Healthy food vs. Healthy food imposter

I've had some requestes for more try this not that type items so here you go!

Question: Which grocery item has as many grams of sugar as a Kit Kat bar?
A. Yogurt: Yoplait 99% Fat Free Cherry Orchard (1 yogurt cup)
B. Dried Fruit: Ocean Spray Craisins (1/3 cup)
C. Cereal: Quaker Natural Low Fat Granola with Raisins (1 cup)
D. Pastry: Hostess Twinkie (1 Twinkie)

The answer: A, B, and C—but not D. The Yoplait, Ocean Spray, and Quaker products all contain at least 27 grams of sugar. Having said that, the Twinkie’s not much better (it has 19 grams of sugar).

The moral of this story, just because it says low fat doesn't mean that it is good for you!

Did you know that Quaker Maple & Brown Sugar Instant Oatmeal (mmmmm yummy!) has more sugar than a bowl of Fruit Loops!

Green tea is healthy for you...yes. But some of those "green tea beverages",
not so much...
A study of 14 different bottled green teas was done to test their levels of disease-fighting catechins. While real Green Tea with Honey topped the charts with an impressive 215 milligrams of total catechins, some products weren't even in the game. For instance, Republic of Tea Pomegranate Green Tea had only 8 milligrams, and Ito En Teas' Tea Lemongrass Green had just 28 milligrams, despite implying on its label that the product is packed with antioxidants.

Salads are not always your friend.
Think you're making a healthy choice by ordering a salad at your favourite fast food joint while you family and freinds munch a way on a burger?!

The Burger King TENDERGRILL BLT Salad has 23 grams of fat and 10 of those are saturated! A simple burger on the otherhand has only 12 grams of fat, 4.5 of those being saturated.

The Mediterranean Salad with warm crispy chicken from McDonald's has 210 calories and the same amount of fat as a burger (8 grams) BUT it has 990 mg of sodium, 480 more than a burger!

Having worked in the advertising and marketing industry for over 15 years, I can tell you that I've seen a lot of things done to a lot of products that now make me wonder how food companies and vitamin companies a like are allowed to make some of the claims that they do. Things that make me go hmmm.