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Low-Carb, Therefore Healthy? Don't Be Deceived It's no mystery why foods follow the latest nutritional trends, but many of these foods play on their "low carb" elements while simultaneously having a free-for-all with the sugar, according to Jane Brody of the New York Times. When food labels advertise that they are "high in omega 3 fatty acids" or "low in carbohydrates," consumers tend to believe the food is a healthy product and so eat it freely, says one NYU health professor. This food, however, can still be junk food. Case in point: Cocoa Puffs and Cookie Crisp cereal proudly display American Heart Association checkmarks while simultaneously containing 40% sugar. Brody explains that because links have yet to be made between sugar and heart disease, many food products can scrape by with positive health claims. The reality, however, is that they're still not good to eat, and eating too many of them can make you fat. According to a National Health and Nutritional Exam Survey, about a third of calories consumed by adults today come from junk food. Declining health habits are partly to blame, but deception in food advertising is also a culprit. Just because a product in the store displays a big "Low in Carbohydrates" banner on front, don't be so easily moved. Look at the sugar content. No more than 8% of your daily calories should come from sugar, according to US Dept of Agriculture. How many grams is that? It depends on the amount of calories in your daily diet. But consider this: one 12 oz can of regular soda maxes out the suggested daily intake of sugar for the average 2,000 calorie diet! When you consider that "the average American consumes forty-three gallons of sugary soft drinks every year" (according to Suzanne Somers), it's not hard to see why there's an obesity epidemic despite many foods being "low carb" or "free of transfats." When this sugar is not burned off, it becomes stored as fat. MY OPINION: The whole baloney on “net carbs” is also hogwash. It's more artificial finagling with food to adulterate it in an attempt to make something out of nothing. An apple or brown rice or some whole wheat bread is good food. Such things have sustained us for millennia. Stick with that and your body will thrive in the energy it gets from it. You can ignore all the hype from those trying trickery to fill you up and keep you thin. Notice the ingredient list on an apple, or head of lettuce. ”Apple.” “Lettuce.” In contrast, look at the ingredient list on some packaged food. One is food. The other is chemical soup. The body can relate to the apple. When it sees the chemical soup it says to itself, “what the heck is this? I can’t live on this stuff. I better up the appetite so I can get some nourishment.” This is where much of the obesity we see comes from.
"Beware Food Companies Misleading Health Claims"
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Have you noticed how nowadays almost every food in the supermarket claims to be "low carb" or "free of transfats" or "high in antioxidants"?