Junk food, are you sure you know what it is?

junkfood Junk food is why we in the West are overweight . There are no longer any doubts about this. Not carbohydrates, not fats, not excess calories make us fat, but that ferocious pairing of harmful bad quality fats often associated with pounds of refined sugar in all forms, accompanied by a lot of chemistry, or even depleted foods. of every nutrient that is poison to the body. This is the closest description to junk food. And this is why our metabolism slows down more and more, why many of us are affected by insulin resistance and don’t know it, why we have bellies that swell enormously with each meal, and finally why between meals and the other we are hungry. And still hungry.
But … are we sure we know our enemy? Everyone when it comes to junk food imagines fast food, some snacks and little else. But today, the canonical definition of junk food is NOT enough anymore.

Are you really sure you are eating a healthy diet, without junk food? Well. Look at this list: you will find that you have pantries full of junk food.

JUNK FOOD, THE FOOD LIST TO AVOID FOR OUR HEALTH AND OUR LINE
Salty snacks: salted peanuts, potato chips, pretzels, ready-made popcorn (if you make them it’s ok), corn flakes.
Puffed foods: rice cakes, crackers, puffed rice, puffed cereals, puffed breakfast cereals, corn crackers, puffed corn, spicy puffed rice.
Fake wholemeal : wholemeal bread in supermarket boxes, wholemeal breadsticks from the supermarket, wholemeal biscuits from the supermarket.
Bars: cereal bars, cereal and fruit bars, nuts, hazelnuts, protein bars.
Drink:energy drinks, light drinks, fruit juices, fruit drinks, artificial drinks (soda: gazzosa, orangeade), syrups, packaged teas, liqueurs. Sweet snacks: Mars-type bars, chocolate bars, Nutella-type cream, chocolate sticks with less than 70 percent cocoa, candies, gummy bears, chocolates, packaged snacks, packaged cakes, packaged biscuits. White flours and baked goods with white flours: double zero flour, zero flour, Manitoba flour, non-wholemeal rice flour, kamut flour. Products created with these flours (white bread). Low fat foods: skim milk, skim cheese, any product with the word light written on it, margarine, reduced-fat sauces, light mayonnaise.

Gluten-free foods , apart from those that use wholemeal flours and natural sugars and have a minimal list of ingredients.
Canned foods (apart from canned tuna and fish, preferably natural), freeze-dried foods, ready-made foods, breaded foods, croquettes, processed meats such as sausages.
Spoon dessert and yoghurt: fruit yoghurt, light yoghurt, low fat yoghurt; ready-made creams and puddings; spoon dessert.
Spray products: spray cream, pam-type spray oil.
Protein powder with sweeteners and artificial flavors.
Packaged bouillon cubes and sauces .
Sweeteners, except stevia (but in moderation!)
Dehydrated and sweetened fruit.
Sugar and natural sweeteners with the exception of quality honey, beet or sugar cane molasses, maple syrup.
Bar products: muffins, croissants, smoothies, milkshakes.
And finally: fast food products.

There. When I say that if you want to lose weight you have to eat REAL FOOD , I mean to exclude all of these things.
The most useful definition of junk food is: empty food. And empty food is junk.