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Thursday, September 19, 2013

Sneaky "Healthy" Foods That Make You Fat

Don't you hate it when you think you are doing everything right and get on the scale at the end of the week and have gained 2 pounds? How can that be??  When your trainer keeps your workout routine productive and personalized like we do here, the next thing to look at is your diet.

Even if your pantry is stocked with high fiber snacks and organic pastas from the whole food co-op, there is a chance that those "healthy" foods are secret sugar-boosters that throw off your whole metabolism. 

Check out this enlightening article from Shape.com

7 Foods a Nutritionist Would Never Eat

And why you shouldn’t either!
 
1 of 7
Rice Cakes
 
 
They may have been touted as the ultimate diet food during the low-fat/no-fat craze of the late 1980s and 1990s, but don’t be fooled. Rice cakes can have a glycemic index rating as high as 91 (pure glucose has a rating of 100), making it the kind of carbohydrate that will send your blood sugar on a roller coaster ride. This is bad for weight loss and for your health.
Read more here:  http://www.shape.com/healthy-eating/diet-tips/7-foods-nutritionist-would-never-eat

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