Instructions: Faux Health Foods UNBLEACHED FLOUR. THAT CERTAINLY SOUNDS HEALTHY...

The chemicals used to whiten flour are harmless and bleaching actually improves flours baking quality - unbleached flour isnt any better for you than bleached - if you want a real nutritional boost, use whole-wheat flour.

NATURAL FOODS. WHAT DOES "NATURAL" ACTUALLY MEAN?

Consumers see "natural" and think "more wholesome" but for food products that arent meat or poultry, there is no standardized definition of

"natural" - its what the manufacturer says it is - so read the label to get the real story.

FRUIT-JUICE SWEETENED SNACKS...BETTER THAN THE ONES SWEETENED WITH

"REGULAR" SUGAR?

The juices added to these foods (apple, pear, and grape) are nutritional

"lightweights" and these juices, along with honey, cane, maple syrup and fructose are no more healthy than table sugar. Theyre all the same in your body.

FREE-RANGE POULTRY - DOES THAT MEAN THAT THEYRE PESTICIDE-FREE?

Not necessarily - the USDAs only requirement for the free-range label is that the poultry has "continuous access to the outdoors." It doesnt mean its leaner, tastier, less disease-free. It also doesnt mean its pesticide-free or raised with antibiotics. If you want that, make sure you look for labels that say that - also, free-range birds are almost always much more expensive.

CHIPS MADE FROM CARROTS OR BANANAS CERTAINLY SOUND HEALTHIER...

If theyre fried, theyre all the same - if you want to save fat and calories, switch to baked chips.

HOW ABOUT THESE FRUITY DRINKS?

Theyre often little more than water, sugar, and fruit flavoring - even pure juice blends are not very nutritious - if you want a truly healthy drink, have some skim milk, its a perfect non-fat package of calcium, vitamins, minerals, and protein.

SPINACH PASTA OR PASTA MADE FROM OTHER VEGETABLES?

Eating vegetable pasta is NOT like eating pasta with vegetables - theyre not much different than regular pasta except for the color and price - youd only have to add a teaspoon of cooked spinach to a serving of regular pasta to get the same amount of beta carotene in a serving of spinach pasta.

THESE ENERGY BARS, THEY MUST BE BETTER FOR YOU THAN A SNICKERS...

They may be better than a Snickers but theres nothing special about them that makes you feel more energeticup Energy on a food label simply means

"calories." Eat them if you like them, but if youre looking for energy, have a piece of fruit, a bagel, some low-fat granola, or a breakfast bar.

If youre looking for extra vitamins and minerals, take a multi-vitamin or mineral pill.

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