The Deceptive Dessert: Your Favorite "Healthy" Foods
by Noah on Feb 28, 2014 | Views: 1112 | Score: 4
| Sugar Equivalent Measured in Chocolate Glazed Donuts (per serving) | |
|---|---|
| Apple Sauce | 1.2 |
| Starbucks Grande Cafe Latte | 1.3 |
| Orange Juice | 1.5 |
| Cliff Bar | 1.8 |
| Low-Fat Strawberry Yogurt | 2.07 |
| 20oz Vitamin Water | 2.54 |
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While we are quick to avoid obvious 'dessert foods', such as chocolate glazed donuts (13g sugar), many of the snacks we consider innocuous, and even healthy, are packed with sugar and produce a high glycemic effect, which greatly contributes to health-problems. Many low-fat alternatives simply replace fats with carbohydrates, which, if not burned off, are stored as fat.