Marketing Lies And Healthy Food

Natural, healthy weight loss- isn’t that important for any weight loss program? It surely is- and could it be that clever marketers are taking advantage of your preferences for healthy weight loss to sell you food that’s not as healthy as advertised?

You bet they try their best to get your money. When browsing the grocery store aisles, you’ll find a lot of  “healthy” labeled food looking as if it would be perfect for healthy weight loss. But when you investigate closer things are not as healthy as advertised.

It starts with ingredients. “Made of natural X”, “Contains natural Y”, “Made from natural Z”, these statements are all over the place. But, just because an initial ingredient has been natural, it does not mean that the result of all the processing is natural. Take “high fructose corn syrup”. Corn is natural, but the syrup has gone through a chemical process and will definitely not helping you to lose weight permanently.

And, just because a product contains something “natural”, it does not mean that other ingredients are healthy. You get a lot of yogurt containing natural fruits. But the added sugar doesn’t make the yogurt a healthy food.

A lot of products advertised as “whole grain” contain not-so-healthy additional ingredients. Oils for example, or sugars. So, just because the fiber content is high, it doesn’t necessarily mean the product is good for you, should be part of healthy weight loss and contributes to lose weight permanently.

“Fat free” sounds very good, doesn’t it? But make sure to check the label thoroughly: Fat increases the taste, and fat-reduced products often have to make up for the reduction in taste by other means. The usual consequence is: Adding other stuff that’s not helpful for healthy weight loss. Yogurt is once again a good example: They cut down on the fat and add tons of sugar.

Don’t be fooled- read the labels thoroughly if you want to lose weight permanently.

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