Tag: healthiest foods

6 ‘Healthy’ Foods That Fitness Experts Avoid Eating

The pressure to eat nutritious foods and to live a healthy lifestyle is certainly nothing new, but recent trends that promote “wellness” have turned health-conscious eating into an even bigger industry. While increasing your intake of fruits and vegetables, and focusing on energy-boosting proteins and whole grains are recommended by fitness professionals, there are certain “healthy” food items that, according to the experts, don’t work for everyone. We asked professional fitness trainers, athletic coaches, sports nutritionists and physical therapists about the foods they personally try to avoid. They offer up these six items that are traditionally viewed as healthy, but…

Beans on toast IS good for you! Nutrition body warns ultra-processed foods are wrongly villainized

Ultra-processed foods have been demonized for decades, with gloomy warnings that they make us fat and raise our risk of cancer. But top nutrition experts today claimed some are being wrongly villainized. Baked beans, fish fingers and wholemeal bread can all form part of a healthy diet, according to the British Nutrition Foundation (BNF). Tomato-based pasta sauces, wholegrain cereals and fruit yoghurts were also given the all-clear and labeled ‘healthier processed foods’. The affordable BNF charity admits they are a source of ‘important nutrients’, as well as being ‘convenient and’. Baked beans, fish fingers and wholemeal bread can be ‘part…