10 of the Worst “Healthy” Snacks that will damage Your Heart

Last Updated on January 7, 2021

#5 – Vegetable Chips

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For chips lovers, vegetable chips are a dream that has come true, the perfect healthy snack, the sad reality is that they are sold as a healthy alternative to potato chips. However, they aren’t any better than the typical potato chips, even worse because some brands of vegetable chips use more sodium than there is in potato chips.

One serving of Garden Veggie Chips has 210 mg of sodium while one serving of Lay’s Wavy potato chips only has 140 mg of sodium. We may even be tempted to consider potato chips to be a healthy snack in this case.

#4 – Microwave Popcorn

Reader’s Digest

Microwave popcorn is heavily loaded with salt and butter. Also, the butter flavoring is thought to cause Alzheimer’s disease because of the included chemicals. Microwave popcorn is neither good for your heart nor for your brain. If you would like to snack on some popcorn, then make it on the stove and avoid adding any salt or butter.

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Homemade popcorn is a whole-grain snack that is beneficial for your heart. In addition to its enormous health benefits, it can also prevent blood sugar fluctuations that make you hungry quickly.

#3 – Nutri-Grain Bars

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It’s deceiving when you see names like “Fruit & Oat” and pictures of fruits on the front of the box, Nutri-Grain bars have a look of being healthy on the outside. However, they are the ultimate fakeness among health foods. These cereal bars are full of preservatives, soybean oil and sugar.

Also, because they are very tasty, it’s very hard to stick to eating just one. If you end up having several of these per day, you will notice how easy it is to have a diet that is high in calories, salt, and sugar.