Most Pointless Supermarket Lunch
Smucker’s Uncrustable Peanut Butter and Grape Jelly Sandwich
210 calories
9 g fat (2 g saturated)
9 g sugars
Back
in the day, homemade peanut butter and jelly sandwiches were considered
a quick lunch fix, but Smucker's somehow managed to turn this old
favorite into a processed junk food. Uncrustables are pre-made PB&J
sandwiches with the crusts already removed, and unlike their classic
counterparts, they're full of high-fructose corn syrup and
heart-damaging hydrogenated oils. For a much more sensible snack, spread
some peanut butter and jelly on half of a whole wheat English muffin.
Or go with a full peanut butter and jelly sandwich on whole wheat bread.
Eat This Instead
Half
a Thomas’s 100% Whole Wheat English Muffin with 1 Tbsp of Jif Creamy
Peanut Butter and 1 Tbsp of Smucker’s Simply Fruit Concord Grape spread
195 calories
8.5 g fat (1 g saturated)
10.5 g sugars
Most Pointless Supermarket Snack
Yoplait Original 99% Fat Free Harvest Peach (6 oz, 1 container)
170 calories
1.5 g fat (1 g saturated)
26 g sugars
This
yogurt may be low in fat, but it harbors a whopping 26 grams of
sugar—that’s more than you'll find in a Twinkie! The problem: The sugar
overload will cause an energy crash later—not exactly what most people
are looking for in a product touted as a healthy snack or low-calorie.
When it comes to traditional yogurt, opt for options sweetened with
only fruit or fruit-derived sugar (fructose), like Dannon Light &
Fit. And for a more filling dairy snack, go with protein-packed Greek
yogurt.
Eat This Instead
Dannon Light & Fit Peach (6 oz, 1 container)
80 calories
0 g fat
11 g sugars
Most Pointless Supermarket Treat
WhoNu? Nutrition Rich Chocolate Cookies
160 calories
7 g fat (1.5 g saturated)
14 g sugars
“Nutrition-rich”
cookies? WhoNu the food industry could stoop so low as to market
sugary, high-carb treats as health food? These cookies are advertised as
being an “excellent source of calcium, iron, and vitamins A, B12, C, D
and E” with “3 grams of fiber and 20 essential vitamins and minerals,”
but they’re really just a processed junk food with some nutrients thrown
in. You know what else has 4 grams of fiber and 20 vitamins and
minerals? Apples. As do bananas, blueberries, grapes, nectarines, and
dozens of other naturally sweet fruits that come without the refined
flour and genetically modified ingredients found in these health-food
wannabes. If you want a healthier version of a classic cookie, go with a
less sugary, whole grain treat like Kashi’s oatmeal chocolate chip
option, and get your vitamins in the produce aisle.
Eat This Instead
Kashi TLC Oatmeal Dark Chocolate Soft-Baked Cookies
130 calories
5 g fat (1.5 g saturated)
8 g sugars
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Most Pointless Supermarket Breakfast
Kraft Original Bagel-fuls
200 calories
5 g fat (3 g saturated)
2 g fiber
Most
people would agree that it's not too difficult to spread cream cheese
on a bagel. But apparently the folks at Kraft think otherwise, because
they're selling prepackaged, pre-stuffed bagels filled with an array of
unpronounceable processed ingredients. Don’t fall for this gimmicky
breakfast: Spread some whipped cream cheese on a fiber-filled whole
wheat bagel and call it breakfast.
Eat This Instead
Pepperidge Farm 100% Whole Wheat Mini Bagel w/ Kraft Philadelphia Whipped Cream Cheese (2 Tbsp)
160 calories
6.5 g fat (3.5 g saturated)
4 g fiber
GAG-WORTHY
INGREDIENTS: Some food additives are not only unhealthy, but they’re
also downright disgusting.
Most Pointless Supermarket Drink
Tropicana Twister Cherry Berry Blast (8 fl oz)
110 calories
0 g fat
25 g sugars
This
is a classic move in the juice-trickery playbook: Use inexpensive fake
food dyes—not actual fruit juice—to give the liquid an appealing color.
Despite its name, Tropicana’s juice concoction contains 0 percent berry
and cherry juice. What’s more, this bottle is guilty of what I call a
serving size rip-off: It contains 2.5 servings, which means if you
guzzle the whole thing (a likely scenario), you’ll take in more sugar
than two packs of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups! When it comes to fruity
drinks, 100% fruit juice is the only way to go, but you’re better off
eating actual fruit—you’ll get more fiber with less sugar and calories.
Or drink green tea, which is packed with heart-protecting,
cancer-stopping nutrients called polyphenols.
Drink This Instead
R.W. Knudsen Family Just Cranberry (8 fl oz)
70 calories
0 g fat
9 g sugars
I found this article on Yahoo news and thought to share it with you all... I'm sure many of you have these foods in your home. I wonder what other boxed and caned/jar foods should be on this list?
