Top 5 Indian foods that you thought were healthy but Aren't .

1. Cornflakes - If you check the nutritional information at the back of the cornflakes, you will find one serving of cornflakes has about 100 calories which are very few; it is almost zero times of fat; it also has 27 gm of carbohydrate resource so what is the problem? The problem is it has only one gram of fiber. Now complex carbohydrate resource, which is whole grain, actually consists of only 1 gm of fiber. Is it odd? When will you get the answer to this? You have to check the ingredients list of the pack. Apart from artificial flavors, it contains High fructose corn syrup. High fructose corn syrup is nothing but synthesizes a form of sugar. Whenever you find out the food products containing high fructose corn syrup, you should have to stay away from them. So most of the carbohydrates you find in cornflakes come from this because it is a simple form of carbohydrate. It will give you energy for a concise duration; it will attack your insulin and ultimately stored fat. So there are many better and healthy options than cornflakes, including whole wheat daliya and natural oats.

 

 

2. Brown bread - Now you might think that how brown bread is unhealthy? It is whole wheat bread. But actually, when you check out the ingredients list at the back of the pack, you will find out that refined flour is much more than that wheat flour, which is not good for us because it contains many carbohydrates as compared to wheat flour and give results as storing fat in our body, which is not healthy for us. So it would help if you always consumed whole wheat chapatis, which is a good option for our body .

 

Peanut butter - Now, don't get me wrong. Peanuts are a good source of essential fatty acids, good for heart, brain, and other body functions, so it's natural peanut butter. Most of the peanut butter that is manufactured in factories consists of hydrogenated oil. Hydrogenated oil is a vegetable oil whose chemical structure is altered under excesses high temperature. This will increase saturated fat and transfer in the product. Such peanut butter harms you by increasing fat in your body. So there is an option to make peanut butter at home, and homemade peanut butter is much more healthy and natural than manufactured peanut butter .

 

 

4. Act 2 popcorn - Act 2 popcorn that we bought from the market actually contains artificial flavors, hydrogenated fats in it, which is not healthy for our health as it increases the fat in our body, which directly affects our function heart. A better option is to start consuming corn seed found in local markets and make it at home with salt.

5. Packed soups - Packed soups contain a High amount of cornflour and salt. Both ingredients are harmful to our body as corn flour increases fat and salt increases the risk of osteoporosis and kidney disease in our body. So a better option is to make soup at home with fresh vegetables.

 

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