Sushi Rolls
If you’re ordering the sushi rolls because you assume it’s the healthier option, it may be time to look at the menu again. All wrapped in a healthy seaweed blanket is a heavy dose of spicy mayo, white rice and tempura-battered seafood or vegetables that could be turning your healthy meal into a calorie bomb. Add sodium-heavy soy sauce and let the water retention begin. Try opting for the raw fish or veggie rolls for a lighter meal.
Veggie Burgers
They may be lower in cholesterol than their meaty brothers, but the seemingly humble veggie burger is packed with a surprising amount of sodium. And once you load it with cheese and stick it in a big old bun, it comes pretty close to a traditional burger.
Carrot Muffins
The clever vegetable packaging must mean it’s better for you than it’s chocolate chip counterpart, right? You can dress it up with whatever floats your boat, but throwing in a ton of sugar, butter and oil still means it’s going to be heavy on the calories.
Salads
Crunching away on raw and naked vegetables definitely does your body good. It’s once you dress them up with goodies like croutons, cheese and heavy buttermilk dressing where things start to become dicey. Be wary of oil-based salad dressing, too; they're notorious for racking up the calorie count.
Dried Fruit
We've been told that grazing on a handful of dried fruit is way better than chips. Well, if you’re trying to avoid eating too much sugar, the answer is no. While a cup of fresh grapes packs a healthy punch and low 60 calories per cup, those dried raisins will clock in at a whopping 460 for the same cup.
Tofu
Okay, this one is a bit tricky. Plain tofu packs a wicked protein punch, but it’s how you eat it that can make it problematic. Most popular tofu dishes call for sodium-packed soy sauce, sugar or other calorie-heavy sauces to bring out the taste. Let’s not even get started on the deep fried variety.
Granola
Its reputation as the homely breakfast option — all plain and boring — makes one think that it’s what you should eat when trying to watch your weight. And while it’s often loaded with good-for-you ingredients like nuts, the really tasty stuff is tossed with quite a bit of oil and sugar to make it crisp.
Vegetable Chips
Nobody thinks they’re going to get skinny snacking on potato chips, but what you may not notice is that chips in any form — whether it be a sweet potato, a blue potato or even a turnip — is still deep-fried at the end of the day and therefore not any better for you (although just as delicious).
Smoothies
Sadly, the simple reality is that your green goddess smoothie can be among the most covert of sugar bombs. On the upside, drinking your vegetables is a great way to pack in fibre and get in your daily servings in one shot, just know knocking them back with abandon won’t do much for your six pack.
Vegetable Tempura
Vegetables are usually pretty reliable as the healthier option, but dredging a crisp, fresh vegetable in flour and frying it in a vat of oil means your once healthy snack is now full of calories and fat.
If you’re ordering the sushi rolls because you assume it’s the healthier option, it may be time to look at the menu again. All wrapped in a healthy seaweed blanket is a heavy dose of spicy mayo, white rice and tempura-battered seafood or vegetables that could be turning your healthy meal into a calorie bomb. Add sodium-heavy soy sauce and let the water retention begin. Try opting for the raw fish or veggie rolls for a lighter meal.
Veggie Burgers
They may be lower in cholesterol than their meaty brothers, but the seemingly humble veggie burger is packed with a surprising amount of sodium. And once you load it with cheese and stick it in a big old bun, it comes pretty close to a traditional burger.
Carrot Muffins
The clever vegetable packaging must mean it’s better for you than it’s chocolate chip counterpart, right? You can dress it up with whatever floats your boat, but throwing in a ton of sugar, butter and oil still means it’s going to be heavy on the calories.
Salads
Crunching away on raw and naked vegetables definitely does your body good. It’s once you dress them up with goodies like croutons, cheese and heavy buttermilk dressing where things start to become dicey. Be wary of oil-based salad dressing, too; they're notorious for racking up the calorie count.
Dried Fruit
We've been told that grazing on a handful of dried fruit is way better than chips. Well, if you’re trying to avoid eating too much sugar, the answer is no. While a cup of fresh grapes packs a healthy punch and low 60 calories per cup, those dried raisins will clock in at a whopping 460 for the same cup.
Tofu
Okay, this one is a bit tricky. Plain tofu packs a wicked protein punch, but it’s how you eat it that can make it problematic. Most popular tofu dishes call for sodium-packed soy sauce, sugar or other calorie-heavy sauces to bring out the taste. Let’s not even get started on the deep fried variety.
Granola
Its reputation as the homely breakfast option — all plain and boring — makes one think that it’s what you should eat when trying to watch your weight. And while it’s often loaded with good-for-you ingredients like nuts, the really tasty stuff is tossed with quite a bit of oil and sugar to make it crisp.
Vegetable Chips
Nobody thinks they’re going to get skinny snacking on potato chips, but what you may not notice is that chips in any form — whether it be a sweet potato, a blue potato or even a turnip — is still deep-fried at the end of the day and therefore not any better for you (although just as delicious).
Smoothies
Sadly, the simple reality is that your green goddess smoothie can be among the most covert of sugar bombs. On the upside, drinking your vegetables is a great way to pack in fibre and get in your daily servings in one shot, just know knocking them back with abandon won’t do much for your six pack.
Vegetable Tempura
Vegetables are usually pretty reliable as the healthier option, but dredging a crisp, fresh vegetable in flour and frying it in a vat of oil means your once healthy snack is now full of calories and fat.
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