These are the ‘unhealthiest grocery items’ you can buy in the United States, according to MoneyWise

[Michie]

Shoppers might have to make some adjustments to their grocery list the next time they take a trip to the supermarket.

MoneyWise has released a list of the top unhealthiest groceries that you can buy at almost any grocery store in the United States. Some of the food you’ve been eating may not be as healthy as you thought and these top unhealthiest groceries just might surprise you.

Let’s dive into the rankings:


10. Some trail-mix varieties
It’s reasonable to think that trail-mix would be a perfect healthy snack to eat in between meals. With food like granola, dried fruit, and even nuts, how could this not be healthy for you? Well, you’d be partially right in asking that. Buyers must be conscious as to what kind of trail-mix they are spending their money on. Some varieties include sugary foods like chocolate, candy, and yogurt chips. Eating trail-mix like this is a quick way to up your sugar intake without even realizing it.

9. Gatorade

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Meatless burgers, spinach wraps, dried fruit among 'unhealthiest grocery items,' MoneyWise says

 

[Learning & Growing]

Shoppers might have to make some adjustments to their grocery list the next time they take a trip to the supermarket.

MoneyWise has released a list of the top unhealthiest groceries that you can buy at almost any grocery store in the United States. Some of the food you’ve been eating may not be as healthy as you thought and these top unhealthiest groceries just might surprise you.

Let’s dive into the rankings:


10. Some trail-mix varieties
It’s reasonable to think that trail-mix would be a perfect healthy snack to eat in between meals. With food like granola, dried fruit, and even nuts, how could this not be healthy for you? Well, you’d be partially right in asking that. Buyers must be conscious as to what kind of trail-mix they are spending their money on. Some varieties include sugary foods like chocolate, candy, and yogurt chips. Eating trail-mix like this is a quick way to up your sugar intake without even realizing it.

9. Gatorade

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Meatless burgers, spinach wraps, dried fruit among 'unhealthiest grocery items,' MoneyWise says

Spinach wraps was a surprise!

 

[HARK!]

Wow, and all of this time I thought that I was improving my diet. I guess I'll have to go back to HoHos and potato chips.

 

[GreekOrthodox]

Spinach wraps was a surprise!

The usual wrap has just as many carbs as a slice of bread.

 

[Vesper_Jaye✝️]

I eat Walmart canned baked beans all the time! That’s not good…

 

[bekkilyn]

I eat Walmart canned baked beans all the time! That’s not good…

I think canned beans in general are okay if they're just beans, but the baked beans from the article are loaded with sugar and that's what got them on the list! So maybe you could put some spices or something in cans of regular beans and replace the bad with the good.

 

[Hazelelponi]

Shoppers might have to make some adjustments to their grocery list the next time they take a trip to the supermarket.

MoneyWise has released a list of the top unhealthiest groceries that you can buy at almost any grocery store in the United States. Some of the food you’ve been eating may not be as healthy as you thought and these top unhealthiest groceries just might surprise you.

Let’s dive into the rankings:


10. Some trail-mix varieties
It’s reasonable to think that trail-mix would be a perfect healthy snack to eat in between meals. With food like granola, dried fruit, and even nuts, how could this not be healthy for you? Well, you’d be partially right in asking that. Buyers must be conscious as to what kind of trail-mix they are spending their money on. Some varieties include sugary foods like chocolate, candy, and yogurt chips. Eating trail-mix like this is a quick way to up your sugar intake without even realizing it.

9. Gatorade

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Meatless burgers, spinach wraps, dried fruit among 'unhealthiest grocery items,' MoneyWise says

A lot of this list is simple common sense, and some of it silly.

Most people who try and eat healthy aren't eating in excess anyway. And a few simple sugars aren't bad and is required for good health and energy. It's always about going overboard with things.

 

[Michie]

A lot of this list is simple common sense, and some of it silly.

Most people who try and eat healthy aren't eating in excess anyway. And a few simple sugars aren't bad and is required for good health and energy. It's always about going overboard with things.

Unfortunately there are a lot of people that equate a healthy choice as permission to go nuts with portions, etc.

 

[Torah Keeper]

Dried fruit? Come on now.....
I would put pork, shellfish, and artificially flavored/colored/preserved candy and snacks on that list.

 

[HARK!]

Dried fruit? Come on now.....
I would put pork, shellfish, and artificially flavored/colored/preserved candy and snacks on that list.

Oh that's what YHWH says.

Nope, pork chops and shrimp didn't even make this list.

Who are you going to believe?

 

[Torah Keeper]

Moneywise seems to have an agenda. Any pig farmer will tell you pork is healthy, won't they? It might sound crazy but I have noticed an abnormally high rate of birth defects in people who eat a lot of pork. Hutterites and Amish are 2 examples. Coincidence? And don't blame it on inbreeding. Not that inbreeding is good, but there are tribes way more inbred than anyone in USA, with no where near the rate of birth defects. In fact, USA is probably the least inbred nation on Earth. Yet we have a very high rate of birth defects. Not that all birth defects are due to bad diet, but diet does seem to increase the rate.

 

[HARK!]

Moneywise seems to have an agenda.

I have noticed attacks on healthier diets since I first took interest, back in the 70's.

 

[bèlla]

Dried fruit? Come on now.....
I would put pork, shellfish, and artificially flavored/colored/preserved candy and snacks on that list.

Oftentimes sugar is added. It’s better to dry your own (and cheaper) or look for brands with minimal additives or apple juice.

~bella

 

[bèlla]

Pork is cheaper to raise. It can be ready for slaughter in six months. Steers can take one to three years. The Amish diet isn’t healthy. In spite of them growing their own food. Pork isn’t the culprit.

~bella

 

[bekkilyn]

Another issue with dried fruit is that you end up eating much more of it than you would if you just ate the regular fruit, so you don't end up getting just one apple's worth of sugar (for example) but many apples of sugar. It's good when you need it...natural sugar isn't necessarily bad...and/or need the calories, but a lot of people just think fruit=healthy and eat much more than needed. Sure, it's probably better than the equivalent amount of candy bars, but even healthy foods can get out of balance.

 

[HARK!]

Another issue with dried fruit is that you end up eating much more of it than you would if you just ate the regular fruit, so you don't end up getting just one apple's worth of sugar (for example) but many apples of sugar. It's good when you need it...natural sugar isn't necessarily bad...and/or need the calories, but a lot of people just think fruit=healthy and eat much more than needed. Sure, it's probably better than the equivalent amount of candy bars, but even healthy foods can get out of balance.

The same can be said for any food, and even pure water.

 

[Alistair_Wonderland]

I think the article was written by someone trying to come up with an excuse to cheat on their diet...

 

[Michie]

I think the article was written by someone trying to come up with an excuse to cheat on their diet...

Not uncommon! Lol

 

[ChristServant]

A lot of this list is simple common sense, and some of it silly.

Most people who try and eat healthy aren't eating in excess anyway. And a few simple sugars aren't bad and is required for good health and energy. It's always about going overboard with things.

Most people can't afford to eat healthily or have the knowledge to do so because of all the lies told and it's destroying both their physical and mental health more and more as time passes.

Simple Sugar is bad for health and not needed at all in a healthy diet. Simple Sugar is addictive and causes many problems within the body. Simple sugar is loaded into so many foods in the supermarkets. Unless it"s fresh food from a supermarket it is very difficult to find anything without sugar.

I cannot believe how many people think you need sugar in a diet. As long as I can remember large companies have been lying about and manipulating the advertising of foods just to sell them and makes profits at the expense of people's health, in the long term. We are now in a situation where people and children are being slowly poisoned everyday with foods.

Peace be to all those in the Body of Christ.

 

[Hazelelponi]

Simple Sugar is bad for health and not needed at all in a healthy diet

You do understand what simple sugars are? Fresh fruit, even milk contains simple sugars...

Carbohydrates come in two basic forms. Simple or complex. Simple carbohydrates - also known as simple sugars - contain one or two sugar molecules, whereas complex carbs have three or more.

There's a difference between sugar found in food naturally and added sugar. Fruits, vegetables, milk and milk products all contain natural sugars and are essential to good health.

When you're looking at what is negative, don't just look at sugars, rather, look at things with added sugar.