Originally published November 7 2005
Health experts reveal health foods that are high in calories
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Susan Moores, a registered dietitian and spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association, discusses the deceptiveness of sugar-free cookies, soups, coffee and salad dressings, which all contain more than their fair share of calories.
Beware of the counterfeit food, disguised as healthy and seemingly good for your diet, but secretly packing quite a calorie punch.
There are plenty of suspects out there, ones that might seem like they should be obvious, and others that sneak past your lips without you even knowing it.
Either way, they add a significant number of calories to your diet.
From soup to nuts, here are the biggest culprits.
"We frequently think of soup as a filler, but not necessarily a rich source of calories," says Susan Moores, a registered dietitian and spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association.
and a hearty soup complete with crackers, all the while patting yourself on the back for sticking to your diet.
The bad news is that certain soups can be packed full of calories and fat, especially favorites like New England clam chowder or cream of broccoli.
"Broth soups are great, but cream or milk-based soups can be fairly high in fat, with more than 300 calories for 8-12 ounces," says Moores.
"Sugar-free cookies fall into the fat-free phenom," says Moores.
"When an ingredient considered bad -- such as fat or sugar -- is removed, often people will think that means fewer calories or even no calories."
In other words, they give themselves a license to eat and eat and eat until the package is empty because, hey, no sugar means no calories, right?
Wrong -- sugar-free doesn't necessarily mean good for your diet.
"Checking the package label will tell the true story," says Moores.
"It's not uncommon for a fat-free or even sugar-free food to have nearly the same number of calories as its regular counterpart, and taste- wise, there's no comparison to the real deal."
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