Watch that "Healthy" Snack!

My Prevention magazine came today.  It's always a fun read.  This issue had me laughing and groaning at the same time.  There is an article about not so healthy health foods.  Some of the things in it are downright depressing.

Here are a couple of my favorite examples:

A serving of whole-milk Greek yogurt can have more fat than 3 (count them 3!) small vanilla ice cream cones.

A glass of cranberry juice an have more sugar than 7 chocolate chip cookies.

Breakstone's Fat-Free Cottage Cheese as 400 mg of sodium per 4-ounce serving.    That's like eating  2 1/4  1-ounce bags of Lays potato chips!

 Prevention Magazine - October 2010

Does anyone else think this is terribly wrong?  Even when we are attempting to 'behave' and keep on the nutritional straight and narrow, we are sabotaged by the food industry!

Seriously, 400 mg of sodium in cottage cheese?  What is up with that?  Why would anyone even put salt in cottage cheese to begin with?  Is there some sodium cabal somewhere that pays massive dividends to the food industry when they overload our foods with sodium?

And if you are going to get that much fat from eating 'healthy' yogurt, hand over the ice cream!  That is just seriously wrong on so many levels!

These are some really good reasons to read labels!  We've gotten some strange looks in the market lately when we delay overlong reading labels, but it certainly pays off.  Just look at the above examples, if you don't think that is true enough.

We are responsible for what goes into our bodies.  Perhaps if we all decide to simply not purchase those foods that are masquerading as healthy , the food industry will finally get the notion that  maybe they should start working on some actual healthy foods.  Not just foods that appear to be healthy.

it's our choice, and in our control.  As my Daddy always said: The way to get someones attention is through their pocketbook.

Oh, how right he was!