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Why Healthy Food Can Be Misleading?

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">When it comes to healthy eating&comma; there are many things that we should consider&period; Some people could have different requirements&comma; preferences and limitations related to their daily diet&period; As an example&comma; one of the most common health buzzwords is organic&period; Many people are willing to spend a lot of money of different kinds of organic products&period; This is especially true because many people think that organic food is healthier&period; When buying organic food&comma; we should make sure that it is free from artificial fertilizers and pesticides&period; However&comma; we should be aware that organic food doesn’t always contain more nutrients and some risky substances&comma; such as saturated fat and cholesterol can still be present at normal level&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Another thing that people seek when choosing healthy food is that they want to get whole-grain food&period; Some types of food such as flour may undergo repeated refining process&period; This could strip out the germ and the bran of the grain&period; Bread made from quality refined flour is often bright in color and fluffy in texture&period; However&comma; it could be much lower in terms of natural nutrients&period; For this reason&comma; manufacturers may add supplemental nutrients that can be synthetically made&period; However&comma; we should be aware of misleading claims&period; As an example&comma; pasta can be labeled as a whole grain food&comma; although it can be made mostly of refined flour&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Many people are also seeking for gluten-free food and it is one of the most common buzzwords&period; Celiac disease is relatively rare and only about one percent of people have it&period; These people are unable to properly process gluten in their body&period; For people who don’t have the health problem&comma; it is very much questionable to consume gluten-free food&period; In essence&comma; gluten is a type of plant-based protein that is available in barley&comma; wheat and rye&period; Gluten has been stripped from gluten-free products&period; However&comma; the process could affect the taste and texture&period; To compensate that&comma; manufacturers may add sugars and fat-based ingredients to improve taste and texture&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Antioxidant is another thing that people often want to get&period; It has proven health benefits&comma; but we should be aware that the best antioxidant is found on fresh products&period; It can be quite troubling if we find antioxidants in soft drink and other less healthy products&period; These products are often claimed made from real fruit&period; However&comma; this should raise a real question about how much fresh fruit that’s used as ingredients&period; The manufacturer may still use food coloring and artificial flavoring to produce vibrant colors and sharper fruity taste&period; In this case&comma; we may actually load up our body with more questionable chemicals than with antioxidants&period; It is always better to consume fresh produce and fruit than packaged products&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">People also seek low sugar and reduced fat to obtain desired health benefits&period; However&comma; we should also find out whether there are other bad chemicals that are present&period; As an example&comma; chips may contain less fat and sugar&comma; but they could be quite high in sodium&comma;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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