Healthy Foods That Are Still Not Recommended

The problem is the addition of harmful substances such as preservatives, coloring agents and sweeteners. 

In every supermarket or shop we can find  healthy foods, which, however, are no longer nutritious and recommendable due to industrial processing.

The problem is the addition of harmful substances such as preservatives, colors and sweeteners. You can learn more about this topic in this post.

Healthy foods that unfortunately are no longer

cereal

Muesli is a mixture of different types of grain, such as oats, hops, wheat, puffed rice as well as nuts, seeds or dried fruit, which is often used for a balanced breakfast.

All of these products are healthy and recommendable for a balanced diet, but unfortunately common muesli has nothing to do with being healthy :

• It contains a high percentage of saturated fat.

• Whole grains are usually too processed.
• It also contains a lot of refined sugar.
• It contains harmful preservatives.

Commercially available  muesli is often offered in large packaging, so that too much is usually eaten. How about a homemade, more natural variant? This recipe is very tasty and serves as an example. The ingredients can be freely exchanged:

ingredients

• 4 cups of cereal flakes (rice, oats, etc.)
• 65 g sunflower seeds
• 32 g pumpkin seeds
• 72 g sesame seeds
• 95 g laminated almonds
• 230 g chopped nuts
• 1 L cinnamon powder

preparation

Mix all the ingredients together and store this mixture in a glass container.

For a balanced breakfast, mix half a cup of muesli with a yogurt or some milk and some fresh fruit if you like.

Healthy foods: Fried banana

A fried banana  tastes delicious. It’s crisp and sweet. But not particularly healthy:

• 10 g of fried banana has 150 kcal, while a whole raw banana has 103 kcal.
• A lot of fat is required for the preparation, which increases the cholesterol levels.
• High cholesterol levels can cause heart problems.

If you don’t want to miss out on crunchy snacks, you should rather take peanuts, almonds or other nuts. As an alternative, you can try carrot chips:

ingredients

• 2 carrots
• 1/2 spoon of cinnamon powder
• 1/4 L ginger powder
• Oil dosed with a spray bottle

preparation

• Preheat the oven to 250 °.

• Wash and peel the carrots and then cut them into thin strips.
• Put the strips in a bowl and then season with the cinnamon and ginger.
• Now spray some oil on the baking sheet and place the carrots on it without them touching each other. Bake these in the oven for 10 minutes.
• The carrots are ready as soon as they are coffee brown.
• Let cool down and try.

You can use these chips like fried or baked bananas or eat them with yogurt and a little honey.

Healthy foods: low-fat yogurt

Yoghurt is very healthy, but we often look for low-fat or low-calorie alternatives without paying attention to other ingredients.

The creaminess depends on the milk fat content, so a low-fat yogurt can often be high in sugar and preservatives to balance the taste and creaminess.

When buying, pay attention to the ingredients, both the milk content and preservatives and sugar, which should of course be avoided.

You can make your own yogurt (without paying attention to the calories), which you can make with fresh fruit, honey, cereal, etc. Try the following recipe:

ingredients

• 250 ml milk
• 3 spoons of natural yogurt

preparation

• Put the milk in a large saucepan and then heat (180 °), stir for 5-7 minutes so that it does not burn. Now let them cool down to 115 °.
• Mix one cup of warm milk with 3 spoons of yogurt and then with the rest of the milk.
• Pour into a glass and then cover completely with 2 clean kitchen towels (initially without a lid!). Let rest in a warm place until the yogurt gets a creamy consistency.

• After 30 minutes, close the jar with the lid.

Healthy foods: ready-made salads

Many types of salads are available in the fresh produce department of the supermarkets. They are a good alternative when we want to eat something healthy quickly and don’t have time to prepare it.

However, be careful with the accompanying sauces or dressings, as these are often very salty and sugary and rich in preservatives, etc.

So use a little less dressing for a salad or prepare it yourself.