The grocery store is filled with snacks that tout themselves as healthy, natural, and smart. But, many of these packaged snack foods can be quite misleading. Here are 6 common snack foods that aren’t as healthy as they tend to claim.
Vitamin-fortified cereals. Most cereals have no redeeming qualities. They lack protein and fat, yet are filled with hidden sugars. What’s worse, the quantities on vitamins present in many fortified cereals may be in quantities too great for children, which can prove to be harmful. Attend to your afternoon sweet tooth with some almond butter and raw honey on multigrain toast before reaching for that tantalizing box of Whole Grain Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
