There is an endless sea of money to be made selling health and fitness products. Specifically, health foods are a great medium for making money.

Now since there is so much money to be made, the market is inundated with myriad products. Unfortunately, this has reached such an extreme that many products being promoted as healthy aren’t healthy by any stretch of the imagination.

So without further ado, here are “healthy” foods that could be sabotaging your progress:

1. Juice: Comparing juice to the actually fruit itself is like comparing apples to oranges, no pun intended. Once you strip a fruit of all its fiber and meaty tissue, the majority of the health benefits are lost. In fact, juice alone is extremely unhealthy because of the high sugar content.

2. Energy pills: You see, energy pills stimulate your sympathetic nervous system, the part of your body responsible for fight or flight responses. And when you over stimulate this system with energy pills, you can end up with adrenal fatigue or chronic fatigue. As a side note, energy pills are very harsh on your digestive system.

3. Flintstone pills: If you are going to take a multivitamin as recommended by the Harvard school of public health, make sure it has no more than 100% of the recommended daily intake for any given nutrient. Anything greater and you run the risk of toxicity.

4. Boxed cereal that looks nice: Cereals are heavily promoted to children and this is very unfortunate for us as a society. You see, cereals are simply full of sugar-the last thing you want in your diet. In fact, multiple studies have shown that when athletes eat slower digesting sources of food versus cereal, they perform better and don’t get tired as quickly.

5. Sugar sticks: By sugar sticks I mean energy bars. You see, most energy bars are simply sticks of sugar. Just read the label and the nutrition facts and you will see for yourself what I’m talking about. While convenient, make sure you don’t fall prey to the sexy advertising.

Now the best alternative here is to eat natural food and if you need a boost in energy stay away from energy pills and drink energizing teas instead. Nothing can rival natural food when it comes to maximizing health and fitness.

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