Every time I head over to the grocery store I see the same thing. There are so many people that line those aisles where they stock the "healthy" foods that are supposed to help you lose weight. But then you find out that they don't deliver. But for some reason people keep going back to those foods. Why?
People keep sticking with these foods because the marketing is just THAT good. Why else would people, who want to lose weight, keep buying food that doesn't do what it claims? If these foods were really truly healthy and really able to help you lose weight, wouldn't everyone who eats them lose the weight?
Instead, the exact opposite is happening - people are gaining weight by eating these foods.
There are even foods that claim to be healthier than the real thing, which if you ate would really help you lose weight and become healthier. With so many "great" examples of these fake foods, there's only time to tell you about three of them but believe me, there are so many out there!
Fake Food #1: "Peanut butter"
Yup, by "peanut butter", I'm talking about that weird stuff that is so weirdly smooth and so "pretty" looking. Did you look at the label yet? I bet it says "partially hydrogenated oil". Yeah that the main thing in this "peanut butter" that will completely destroy your weight loss efforts. I bet it also says "hydrogenated vegetable oil", right? Well that definitely doesn't help your waist line either!
If you're aching for some real peanut butter, reach for the natural organic one that only has two ingredients - peanuts and salt. It'll look like there's oil on top and the butter on the bottom - that's how you know it's the real stuff. Granted, peanut butter won't help you lose weight but if you need something for a snack, this is a good option while you're working to lose weight. But make sure it's the good stuff!
Fake Food #2: Egg substitute
I don't know how anyone can believe that this stuff is better than real eggs. All this product (See? you can't even call it food!) really is is just some egg whites with tons of random ingredients all processed together to look like it could be healthy for you. But it isn't!
If you look on the label of most of these egg substitutes, you'll find something weird called "xanthan gum". How does that help you lose weight? Well, it doesn't!
It also doesn't help keep you healthy either. Why not? Because by creating this product, the company has had to destroy all the good stuff in eggs - the yolk! So how do you get the best eggs? You should look for organic eggs or cage-free eggs. Some people are "allergic" to eggs but it's not the eggs they're allergic to - it's the "food" that's been fed to those chickens. Organic and cage-free chickens are fed just grass.
By the way, if you hear that eggs can raise your cholesterol, don't listen to that person. First of all, eggs are more important to your health and weight loss than your cholesterol. How? Because the type of cholesterol eggs raise is the good type, HDL.
Fake Food #3: Fake butter
That stuff called margarine is probably one of THE worst thing you could eat while you're working to lose weight. Margarine is just a stick of processed trans fat, which, trust me, is far worse than real butter. Trans fat is the absolute worst for you when you're working so hard - it completely sabotages your efforts.
Stay smart when it comes to grocery shopping. Anything that says "low/no-fat", "low/no-sugar" or "better than the real thing" is bound to be horrible for you! And remember, just because it says "organic" or "natural", it doesn't mean that those processed foods are actually good for you. In reality, processed foods are all bad for you. So avoid things that you find in a box. Organic produce and meats are the best for you so stick to those and you'll be on the fast track to great weight loss!
Author Resource:-
James Wong lost over 40lbs. using The Secret 2 Fat Loss. You could lose weight fast and easy by learning this incredible secret. You can burn fat without counting calories at www.TheSecret2FatLoss.com
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