I know a ton of you are dieting over the Christmas Holiday Season. I saw this list on "Eat This Not That" website and felt the need to pass it on!
6 WORST FROZEN DIET FOODS
6. #6: WORST FROZEN DESSERT:
Ben & Jerry’s FroYo Phish Food (1/2 cup)
240 calories, 6 g fat (4.5 g saturated), 27 g sugars
Frozen yogurt is often a healthy alternative to ice cream,
but not this version. In fact, it has 100 more calories than
your standard vanilla frozen treat. That’s largely due to coconut oil and butter
being high on the ingredient list—not to mention nearly a half-dozen Oreos'
worth of sugar in every scoop.
EAT DESSERT EVERY DAY! You can—and not put on an extra pound.
You just need to know which desserts to indulge in, and which to avoid.
Start here:
14 Worst Desserts in America.
EAT THIS INSTEAD!
Haagen-Dazs Chocolate All Natural Sorbet
130 calories, 0.5 g fat (0 g saturated), 21 g sugars
5. #5: WORST FROZEN BEEF MEAL:
Lean Cuisine Beef Chow Fun
320 calories, 5 g fat (1.5 g saturated),
520 mg sodium, 18 g sugars
The calorie toll here isn't so bad, but the sugar
impact is unacceptable. This isn't dessert, after all. You could have a
scoop of Edy's Slow Churned Rocky Road ice cream and still cut 6
grams of sugar. The problem here is Lean Cuisine's “sweet and spicy”
Asian sauce. Think of it as pancake syrup with a few spices stirred in.
AMERICA'S WORST FOODS: One of the best things about the
brand-new
Eat This, Not That! 2012 is that it helps you find fat-fighting
food no matter where you are: movie theater, coffee shop, vending machine.
It also includes this list of foods that should never see the inside of your belly:
The NEW 20 Worst Foods in America.
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Lean Cuisine Garlic Beef & Broccoli
170 calories, 6 g fat (2 g saturated),
670 mg sodium, 5 g sugars
4. #4: WORST FROZEN MEXICAN MEAL:
Cedarlane Roasted Chile Relleno
400 calories, 20 g fat (12 g saturated),
770 mg sodium
This box advertises “all natural” in the corner. Maybe, but Monterey jack
and cheddar cheese, which make up two of the first five ingredients,
are still naturally full of fat. And that’s how Cedarlane stuffs this relatively
small dish with 60 percent of your day’s heart-unhealthy saturated fat.
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EAT THIS INSTEAD!
Kashi Spicy Black Bean Enchilada
260 calories, 7 g fat (1 g saturated), 600 mg sodium
3. #3: WORST FROZEN CHICKEN DISH:
Healthy Choice Roasted Sesame Chicken
440 calories, 9 g fat (1.5 g saturated),
470 mg sodium, 23 g sugars
Remove the calming green packaging and the ostentatious use of
"healthy" in the name, and you'll see this meal for what it is: fried
chicken swimming in sugary syrup. Healthy Choice claims this is
“roasted” chicken, but an inspection of the ingredient statement
reveals the meat is coated in corn flour and cooked in vegetable oil.
At KFC they call that "fried."
FOWL FOULS: Chicken is a lean, fat-fighting protein. But it's also
the most abused food in American restuarants. Here's the evidence:
The Worst Chicken Dishes in America.
EAT THIS INSTEAD!
Healthy Choice Café Steamers
Lemon Garlic Chicken and Shrimp
260 calories, 6 g fat (2 g saturated), 350 mg sodium, 4 g sugars
2. #2: WORST FROZEN BURRITO:
Evol Burritos Egg & Sausage
480 calories, 16 g fat (5 g saturated), 850 mg sodium
We love Evol’s commitment to unadulterated
produce and naturally raised meats, but "natural"
alone won't keep fat off your body. Sausage is still the first ingredient in
this beast of a morning wrap, and as such, it saddles you with 25 percent
of your day’s fat and saturated fat, 35 percent of your sodium, and half your
cholesterol. These numbers don’t make Evol evil, but they don’t make this
burrito nutritious either.
BREAKFAST BOMBSHELLS: Research shows that those who eat a
balanced breakfast consume fewer calories over the course of the day.
But do the first meal wrong, and you can set yourself up for calorie overload.
Learn how
not to start your day:
18 Worst Breakfasts in America.
EAT THIS INSTEAD!
Amy’s Breakfast Burrito
270 calories, 8 g fat (1 g saturated), 540 mg sodium
1. #1: WORST FROZEN PASTA DISH:
Amy’s Rice Macaroni with Non-Dairy Cheeze
520 calories, 22 g fat (5 g saturated), 740 mg sodium
Amy’s casts itself as the healthy alternative to other frozen meals,
and often that's true. But not here. “Made with organic pasta,” as the package
proclaims, means nothing if you’re consuming an oil-soaked cheese-alternative
that crams in more than a third of your day’s fat allotment. For the same amount
of calories, you could eat two packages of Banquet’s macaroni and cheese.
Thanks for reading!
