Foods that *seem* healthy but are not...

**ladybird11** · October 24th, 2009, 08:08 PM

I hate the marketing aspect of these food items personally...some people don't take the time to read the labels, or don't understand them etc - so they see 'healthy' or '99% Fat free' written on the packaging and think they're getting a *healthy* food item..

As you've all identified they're either loaded with colourings, sugars, salts etc.

**Liviam** · October 24th, 2009, 08:31 PM

Oh God!!! I didn't know half of this!! I'm so ashamed. I thought I was feeding my DD "good" foods but I'm filling her with sugar. Going to have a huge raid out of my cupboards in the morning. I'm so sick of thinking I'm doing the right thing only to find out I'm being lied to!! GGGRRR!!!

**AnyDream** · October 24th, 2009, 08:34 PM

Ooh, this has turned into a cereal and roll-up dissin thread! LOL

No one has said "apricot delight"...sold in the health food aisle

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I *love* MILO too, but I suspect that aint really healthy either...

**Inanna** · October 24th, 2009, 08:38 PM

Milo - the evil fruit of Nestle`s loins...

**Floweryfields** · October 24th, 2009, 08:44 PM

I love milo!
I think the point of the thread is to make people aware of what is falsely labelled as 'healthy', it doesn't mean we can never ever have any of it. It just means that we are pinged that they are indoctrinating people into thinking that we are being healthy feeding it to our children. Most of these things we mentioned would be fine if they were used as treats only and not part of our main meals.

**christy** · October 24th, 2009, 08:49 PM

What annoys me most? That people assume just become something is healthy for some, that it is for everyone.

My DD's have multiple food allergies, so you try to find something healthy without oats in it... or milk.... or almonds.... or bananas..... those are my children's allergies. We have to make most things ourselves. We also have intolerances to soy, apple juice and things high in the natural salicalytes. So alot of "healthy" food isn't actually healthy for us.

I have to make heaps of food myself and don't buy "packaged" foods. I may buy the occasional snack, but I tend to use a little handbook called "The Chemical Maze" to try and keep the kids safe from nasty additives and chemicals.

In saying that, I don't mind adding some zucchini slice to DD's lunch box, one that I've made.... I also put in plain rice crackers and hummous, carrot sticks... stuff to snack on that is healthy.

**LimeSlice** · October 24th, 2009, 08:59 PM

Milo has been made using GMO for years now

**Bumperstump Cummerbund** · October 25th, 2009, 03:31 PM

Milo has been made using GMO for years now

What's GMO??

I'm with you Liviam - I though yoghurt and fruit juice were healthy!

I work 40 hours a week, do parties on the weekend, plus church 3 times a week - where the hell am I supposed to get time to make my own snackfoods from organic ingredients?!

It's a conspiracy I tell ya

**Floweryfields** · October 25th, 2009, 04:24 PM

Genetically modified - not sure what the o is - oats maybe?

**Junglemum** · October 25th, 2009, 04:29 PM

Yep, i personally hate 'diet' products too. Aspartame is evil an i will not feed it to myself or my children! The fact that it is only seen as 'safe' at the current consumed level but not in bigger doses does not sit well with me.

LeSnacks are another so called healthy snack.
Baby Yoghurt filled with sugar is another pet peeve of mine.

Sunflower- There are lots of alternatives. My DD has issues with Soy. Most processed food has soy in it, so we have a lot of fresh fruit and veggies as snacks. i also make muffins and biscuits. I have a 5 min muffin recipe i'd be happy to share, so quick and easy. Anzacs are super quick too.

Yoghurt can be healthy. Just choose carefully.

Plain potato chips with just salt added are a 'sometimes' food around here. At least they don't have all the added crap.

Don't get me wrong, we eat junk no and then too, but try and avoid it when we can.

GMO- Genetically Modified Organism.

**AnyDream** · October 24th, 2009, 08:44 PM

Re the sugar - good way to tell is to read the nutrition panel, in individual serve column. It will list carbohydrates (which includes sugars) and sugars. 5 grams of sugar = a standard teaspoon (roughly).

So, to use Nutrigrain as an example, a 1 cup serve contains only 20 g of carb, but fully half of that 9.6 g is sugar (2 teaspoons). So you're not getting much healthy carb for the amount of sugar you're eating (and virtually no fibre), and because there's no fibre in it, it's not very filling so many people eat far more than 1 cup in a sitting.

Reminds me, I bought a clear spring water drink today, thought it was like one of those very minimally sweetened/flavoured ones, but then read the label and it had 25 grams of sugar!!

Looked exactly like the competitor's product that has less than 10 g of sugar.