Worst Snacks for Your Health
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Most of the snack foods on the grocer's shelves are playing a big part in the reason Americans are so overweight and so sick. Avoid these, and see what happens.
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1.
Sugar-free Anything
Sugar is bad, but it won't kill you as fast as the chemical, artificial sweeteners that cause cancer; Stevia sweetener only, please.
32 points - added 13 years ago by moochacha -
2.
Cakes & Cookies
Sugar, unhealthy fats, and white flour--the worst!
26 points - added 13 years ago by moochacha -
3.
Soft Drinks or Soda
About 10 teaspoons of sugar in each can of soda, not to mention the carbonation which is acid and allows disease to grow in our body, as well as the calcium-leaching properties which weaken our bones.
26 points - added 13 years ago by moochacha -
4.
Tortilla Chips
Made from fried corn--very, very unhealthy.
20 points - added 13 years ago by moochacha -
5.
Corn Chips
90% of corn is genetically modified and harmful to humans, AND corn is starchy and high in sugar, which puts on the pounds.
20 points - added 13 years ago by moochacha -
6.
Chocolate or Candy Bars
Sugar, sugar, sugar! If you crave chocolate, eat the 85% cacao dark chocolate for some health benefits.
15 points - added 13 years ago by moochacha -
7.
Granola Bars
They're usually loaded with sugar in the form of high fructose corn syrup, and grains are not digestible by humans very well so it puts on the weight and sits in our colon and rots.
15 points - added 13 years ago by moochacha -
8.
Crackers
Most are made with hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils--cheap ones, like cottonseed oil, palm kernel oil, canola oil, which are shockingly unhealthy for human consumption.
15 points - added 13 years ago by moochacha -
9.
Pork Rinds
Deep-fried strips of fat--when you apply heat to any fat or oil it becomes extremely harmful, unless it's coconut oil.
15 points - added 13 years ago by moochacha -
10.
Potato Chips
When you fry or bake potatoes it generates a chemical in them that is poisonous to humans.
15 points - added 13 years ago by moochacha -
11.
Sports Drinks
Unless you're a triathlon athlete, you don't need to replace any salts or electrolytes in your body, so leave these sugary drinks with their poisonous food colorings alone and drink pure juice or water.
11 points - added 13 years ago by moochacha -
12.
Queso or Cheese Dip
Unless it's made with goat cheese, or something other than cow's milk, and has no preservatives, it can cause problems.
10 points - added 13 years ago by moochacha -
13.
Ice Cream
There's a lot of sugar, so just have a little and be sure it's organic and made from milk that came from cows that are rBGH-free (growth hormone)
5 points - added 13 years ago by moochacha -
14.
Chip Dip
Made with dairy products and preservatives - both of which cause health issues, especially if the cows were given hormones and/or ate grass laced with herbicides and insecticides.
5 points - added 13 years ago by moochacha -
15.
Yogurt
-17 points - added 13 years ago by laffs -
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