Six food snacks with fruits and veggies that you thought were healthy
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Find out which food snacks you've been indulging on is not at all contributing to your healthy diet plan. Read more:
Eating fruits and vegetables can boost one's health and deter sickness. But, not all foods with fruits and vegetables in them are healthy.
If you love munching on these food snacks, you might have to think twice about adding them to your diet.
Salads with mayo dressing
A bowl of mixed fruits and vegetables sounds like a good recipe for a healthy diet. This, however, is not the case for potato salad, macaroni salad or any salad dressed with mayonnaise.
Mayonnaise is just a big serving of fat since it is essentially oil. More so, potatoes and macaroni are also sources of carbs. While there is nothing wrong with eating carbs, especially when you need to load up for training and sports activities, you have to be mindful of the portions of your intake.
Coleslaw
Coleslaw is similar to salads; they are a dish of healthy vegetables soaked in mayonnaise. Having cabbages and carrots doesn't automatically make one healthy dish. Adding mayo especially makes it fattening.
Fruit cocktail
More than being a mixture of fruits, fruit cocktail is actually a hefty serving of sugary syrup. This is the same for other canned fruits. Fruit cocktails and canned fruits are packed with extra sugar as well as preservatives, and we know both have no nutritional value.
Nachos
Nachos could've been a healthy go-to meal except what is commonly accessible in dining places is its bastardized version.
Fried chips are high in fats and calories. So it's best to get nacho chips that are baked and are made from corn. Opt for cheeses that are rich in flavor despite the small serving to avoid additional calories and fats. Be mindful of the toppings too; choose lean meat and avoid lard-laden beans. The healthiest parts in nachos are the salsa and guacamole so you have to be careful too in making them and choosing the better ingredients.
Onion rings
Onions offer a lot of health benefits but onions that are deep-fried aren't healthy. Nope, onion rings are not a healthy alternative. Especially if onions, or even other vegetables, are immersed in so much oil, it's almost similar to drinking oil.
Frozen yogurt
Last on this list is frozen yogurt that is said to have fewer calories, less fat content and contain healthy bacteria and other nutrients. However, many variations in the market aren't all healthy. Frozen yogurts have high sugar content. And you get to take in more sugar too when you're not careful with your add-ons. Piling it up with candies, cookies, and brownies and a generous amount of chocolate syrup does not help for a healthy diet.
