taste.

There are still ads out there selling the products as fat free thus healthy. Sugar does nothing good for your body but a little fat (I said a little..) is not bad for you.

This depends on the cereal. I grew up on one of the following: Corn Flakes, Weetabix or Shredded Wheat. They're all pretty healthy, especially the latter two.

I'm sitting here, a black cat yelling LIES ALL LIEEEES x3

Not to brag but I always drink gluten-free water & insist on gluten-free haircuts...........(jk)

My partner is Coeliac and has to eat food without Gluten and now, with no gluten, is more sensitive to it if/when contaminated accidentally. The dietician had cautioned that no one else in the house should go gluten free though. If you do this you can actually CREATE a sensitivity to gluten that you didn't have before. So don't cut it out unless your doctor specifically advises you to..

Many gluten-free things have a different taste or texture to the "normal" versions. I find myself eating them as I am lactose intollerant, but as they don't produce that many lactose-free variants, I am left with dairy-free versions which are frequently also gluten-free. Some are nice, but some are horrible. They are also expensive. :(

"essentially just becomes a low carb diet" yeah but then you have idiots who only eat meat and don't understand how the low carb diet really works.

Many processed "gluten-free" products on store shelves rely heavily on starch to make up for the gluten, but starch is treated as glucose by your body. It's no wonder there is a high prevalence of diabetes among Celiac sufferers.

On the plus side for OP, these cranks create enough demand that it's economical for food companies to offer a wider range of gluten-free foods than they otherwise would.

I add gluten to the dough when I make bread. Better texture, better taste, more protein - better all around since we do not have the celiac disease. Lucky us!

The gluten free version of a product usually has more calories than the glutinous version. So switching to gluten free because you think it's healthier.. don't do that. Unless you have a sensitivity. Then yes. But gluten free food is specific for a medical condition. (also. Who in their right mind eats gluten free if they don't have to.. FFS I've never found a GF version that tastes better than the original!)

It's become something manufacturers use for a "health halo," just like low-fat, low-carb, non-GMO, organic, etc. None of these mean their products are healthier, either.

I have to say. Not just celiac also breastfeeding. When nursing the first three months or until baby sits up on it own is almost essential to remove dairy and gluten! In my twenties (20 yes ago) doing this I starved! In my 40's I had another little one and I have a lot more options! I'd say anyone with any kinda tummy or gut problems should make the switch, it is easier to digest, therefore healthier in my book!

Also people who give their dogs gluten free kibble, my vet says it's ridiculous and almost impossible for dogs to have celiacs. Give that Ad exec a bonus!

Yeah but being gluten free is so trendy rn…/j

Peanut butter is actually great for emergency food supply for this reason.

Everything should be made with clean ingredients- if it isn't then we have a problem

And palm oil.

Snickers has protein

The majority of them feel just like glorified candy bars. I do like the No B.S. bars by RXBAR, they seem to be a good alt and don't taste too shabby.

Especially light/low fat/no fat yogurts! Just think about it, somewhere the flavor/richness on taste has to be coming from. (Edit: after seeing all the replies with regard to natural yogurts - I'm totally on your side. I was more thinking into the direction of all those fruit-yoghurt-concoctions that are claiming "Only 0.3% fat!".

Its often not about what you eat but how its prepared and cooked. Example potatoes. Boiled good. Fried not so good.

Technically "healthier" does not mean "healthy".

a protein shake for a 3 year old????

Would you like some bread with that ice cream?

My hypertension loves soooooop!

but it's good

Because they are (ironically) trying to imitate the non-vegan product that they are a substitute for.

I've read once that fruit smoothies even can enhance the chances of developing diabetes. This is because all the sugar of the fruits is instantly available (whereas in whole fruits your digestive system has to work to get to/extract the sugars). This instant availability floods your body with a massiv sugar rush. Probably not harmful, if you enjoy a small smoothie every other day or once in a while. But drinking large amounts or even replacing whole meals with it can be contradicting to a healthy life style. (Sorry that I can't provide you with the link - if one of you Pandas have it or have newer information please comment).

It's from the "fat is the cause of all evils" days. Given that sugar is likely more overconsumed than fat and it doesn't really solve that problem, it's just inferior ice cream as far as I'm concerned.

That may be true, but Agave syrup, coconut oil and many more 'natural/ unprocessed' foods are not much better. There's a misunderstanding in the hype - too much 'natural' fat and sugar can still make you fat and diabetic, but may contain small amounts of vitamins and minerals that are 'healthy'. People just think in black and white - healthy/ unhealthy.

and add a catastrophic amount of sugar to keep you hooked...

I confess that, while I buy/use butter almost exclusively, once in a blue moon I get a craving for I Can't Believe It's Not Butter. I can't explain why, because it's true it Does. Not. Taste. Like. Butter.

Well they had that campaign about the Subway diet, so probably fooled a lot of people.

We are given soup when we are sick. Our grannies cook giant soups for the whole family. Soup cans always have fabulous-looking veggies on the labels (not if they're like Chicken and Stars soup, but you know what I mean XD ). It's no wonder we tend to automatically think of soups as "healthy". And they CAN be, but canned versions (and even the ones that you're deceived into thinking are "freshly made" because they're in a transparent plastic tub in the deli section) are usually loaded up with salt and probably sugar. But soup CAN be healthy - my ex makes a beef-neckbone vegetable soup from scratch. Ingredients: only the beef neckbones and vegetables (fresh spinach, broccoli, carrots, water chestnuts, opo melon, cucumber, Brussels sprouts, peas, enoki mushrooms, king oyster mushrooms - and whatever else was in the fridge). SO delicious.

It depends which one.

Agreed, except the US government actually replaced the pyramid years ago with my Plate

Agree (and also guilty). However, I still have the (maybe wrong) feeling that the fibres are much better for my bowel health than eating the same calories as a burger. Probably also vitamins are more plenty. But please correct me.

Honestly the baby veggie chips taste sooooooooo good. Like im not weird don’t judge till uve tried them. Like when did baby food get so good?

Kombucha is not good for tooth enamel either.

nah, I'm fine being a tigerless roach.