Dairy free coffee creamer
Just like vegetable shortening, these dairy free coffee creamers are full of artificial fats that can adversely affect your health. Whether we are talking about powdered or liquid dairy free creamers, both of them contain hydrogenated oils and unhealthy fructose corn syrup and they can affect your liver or can lead to gastrointestinal issues and even diabetes.
Of course, it does not mean that you have to stop drinking coffee! Coffee has many health benefits, but you should consume it dark, without other sweeteners or food additives, such as milk, syrup or creams. Instead, you can opt for coconut, almond, rice or oat milk.
“The preparation method and the types of ingredients the food contains make it unhealthy,” says Vilma Andari, M.S. “Sodium, sugar and fat (saturated fat and trans-fat) are key ingredients one should always monitor when eating out and shopping at the grocery store. The American Heart Association recommends keeping the consumption of saturated fat to less than 7 percent and the consumption of trans-fat to less than 1 percent of an individual’s daily calories.”
You should avoid diet soda
The truth is that diet soda is delicious when you want to drink something fresh, but it seems that it is not healthy at all. Diet soda contains artificial sweeteners and this is why you should avoid this drink.
“Those can be even worse than actual sugar,” says Shonali Soans, M.S., R.D., C.D.N., a registered dietitian at New York City Nutrition.
Moreover, another good reason to avoid this type of soda is that it can increase the risk of cancer and gastrointestinal diseases.
“The sugar in regular soda, high fructose corn syrup, is an artificial sugar which is not found in nature and is linked to obesity and weight gain. Because of the sweet taste, there is an insulin surge in your bloodstream, but, in reality, you have not consumed any sugar at all,” says Chris Thiagarajah M.D. oculoplastic surgeon at Park Avenue Oculoplastics in Denver, Colorado.
