Just because a food’s labeled “healthy,” “smart,” or “all-natural” does not mean it’s the best choice for someone who’s trying to loose weight. For example, honey, vegetable chips, and granola are just a few of the supermarket staples that have tricked dieters into believing they’re healthy choices, when in fact, they are as equally loaded with calories, fat, sodium, and glucose.
Here is a list of 50 foods that was primarily developed to help overweight and obese people easily identify which foods they should avoid. The list represents not only high-calorie foods, but also foods that are almost totally lacking in essential nutrients, vitamins, and minerals.
1. Alcoholic drinks
2. Biscuits
3. Butter, lard, dripping or similar fat (used as a spread or in baking/cooking etc.)
4. Cakes
5. Candy, including lollipops
6. Chocolate
7. Coconut cream
8. Condensed milk
9. Fruit flavored drinks
10. prepared Salad
11. Creams
12. Chips (including Banana/Potato / Corn chips)
13. Cold meats and Deli meats (Precooked or Cured meat)
14. Doughnuts
15. Energy drinks
16. Flavored milk/milkshakes
17. Fruit canned in syrup
18. Fruit rollups / Fruit snacks
19. Fried food
20. Fried potatoes/French fries
21. Frozen yogurt
22. Canned Fruit
23. Glucose
24. High-fat crackers
25. Honey
26. Hot chocolate, chocolate milk
27. Ice cream
28. Jam
29. Marmalade
30. Mayonnaise
31. Energy bars
32. Muffins
33. Nuts roasted in fat or oil
34. Pastries
35. Pies
36. Popcorn with butter or oil
37. Puddings
38. Quiches (Open faced vegetable or meat pastries)
39. Reduced cream
40. Regular powdered drinks
41. Salami
42. Sausages
43. Soft drinks / Diet Colas
44. Sour cream
45. Ketchup
46. Syrups such as golden syrup, maple syrup
47. Packed foods / Ready to eat food
48. Breads
49. Couscous
50. Baked beans (Messy mix of pinto beans, sugar, syrup and molasses)