The amount of sugar added in sushi rice is actually not that much, maybe 2 to 4 tablespoons per 2 cups of uncooked rice depending on the recipe. Rice vinegar is 44 calories per cup and recipes usually call for 1/3 to 1/2 cups. That would be 100 kcal (for 2 tbsp) of sugar and 15 kcal (for 1/3 cup) of vinegar to 1360 kcal of rice, less than a 10% increase for a more "conservative" recipe. There's an argument for the sugar adding too many calories, but calories in vinegar are negligible.
@@verygoodfreelancervinegar delays insulin response, less of a blood sugar spike. I doubt the amount in sushi rice is sufficient to have an effect though.
Red meat isn’t healthy for you though. While it does contain a ton of great nutrients, it’s packaged with a good amount of saturated fats and comes with a significant amount of risk for long-term health issues like heart disease and cancer. Obviously, unprocessed red meat isn’t the worst thing for you (especially compared to processed red meats) but calling it a firmly “healthy” food seems dubious when considering the scientific research suggesting the opposite. Perhaps it’s a good moderation food but there’s so many better options than red meat.
The ones I get in Germany have less than half the sugar of what was stated in the video. Its an unbeatable food when it comes to convenience and provides massive amounts of fiber
Easy solution. Syphon the crappy sauce add tom puree or chopped toms, garlic herbs salt pepper a little honey. Simmer on hob. Far tastier than the sauce it comes in..
Or if you want bbq beans ditch the sauce using a sieve. Cook the beans in tom purree salt pepper a little water cook until done add some decent bbq sauce a drizzle is more than enough. Healthier beans than both the low sugar and sugary varieties. 👍
would absolutely love to see a nutrition tier list on various cooking methods EG frying vs baking vs boiling, steaming, air frying, microwave, blanching, sous vide, grilling, smoking, slow cooking etc etc. I know that might not be easy considering it depends a lot on the temperatures used, time cooked and what’s actually being cooked in the first place, but would be interesting to hear if there's any general trends / differences between certain cooking methods. (also another phenomenal video as always, you’ve genuinely changed how I eat for the better! )
steaming and by extension microwaving are the best at preserving nutrients because there often isn't any nutrient loss to the cooking liquid, which can be mitigated by sous vide, potentially introducing leached plastic if using a vacuum bag instead of say a controlled oven baking is similar at standard temperatures, with air frying being a more aggressive variant deep frying something in a batter effectively steams the contents, so if you're frying hard and fast you could preserve more nutrients while introducing calories of course. oil that has been continually reused or is too cold will seep into the product more readily, increasing calories and introducing free-radicals if the oil is old grilling reduces fat content through rendered drippings, smoking is similar we can also consider smoking, dehydrating, and freeze-drying as cooking methods that preserve nutrient content and extend shelf life, and tier certain items accordingly based on how valuable they are. slow cooking or simmering is great because they are done at lower temperatures which unlock additional nutrients in say bones or joints and aren't as vigorous as boiling, but if you aren't consuming the liquid as well you lose some nutrients. sautéeing or stir frying generally won't cause too much nutrient degradation if going hard and fast I'm unsure about braising as it relates to say vegetables like collard greens because while it softens the cells enough to where you can eat it, it takes a longer time, and as we know time + temperature can both increase the probability of any reaction occuring pH affects food in a variety of ways, sometimes amplifying, dulling, firming, or softening colors/textures or causing nutrient loss. My chefs would have us adjust the pH or salt content of water for blanching and see the results, and I don't know enough yet to state any guidelines I think ultimately as long as you aren't overcooking anything you don't need to worry too much about the differences between any given technique, and to eat raw produce in addition to cooked!
Any method that exposes food to dry heat increases Advanced glycation end-product or AGE's by 10-100x. Grilling, toasting, etc.. Especially with meat or processed foods you can then consume more AGE's than your body can handle
@@dimseablue136 I disagree with your placement of boiling over steaming and microwaving. If you place say a potato cube into boiling water and compare it to another cube in a steamer basket or a microwave, after they have all cooked to the same degree the boiled one will be the most roughed up, indicating it's experienced the most cell breakdown due to vigorous convection. Introduce baking soda if you're after an extra crispy fry or roast and this happens to an even greater extent. Much of the potato's contents are now in the water and effectively lost or broken down. I'm curious to hear your thoughts on the grilling and smoking point, and why hydrocarbons are an issue. I don't cook with gas flames that much so have less experience but it's currently my understanding most fuels we use for cooking burn relatively cleanly otherwise they would introduce acrid fumes and flavors into our product, and what about charcoal or wood fires?
@@ryanphan9819 i didn't place boiling over the other two, but in the same level One reason I mentioned hydrocarbons is because I read a study not too long ago about how it can negatively affect people with consistent exposure, not sure which one was specifically, but I suppose it's the inhalation that it's by inhalation that is problem. I also looked into how hydrocarbons are created because people were linking meat used in grilling/frying to hydrocarbon exposure, so I had to check, most fuels generate it, there are different types. Other than that, my experience with grilling and smoking was seeing meat juices fall down into the grill and getting burned away basically, that's a fair loss of nutrients and fat if you ask me, otherwise, inhalation, on the other hand if you boil food, you can drink the broth, no loss and is the cleanest way to cook, in the past I tried making bologna spaghetti and boiled the vegetables instead of frying, I was able to avoid using oil, which is pretty much toxic anyway, turned as good if not even better. I'm a bit biased when supporting boiling food, because I don't like cooking and just throw some meat into a pot with water and boil it, I drink the broth and all goes well for me, but something I'd like to mention is make sure the tap water is clean, unlike mine which has algae toxins, I had to buy water I also tried frying without oil in cast iron, can't say it made me change my mind, boiling removes my occasional accidents of burning food to a crisp, smoking the kitchen and my clothes
I was so relieved when he specified that flavored oatmeal is unhealthy, not the plan oatmeal. I eat a cup of that every morning with no added sugar almond milk, bananas, walnuts, and some other fruit
@@werdwerdusMy impression of the video is that it's aimed at people trying to do the right thing, but they fall into the trap of convenience. I can see how someone would be told by a doctor that oatmeal would be a healthy alternative and then would find oatmeal cups on the grocery store shelf, not realizing that the prepared oatmeal cups contain vastly more sugar than regular oatmeal. That's not a portion control issue, but a consumer awareness issue, in my opinion.
Its so frustrating how bad food is in America. I remember years ago I was at the dog park, and a french guy from France was walking his dog too so we talked a little. After 5 min he look at me, very serious, and says: It is unbeleivable how unhealthy food is here. He was very serious and very sad about it. I was young back then, like 18 years old, and was eating very very bad and had no idea about it. Its only today, 15 years later that I understand and agree with him.
Don't buy the shitty corpo trash foods then. All the healthy raw, pure product foods are available and sold every where. Pure yogurt with no sugar is everywhere, pure oats, fruits, meat, vegetables are available everywhere. You can just buy the product and make the food and then you can decide how healthy it is. The government doesn't need to regulate how prepared food products are made because you can always choose to buy something else. That's why the government makes sure that meat/poultry/dairy and crop production is up to standard so you can just buy raw products. Those companies keep doing what they do because people like you are too lazy to do what needs to be done.
This video makes me glad to live in the EU (specifically Germany) where adding sugar to fruit juices is not allowed and many additives, like the ones in deli meats aren’t either. Living in the US, you’ve got to remember always checking the ingredients list before buying anything unless you want to end up with a sugar + chemicals bomb!
In the USA, I hate going to the grocery store and reading the tiny print of the ingredients lists. I'm thankful that I can now order my groceries from my desktop computer at my leisure, where I can easily read ingredients and make comparisons. The best course of action is to buy organic foods in their basic forms. They don't even have ingredient lists.
I live in the eu, specially east, and it's the same, all juice boxes have sugar, but try looking at things differently, let's say you buy 10kg of oranges and squeeze all of them, cumulate the sugar that's already present in an orange naturally, look at the composition of sugar, is glucose not included already? Just ask yourself are fruits actually healthy if they have sugar at all? And if you still think they're healthy because they contain fructose, check the composition of sucrose, the processed sugar
If that food for thought isn't tasty enough, if fructose was healthy, why isn't high fructose corn syrup in your country healthy? Why is it banned in the EU, well, try comparing it with alcohol in terms of effects
@@dimseablue136although I don't really like general and vague terms like healthy, the healthy part of the fruits is fiber. Fruit juice (commercial) has almost zero fiber, so it"s like drinking coke, junk food (well ok, it has some soluble fiber and vitamins). With extra sugar or without, with corn syrup or without , the only difference is calories.
@@jousis_ fiber is indigestible, it's found in grains too, last time I ate a high-fiber I was in pains, plus the fiber in fruits is negligible compared to other sources, so the downsides weigh more regardless, but depends on the fruits too
If you're gonna buy spread, buy peanut butter, if you're gonna buy peanut butter, buy the peanut butter whose sole ingredient is peanuts. (You could also go for one thats just peanuts + salt).
And if you want to go lower fat, try PB2 aka peanut butter powder. Just mix it with water in a 1:1 ratio and you get redular peanut butter but with 90 % less fat.
@@comradecatbug5289 except most of the fat in peanut butter is healthy fat (monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fat), there's no added sugar in natural peanut butter like there is in PB2, and natural peanut butter has more protein and dietary fiber
@@lindsierose797 sometimes im tryna down a shitton of high protein peanut butter flavored yogurt without all the calories from fat tho. PBfit is clutch.
Not everyone may be able to access them in their own grocery stores, but there are also 100% almond butter, hazelnut butter, cashew butter, I've even seen pecan and pistache butter but those are prohibitively expensive to me, even as an occasional luxury.
8:28 None of the chemicals (sodium salts) shown are carcinogenic, in fact Sodium Erythorbate is an antioxidant. The body quite easily metabolizes these salts. As a chemist I hate it so much when people hear the word chemicals and think "unnatural or artificial". Every natural thing is made of a bunch of chemicals.
For those of us who aren't from the US - this is a perspective with the US grocery stores in mind. The best way to know if the food is going to be alright for your diet - check the table of contents, it usually helps you find a good product.
on the "rice issue": - if you fridge rice (at least) over night the starch becomes resistant starch, which gets ignored by your stomach digestion, but is basically super food for your gut bacteria. As far as i got to experience Asia, rice is often pre-cooked for several days, which would explain some of the "asians are often healthier, but eat soooo much white rice" conundrum. So by doing that, white rice becomes quite a health treat - allthough the ratio should still be less rice then whatever you eat with it. I usually go for 60-80g per person. The same thing goes for a few other starches like potatoes or noodles too. And you can even re-heat them. Note that the cooling time has to be at least 12 hours (hence me writing "over night") to take effect. Also it has to be actively cooled (hence the frige). So just leaving it on the kitchen counter or outside wont do (unless you live in a country where the temp outside checks as fridge)
@@elnini0 That was - obviously - a joke . Dont leave food outside, if you wanna consume it. Thx for the absolute worste case scenario, though. I didnt know you can find these bacterias in honey, now i know and hate you^^
BRO. This video COOKS. I'm a lead chef at a grocery store kitchen, and have a decent understanding of nutrition (thanks mostly to this channel) however our dietitians select certain recipes as "dietitians choice" for "healthy" options. Thing is, she usually selects things that are not really "healthy" compared to other food items. For example, our cranberry quinoa salad, while definitely delicious and has a decent micro nutrient profile, is mostly just carbs on carbs (dehydrated cranberries, quinoa, honey in the dressing, etc). Meanwhile, our grilled chicken which is literally just salt pepper and olive oil, is not a "dietitians" choice item. I would like to voice my opinion on these matters but since I don't have a dieititans degree I'm usually just ignored. So yeah this video is hella validating.
Sushi is my biggest weakness on this list. All the others, no real issues. I do, however, try to get sashimi as part of the order to increase the fish to rice ratio, avoid the fried ones, and mayo/sugary sauces. Wasabi and ponzu is all I need. One of my favorite foods.
I've been wanting to lean into sashimi and simple, traditional sushi anyway (i.e. not the fanciful Americanized rolls we have now), so this will just push me farther into that.
Nutella isn't the only one. There are a few other ones that taste even sweeter in my opinion and aren't as tasty as nutella, but all of them are packed with sugar.
Sushi can be a really good non-trap food if you just make it yourself. Rice seasoning can be made at home easily with rice vinegar, salt, and zero calorie sweetener. High quality nigiri is only supposed to have ~10g of rice per piece, so you’re getting a lot of fish compared to rice. Getting sushi at stores or restaurants is not only way more expensive but they almost always use way more rice than is optimal. It’s also a ton of fun to make :)
Here's another trap though: zero calorie sweeteners. Some have been documented to cause spikes in your blood insulin levels, like the ones you get when you consume sugar. This can cause more cravings down the line.
Well that's where I live and that's where over 60% of my audience lives. I realize the US is probably the worst when it comes to this stuff but I'm sure other countries have their traps too
In the past, the USA led the world in obesity. Nowadays, the rest of the world is catching up. Fat people on Brazilian beaches, once non-existent, are now common. Crappy food is spreading across the world, causing people around the world to spread.
Im glad you put deli meats on here. Ive been making my own, as you suggest, for years. Its almost always less expensive than getting it from the deli anyways, especially if you buy meat thats on sale.
Protip: start to learn to eat dark chocolate at 99% pure. Its hard at the start but man it's amazing if you learn to eat it. The first few bites took me by surprise but i absolutely love it now. 90% is kinda my minimum usually now And with yoghurt and granola: try selfmade stuff. Fruit on the bottom yoghurt can be replaced by getting plain yoghurt and adding fresh fruit or homemade jams. I really recommend making homemade jam! And granola, you sort of can make that yourself without any added sugar! I always make a roasted mix of 1/3 oats, 1/3 seeds and 1/3 nuts, add some coconut oil and a tad bit of honey and cinnamon, roast for 15 minutes at 150c in the oven and you got a delicious addition for your yoghurt! Healthy and nutritious
I personally prefer adding frozen fruit to yogurt. Means that the fruit won't go bad if you don't use it right away, plus when it defrosts in the fridge it'll mix its juices with the yogurt.
@@OmegaRejectz oh wait yes I forgot to mention that! I usually freeze a lot of my homegrown berries to put in yoghurt too :) Kinda because i tend to have too much to eat but I don't have enough to make a decent amount of jam, unless i buy some extra fruit xD I don't have that much growing yet. Can't wait to move out and double or triple my amount of berry bushes
Your one of the most clear and concise channels I’ve found on this platform like you mentioned earlier in the video so many influencers try to spread their own version of what “healthy” is. And I appreciate the clear information you put on the internet . For me I am now metabolically healthy I consume fruit, whole grains, fats, red meat etc and feel great. The only thing I want to contribute to this is for the listeners to actually listen to their own body I know that’s kinda vague but experimenting with your diet and figure what makes you feel and perform the best is the most important thing. Whole Foods are definitely the way to go.
White rice is actually good! Volume to calorie wise it's pretty effective and satiating. As long as you're eating fresh non processed protein there's no problem with it. Rice and eggs for breakfast is so good
One thing I wonder is that everywhere yogurt has double the protein than what organic no addon yogurt has in my country where it has 4-5g of protein per 100g and 5g of sugar.
It's probably Greek yogurt specifically that you're looking for. Regular yogurt has a pretty low amount of protein at roughly 4g, with the majority of its makeup (roughly 1/2) being fat. Greek yogurt on the other hand has a way higher ratio of protein to carbs and fats, as well as with plain varieties much less sugar per 100g. Check at 2:08 for more info
In my country there's a yogurt available that has 9.3g of protein per 100g. Also just 1.2g of fat and 3.4g of carbs. This adds up to only 67 calories per 100g. It's sold in packages of 430g, so that's 40g of protein and just 288 calories for the whole thing. It comes in plain, vanilla, raspberry and passion fruit, it's artificially sweetened and it tastes great.
I love this channel, but it's sad to see them leaning into buzzwords and terms that either have no explicit meaning or are downright misleading. For example, when they were talking about deli meats, they said to get "real" meat instead of deli meat. Deli meat is real meat, and labeling foods as real and fake is one of the current biggest marketing schemes in the food industry that's often used to lure people into believing something is healthy or unhealthy based on this arbitrary (or in this case incorrect) labeling. The same goes for the term chemicals. Please don't stray away from science and logic in these videos. This channel has real value and has done a rare good in the past in a sea of media that incorrectly and subjectively explains nutrition.
Probably because deli meats are highly processed and high in salts and fats. There is a pretty big difference between a stake and some pressed ham hence the "real meat"
@@ghostoflazlo In most cases foods heavy in preservatives are objectively less healthy than counterparts without preservatives. The problem is only with using the term "real" not only incorrectly, but also in the same way it's commonly used to mislead people for marketing purposes i.e. "Real"= Healthy and good. "Fake"= Unhealthy and bad. Any product that uses meat period can claim it uses "real" meat, even if it's loaded with nitrates, fried in oil, mixed with breading etc... And very few unhealthy products don't contain real meat, so they will claim "real" meat on packaging or in marketing because people have been conditioned to think "real" means good for you or healthy when it simply doesn't. The truth is products that are actually 100% "fake" meat such as soy or plant based meats are fairly uncommon in many places as a lot of cultures don't prefer the taste or industry is not set up to produce these products at low cost. So in most cases products that claim "real" are simply building up a shadow of "fake" products to make their own products sound comparatively more healthy or appealing. TLDR: The term "real" is misused in the video, and perpetuates the marketing brainwashing of "real"=healthy when in reality the term "real" is very commonly used to make unhealthy products sound healthy. "Real" should never be used as an argument for healthiness, but simply ingredients, macro and micro nutrients, and factors like nutrient absorbtion, digestibility, and micro-biome influence for objective accuracy.
You didn't mention a big issue with fruit juices: free sugar. The sugar in fruit juices counts as added sugar even when no added sugar was actually added.
@@lordmuhehe4605 By your logic the sugar naturally present in whole fruit (not fruit juice) must be just as bad as added sugar, right? "Sugar is sugar"... Look up free sugar and how it's just as bad for you as added sugar. A small amount is okay, but when you watch your daily added sugar intake you should factor in any sugar from juices, smoothies and honey (don't forget honey) as well.
I really appreciate the approach of this video: clearly presenting the problem and then presenting a solution. Too many videos like this say, "Oh this one is bad," and move on without saying exactly why or suggest how you can make it healthier.
The baked beans information is extremely misleading and you're deterring people from eating beans because of it. I assume that wasn't your intention but that's how people are receiving it based on the comments. Baked beans can have very little sugar if they are not drenched in sweet tomato sauce (or any other kind of sauce). Please anyone watching this, do not think baked beans are unhealthy because of this video, just look at the nutrition label when buying them and make conscious choices.
Honestly oatmeal in general is just overrated for weight loss. The stuff you ADD to it makes it taste good and nutritious. The fiber per cal is okay, the micros per cal are okay, and the calories per gram is too high imo. When pretty much anything you’d wanna add to it could be added to Greek yogurt, it’s a no brainer in my opinion.
I agree. And at the actual recommended serving size, it is not *that* filling. I’m still very hungry after 1/3-1/2 cup of oats even when I add in extra stuff. Also on occasion the fiber can cause a bit of bloating.
@@fisshboneyou arent forced to adhere to serving sizes. Most people are going to eat over serving sizes because they are almost always negligible amounts of foods when it is the main dish you eat. Of course you will still be hungry when you only ate 40 grams of food and a little bit of fruit. That just shows that you aren’t eating enough food, not that the food you ate isn’t filling.
The reason oatmeal is often recommended isnt because it is the best option but because it is being compared to other breakfast foods like cereal or other sweet treats. It isnt that its better than other good options like dairy meats and eggs but better than what the average person eats
Crazy take... oatmeal if one of the most satiating things that exist. I would eat overnight oats for breakfast with some berries and be good till lunch with no cravings for snacks
Removing the "(trap foods)" from the title would reduce the clutter of it, and improve clickability. You iterate the fact they are trap foods with your title. All love, I just know the algorithm's been giving you trouble recently.
Sorry mate, you completely lost me there with deli meats. Yes, they're a trap. No, it's not because of some vague "preservatives" and "chemicals". Now I don’t know exactly how you folks in the US make these, but the real reason they're a trap is that they're usually high in saturated fats and are always high in sodium (salt).
Homemade granola is pretty easy to make! And it's so dense that we can only eat about 1/4 cup of it at a time. Add raw milk and you've got a powerhouse meal
Very good video!!! i know you might have a TON of recommendations for videos, but I would really be interested in a CAFFEINE video. I drink it but i don’t really understand the downsides or why. Would be awesome to see your take. Love your content!!
Why does the modern world make it so hard for the ordinary person to eat healthy? It's so frustrating. Get an unhealthy snack for a buck, or get the pack of fruit, which costs... well I've seen 8 for 2 boxes marketed as a good deal. It's so expensive and there's so much misinformation.
Overall the list contains good advice, but I can't get over what you said about deli meat. To clarify, I am European and the meat sold at the deli here is usually high quality and you can easily find healthy options if you know where to look. But as a chemical engineer major I can't stand when people say dumb stuff like "I can't pronounce it so it must be bad for me". That's not how this works. For instance, when you read the name (2R,3R)-2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromene-3,5,7-triol you're first instinct most likely isn't to find some to shove in your system. Yet, this chemical is part of a group called flavonoids, which you mentioned at dark chocolate. Yes, cocoa contains high levels of this compund and studies have associated it with health-benefits. Also, like most other things, it can be made in a lab which would technically qualify it as artificial. Sooo, is it now bad for you, just because it was made by a human and not a plant?? It's the exact same thing down to its very atoms. But other than this thanks for the video, very informative for the most part.
Even though I LOVE granola, I know it is a trap food, so I've cut back significantly. I've made it front scratch a few times, but when you're already baking and cooking most of your food from scratch it's a bit too time consuming. The way I cut back is by only using a little bit of granola, and then dumping in extra chopped nuts, pumpkin seeds, and crunchy natural peanut butter. I would highly recommend if you still want your granola fix but want to dilute it with healthier crunchy bits!
@@konchkonchkonch6540 True and that is exactly why Skyr is so great for me. My macros are currently 25% protein, 40% fat and 35% carbs. I need to lower fat a bit and increase protein/carbs a bit. Fatty foods taste soooo good though. :p
I would love to fill my fridge with mostly whole fresh foods, but I have two problems. The first is that when I'm only hungry for a snack or don't have time or energy to prepare a meal, it doesn't help me to be faced with a fridge full of ingredients. The second is spoilage, throwing away food is a pet peeve of mine but even when I try to buy smaller amounts at the store, I often feel that I can't eat through them fast enough before they go bad. I do freeze meat, but so many other fresh ingredients get ruined by freezing. I'm sure I'll find the balance someday but I get the feeling it will involve me taking a lot more frequent trips to the grocery store, which I again don't really have time for.
Hi Talon, thank you for another video, you are my favorite channel! I would love to see a video about your top 10 go to meals you eat throughout the week and how you prepare/ make them.
Adding sugar to fruit juice must be the most dumb thing ever. Juices are already one of the most sweet thing you'll ever taste. It just makes zero sense to sweeten them further.
Love, love, love this format. Please do more / the other side of the coin. Would be very interested to see "bad for you" foods that are actually decent
As someone trying to gain weight granola is a god send, I make my own yoghurt cause I think its cool tbh and to have homemade yoghurt, granola, dried fruit, chopped nuts, normal fruit and a very small amount of honey if im tired is so brilliant. It left me full and feeling like I had a lot of energy throughout the day, the only issue was how filling it was as my eyes where often bigger than my stomach
There is no way this video is useful to anyone. Those who could improve their diets even further have 100% done way more research than the creator of this video and those who this info is new to regularly eat food that's far worse than any of these. If you eat a twinkie, it is healthier to eat a granola bar, far healthier. It is absolutely 100% a massive positive change to switch from twinkies to granola bars. Also, sugar isn't magically bad for you, if you're a healthy person with a healthy diet sugar is fine, it's generally only a problem if you over-consume in a short period or consume it too frequently such that it begins to disrupt your hormone levels. Just consider, who is buying 70% dark chocolate and eating it that is over-consuming sugar specifically due to their dark chocolate intake? How many people on the planet do you think do that? I'd genuinely place my guess under 5000. Even for the people that are over-consuming sugar, that group isn't overconsuming due to the dark chocolate they eat, changing to a pure dark chocolate is going to have negligible at best effects, realistically in that group dark chocolate is one of the lower sugar dense foods they eat, the most likely takeaway for this type of person is that they're going to stop eating "dark" chocolate and replace it with a higher proportion of sugar food because chances are they were only eating it to eat something slightly healthier than milk chocolate or another sweet. Another scenario, for those that eat sushi, let's say they see this video and think, ahh shit, I better stop eating sushi, what do you think they're going to replace it with? Probably not something that manages to be healthier than carbs and meat, they aren't whipping up some chopped carrots, brocolli and nuts.
Very true but I wouldn't say un-useful. It would be useful for those who are just entering or are just starting to make positive changes in their diet or lifestyle
Most of the foods you mention aren't the actual food, but the overly processed stuff which most people knows is unhealthy anyway. Sushi is a great one tho.
This gave me the motivation to get up and mix a batch of overnight oats with my favorite plain greek yogurt. Thanks, Talon! I was very sad about the sushi, until I remembered that my local sushi place does a few different combos with some sashimi and some sushi, and they have some bomb veggie/salad sides, too 😋
The interesting part about processed foods is it's not just that people like them. They're also pushed on us by grocery stores. There's an entire isle dedicated to sodas. If you want to get a bag of dry beans, they're usually tucked away at the bottom of one of the shelves with the processed cans of beans above them at eye level.
You should make videos were you go in depth of the benefits of eating certain foods regularly. Like a video about the real benefits/"dangers" of something like an avocado or other foods. Maybe do a few per video of it wouldn't be long enough.
It's not that complicated. Avocadoes are super healthy, they just have a super high fat content. Avocado oil happens to be one of the best oils to eat and most nutritous though, so eating avocadoes can only be bad if you ate like 5 and overdosed on oil. It's a similar story for most other foods. It's just common sense.
@sebaschan-uwu I mean that's kinda the whole point of this channel is that nutrition is kinds complicated. Sure avocados are super healthy but it's not like they are the only thing you need to eat. So an in depth breakdown of foods micros, what they are good for, any pitfalls, and practical uses would be cool, plus it might help people discover/understand foods they didn't know about. Avocado was just an example. If nutrition wasn't complicated or was just common sense this channel wouldn't exist or be popular now would it. Infact if it's so simple why are you even here?
knew most of these but thanks for the reminder. Usually with foods that go a bit overboard with something like salt or sugar in single serving containers, like soups or oatmeal, I'll combine a packet of the flavored stuff with a packet of non-flavored, to reduce the overall amount in the meal. With soup, add in some non-salted canned veggies to skew the ratio a bit also. Cheers
tf why would you get those shitty flavoured yogurt when you can literally get the greek one. i know you mentioned it in the video but i feel like this item was mentioned hete just to fill up space bc theres no shot the average person wouldnt assume the fucking sweet flavoured shit didnt turn out to be bad for you. it just pisses me off abt how you were going on a rant abt the colorfully packaged, sugary yogurts are always covering up the good healtier option which ,in my opinion , not true at all. this the same logic as saying “oh canned fruits are bad for you because theyre very sugary and you should eat the real thing!!” like fucking duh man.
This video is just for people who can't read ingredients lists. Just read the ingredients list. It's easy. Nutrition facts will tell you if it's loaded with tons of added sugar or whatever you don't want.
Common thread is, don't eat shit that has a ton of added sugars. Don't fall for the marketing/branding, just look at the label. If it has a bunch of added sugar (really any at all) don't eat it. Obviously processed foods as a whole are not good.
I don't usually fast forward videos, your content is really good, I just think I already know most of this. I'm leaving a comment for engagement though, so that this gets recommended to people who will learn a lot from it and need it
Mexican here. I rushed to check if my can of beans had any sugar, and they have zero grams. Looks like it's more of an american practice to put sugar in everything. Mexicans are safe for now.
This is has to be one of the funniest if not his funniest video yet. It also feels incredible knowing I’ve heard all the info and have taken it into my diet already
Uhmm, okay. But Asians don't eat A TON of white rice 💀 I guess there is a misunderstanding: we do have it regularly but not in huge amount. For example, I typically eat 50 to 100 grams cooked white rice per meal and according to USDA, it only contains 15 to 30 grams of carbohydrates. I guess if you have pasta or bread, you could easily consume same amount or even more carbon.
Did you used to watch 6 pack shortcuts with Mike Chang? I used to as a teenager, but in hindsight, his information was very unhelpful. It was basically do HIIT, and other random, non-cohesive tips and tricks
Just a little feedback here, love this channel, but not so much this video (mainly the title). I think its important to make a distinction between healthy and lower calorie. I understand that the most common health problem people have is over eating, however lowering calorie intake is not a healthy choice for everyone. The title of this video should be 10 healthy foods that actually cause weight gain, and preservatives could be its own video. I agree that the excessive added sugars in some yogurt, instant oatmeal, flavored beans, and drinks is bad, but some of the other foods mentioned are not on the same level as these. I personally struggle to gain weight, so healthy for me would be higher calorie density whole foods, not avoiding calories... Calling sushi unhealthy because of white rice? Might as well say pasta is unhealthy too... A square of 70% dark chocolate has about as much sugar as the salad dressing on a salad. Also, I think milk should have been on a this list because it can cause digestive problems with so many people, while so many people think milk necessary and ignore the issues it is causing them. I like this channel so much because the videos are packed with information catering a broad audience, so please don't turn into another solely focused on weight loss channel like every other health channel on youtube.
I can agree with every food on this list, except for sushi....but that's because sushi is one of my favorite foods and I'm too weak to admit it's unhealthy....
I absolutely disagree with the prepackaged oatmeal being bad. A single packet of oatmeal with frozen fruit added barely hits 200 calories. A 200 calorie breakfast is completely reasonable for weight loss, and the convenience significantly lowers the stress of dealing with meals. I can make a packet of oatmeal with fruit in 2 minutes. Besides that, the sugar in the prepackaged oatmeal is great for waking you up. This just feels like a "sugar bad" segment, rather than actual health advice.
You should do a video for healthy calorie dense foods. Some people need to gain weight instead of lose it, and it can be frustrating seeing advice that mostly caters to overweight people. At least acknowledgement of when a food might be good for gaining healthy weight would be helpful for those that need it.
Are Sportsdrinks that bad? Are there ones that are good? I drink them after exercise and if I spend a lot of time at the mall for example. Should I stop? I thought it really was just water and liquid electrolytes 😭
I guess you are american, in europe you wont see baked beans with sugar lol. Also you can just drink cocoa in powder with 0 sugar and reduced fat in hot water or some skimmed milk to avoid the sugar.
Tropicana and Minute Maid, the two biggest juice brands in the U.S, don't have any added sugar. They're just trash juice from fruit that was about to rot three years ago
big fan of your stuff. the white rice comments are an over-step. a serving of white rice is so much better than what your average American is going to eat otherwise. and I have eaten sushi then went and worked out multiple times
basically the more processed and packaged, the worse it is. the only thing less processed than raw is indeed making it yourself. if youre lucky to have the time and money
plain yogurt, oatmeal and dark chocolate with a high % of coco are so nasty tasting though, as for sushi it depends on the sushi you order or the restaurant you go to there are healthy options
Also note that sushi rice is also seasoned with additional sugar and vinegar so its even more calorie dense than just plain white rice.
The amount of sugar added in sushi rice is actually not that much, maybe 2 to 4 tablespoons per 2 cups of uncooked rice depending on the recipe. Rice vinegar is 44 calories per cup and recipes usually call for 1/3 to 1/2 cups. That would be 100 kcal (for 2 tbsp) of sugar and 15 kcal (for 1/3 cup) of vinegar to 1360 kcal of rice, less than a 10% increase for a more "conservative" recipe.
There's an argument for the sugar adding too many calories, but calories in vinegar are negligible.
i’ve heard it theorized that the vinegar makes the rice metabolize differently
@@verygoodfreelancervinegar delays insulin response, less of a blood sugar spike. I doubt the amount in sushi rice is sufficient to have an effect though.
On a tangent the local TV channel here examined some "healthy" lunch food bowls ready-made. The sauce was mostly sugar.
Oh no!!!!! Anyways
Now do they opposite. Do a video about foods we consider unhealthy but are actually healthy for you. Like eggs or red meat.
Who considers eggs unhealthy?
@@GrigRP those who have an issue with cholesterol?
Red meat isn’t healthy for you though. While it does contain a ton of great nutrients, it’s packaged with a good amount of saturated fats and comes with a significant amount of risk for long-term health issues like heart disease and cancer. Obviously, unprocessed red meat isn’t the worst thing for you (especially compared to processed red meats) but calling it a firmly “healthy” food seems dubious when considering the scientific research suggesting the opposite. Perhaps it’s a good moderation food but there’s so many better options than red meat.
@@jacobdumas7643saturated fat isn’t bad for you, it’s actually ideal
@@jacobdumas7643 Your opinion is solidly informed by outdated information.
95%-100% dark chocolate eaters, where u at?
90% here
right here eat about 7 grams of 100% dark chocolate with my smoothie bowls it smacks
85%
100 here
Just can’t eat it straight 😭
As a British dude, the Baked Beans part has absolutely shattered my whole world
I don't think British baked beans have as much added sugars in them
The ones I get in Germany have less than half the sugar of what was stated in the video. Its an unbeatable food when it comes to convenience and provides massive amounts of fiber
@@henrorirothey do
Easy solution. Syphon the crappy sauce add tom puree or chopped toms, garlic herbs salt pepper a little honey. Simmer on hob. Far tastier than the sauce it comes in..
Or if you want bbq beans ditch the sauce using a sieve. Cook the beans in tom purree salt pepper a little water cook until done add some decent bbq sauce a drizzle is more than enough. Healthier beans than both the low sugar and sugary varieties. 👍
would absolutely love to see a nutrition tier list on various cooking methods EG frying vs baking vs boiling, steaming, air frying, microwave, blanching, sous vide, grilling, smoking, slow cooking etc etc.
I know that might not be easy considering it depends a lot on the temperatures used, time cooked and what’s actually being cooked in the first place, but would be interesting to hear if there's any general trends / differences between certain cooking methods.
(also another phenomenal video as always, you’ve genuinely changed how I eat for the better! )
That's easy
Boiling; steaming; microwaving; cooking > grilling; smoking [why? Hydrocarbons] > frying unless you don't use oil.
steaming and by extension microwaving are the best at preserving nutrients because there often isn't any nutrient loss to the cooking liquid, which can be mitigated by sous vide, potentially introducing leached plastic if using a vacuum bag instead of say a controlled oven
baking is similar at standard temperatures, with air frying being a more aggressive variant
deep frying something in a batter effectively steams the contents, so if you're frying hard and fast you could preserve more nutrients while introducing calories of course. oil that has been continually reused or is too cold will seep into the product more readily, increasing calories and introducing free-radicals if the oil is old
grilling reduces fat content through rendered drippings, smoking is similar
we can also consider smoking, dehydrating, and freeze-drying as cooking methods that preserve nutrient content and extend shelf life, and tier certain items accordingly based on how valuable they are.
slow cooking or simmering is great because they are done at lower temperatures which unlock additional nutrients in say bones or joints and aren't as vigorous as boiling, but if you aren't consuming the liquid as well you lose some nutrients.
sautéeing or stir frying generally won't cause too much nutrient degradation if going hard and fast
I'm unsure about braising as it relates to say vegetables like collard greens because while it softens the cells enough to where you can eat it, it takes a longer time, and as we know time + temperature can both increase the probability of any reaction occuring
pH affects food in a variety of ways, sometimes amplifying, dulling, firming, or softening colors/textures or causing nutrient loss. My chefs would have us adjust the pH or salt content of water for blanching and see the results, and I don't know enough yet to state any guidelines
I think ultimately as long as you aren't overcooking anything you don't need to worry too much about the differences between any given technique, and to eat raw produce in addition to cooked!
Any method that exposes food to dry heat increases Advanced glycation end-product or AGE's by 10-100x. Grilling, toasting, etc.. Especially with meat or processed foods you can then consume more AGE's than your body can handle
@@dimseablue136 I disagree with your placement of boiling over steaming and microwaving. If you place say a potato cube into boiling water and compare it to another cube in a steamer basket or a microwave, after they have all cooked to the same degree the boiled one will be the most roughed up, indicating it's experienced the most cell breakdown due to vigorous convection. Introduce baking soda if you're after an extra crispy fry or roast and this happens to an even greater extent. Much of the potato's contents are now in the water and effectively lost or broken down.
I'm curious to hear your thoughts on the grilling and smoking point, and why hydrocarbons are an issue. I don't cook with gas flames that much so have less experience but it's currently my understanding most fuels we use for cooking burn relatively cleanly otherwise they would introduce acrid fumes and flavors into our product, and what about charcoal or wood fires?
@@ryanphan9819 i didn't place boiling over the other two, but in the same level
One reason I mentioned hydrocarbons is because I read a study not too long ago about how it can negatively affect people with consistent exposure, not sure which one was specifically, but I suppose it's the inhalation that it's by inhalation that is problem. I also looked into how hydrocarbons are created because people were linking meat used in grilling/frying to hydrocarbon exposure, so I had to check, most fuels generate it, there are different types. Other than that, my experience with grilling and smoking was seeing meat juices fall down into the grill and getting burned away basically, that's a fair loss of nutrients and fat if you ask me, otherwise, inhalation, on the other hand if you boil food, you can drink the broth, no loss and is the cleanest way to cook, in the past I tried making bologna spaghetti and boiled the vegetables instead of frying, I was able to avoid using oil, which is pretty much toxic anyway, turned as good if not even better. I'm a bit biased when supporting boiling food, because I don't like cooking and just throw some meat into a pot with water and boil it, I drink the broth and all goes well for me, but something I'd like to mention is make sure the tap water is clean, unlike mine which has algae toxins, I had to buy water
I also tried frying without oil in cast iron, can't say it made me change my mind, boiling removes my occasional accidents of burning food to a crisp, smoking the kitchen and my clothes
I was so relieved when he specified that flavored oatmeal is unhealthy, not the plan oatmeal. I eat a cup of that every morning with no added sugar almond milk, bananas, walnuts, and some other fruit
yeah idk his whole argument was just "too much sugar", idk that just seems more like a portion control issue imo
@@werdwerdusMy impression of the video is that it's aimed at people trying to do the right thing, but they fall into the trap of convenience. I can see how someone would be told by a doctor that oatmeal would be a healthy alternative and then would find oatmeal cups on the grocery store shelf, not realizing that the prepared oatmeal cups contain vastly more sugar than regular oatmeal. That's not a portion control issue, but a consumer awareness issue, in my opinion.
@@cate0843 consumers are too dumb to read nutrition labels yes i agree
No shit
Buy organic, the normal one is full of pesticides.
Its so frustrating how bad food is in America. I remember years ago I was at the dog park, and a french guy from France was walking his dog too so we talked a little. After 5 min he look at me, very serious, and says: It is unbeleivable how unhealthy food is here.
He was very serious and very sad about it. I was young back then, like 18 years old, and was eating very very bad and had no idea about it. Its only today, 15 years later that I understand and agree with him.
It's literally just a business and the companies make it addicting, not healthy.
Don't buy the shitty corpo trash foods then. All the healthy raw, pure product foods are available and sold every where. Pure yogurt with no sugar is everywhere, pure oats, fruits, meat, vegetables are available everywhere. You can just buy the product and make the food and then you can decide how healthy it is. The government doesn't need to regulate how prepared food products are made because you can always choose to buy something else. That's why the government makes sure that meat/poultry/dairy and crop production is up to standard so you can just buy raw products. Those companies keep doing what they do because people like you are too lazy to do what needs to be done.
why on god's earth did I imagine the french guy with a burette in mime clothes and a twirly moustache.
I've disappointed myself once again 😞
@@hippopotamus_nr2587no, dont be disappointed. Thats wonderful imagery best bro
It’s beyond saddening
This video makes me glad to live in the EU (specifically Germany) where adding sugar to fruit juices is not allowed and many additives, like the ones in deli meats aren’t either. Living in the US, you’ve got to remember always checking the ingredients list before buying anything unless you want to end up with a sugar + chemicals bomb!
In the USA, I hate going to the grocery store and reading the tiny print of the ingredients lists. I'm thankful that I can now order my groceries from my desktop computer at my leisure, where I can easily read ingredients and make comparisons. The best course of action is to buy organic foods in their basic forms. They don't even have ingredient lists.
I live in the eu, specially east, and it's the same, all juice boxes have sugar, but try looking at things differently, let's say you buy 10kg of oranges and squeeze all of them, cumulate the sugar that's already present in an orange naturally, look at the composition of sugar, is glucose not included already? Just ask yourself are fruits actually healthy if they have sugar at all? And if you still think they're healthy because they contain fructose, check the composition of sucrose, the processed sugar
If that food for thought isn't tasty enough, if fructose was healthy, why isn't high fructose corn syrup in your country healthy? Why is it banned in the EU, well, try comparing it with alcohol in terms of effects
@@dimseablue136although I don't really like general and vague terms like healthy, the healthy part of the fruits is fiber.
Fruit juice (commercial) has almost zero fiber, so it"s like drinking coke, junk food (well ok, it has some soluble fiber and vitamins).
With extra sugar or without, with corn syrup or without , the only difference is calories.
@@jousis_ fiber is indigestible, it's found in grains too, last time I ate a high-fiber I was in pains, plus the fiber in fruits is negligible compared to other sources, so the downsides weigh more regardless, but depends on the fruits too
If you're gonna buy spread, buy peanut butter, if you're gonna buy peanut butter, buy the peanut butter whose sole ingredient is peanuts. (You could also go for one thats just peanuts + salt).
And if you want to go lower fat, try PB2 aka peanut butter powder. Just mix it with water in a 1:1 ratio and you get redular peanut butter but with 90 % less fat.
@@comradecatbug5289 except most of the fat in peanut butter is healthy fat (monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fat), there's no added sugar in natural peanut butter like there is in PB2, and natural peanut butter has more protein and dietary fiber
@@lindsierose797 sometimes im tryna down a shitton of high protein peanut butter flavored yogurt without all the calories from fat tho. PBfit is clutch.
What abt the shit with rapeseed oil in it
Not everyone may be able to access them in their own grocery stores, but there are also 100% almond butter, hazelnut butter, cashew butter, I've even seen pecan and pistache butter but those are prohibitively expensive to me, even as an occasional luxury.
So in summary “These things are actually healthy but not if you add sugar”
always- sugar is number 1 poison
8:28 None of the chemicals (sodium salts) shown are carcinogenic, in fact Sodium Erythorbate is an antioxidant. The body quite easily metabolizes these salts. As a chemist I hate it so much when people hear the word chemicals and think "unnatural or artificial". Every natural thing is made of a bunch of chemicals.
So should I eat it yes or no?
@@disgusting634 yesssss gurl you should SNORT IT!
@@skinnylegend-7330 okay ty
thanks for this comment, i cant give up my deli ham
This channel is a godsend.
for sure, 10/10 advice. i always learn something from his videos
For those of us who aren't from the US - this is a perspective with the US grocery stores in mind. The best way to know if the food is going to be alright for your diet - check the table of contents, it usually helps you find a good product.
I am from Europe and we also have most things in common.
on the "rice issue":
- if you fridge rice (at least) over night the starch becomes resistant starch, which gets ignored by your stomach digestion, but is basically super food for your gut bacteria. As far as i got to experience Asia, rice is often pre-cooked for several days, which would explain some of the "asians are often healthier, but eat soooo much white rice" conundrum.
So by doing that, white rice becomes quite a health treat - allthough the ratio should still be less rice then whatever you eat with it. I usually go for 60-80g per person.
The same thing goes for a few other starches like potatoes or noodles too. And you can even re-heat them.
Note that the cooling time has to be at least 12 hours (hence me writing "over night") to take effect.
Also it has to be actively cooled (hence the frige).
So just leaving it on the kitchen counter or outside wont do (unless you live in a country where the temp outside checks as fridge)
This might actually change my life ngl
That actually explains why I have to go to the bathroom, when I bring rice and chicken to work. (Prepared the day before and fridged overnight )
This is invaluable knowledge, thank you
If you leave rice to cool outside for that long you can get botulism and RIP
@@elnini0 That was - obviously - a joke . Dont leave food outside, if you wanna consume it.
Thx for the absolute worste case scenario, though. I didnt know you can find these bacterias in honey, now i know and hate you^^
BRO. This video COOKS. I'm a lead chef at a grocery store kitchen, and have a decent understanding of nutrition (thanks mostly to this channel) however our dietitians select certain recipes as "dietitians choice" for "healthy" options. Thing is, she usually selects things that are not really "healthy" compared to other food items. For example, our cranberry quinoa salad, while definitely delicious and has a decent micro nutrient profile, is mostly just carbs on carbs (dehydrated cranberries, quinoa, honey in the dressing, etc). Meanwhile, our grilled chicken which is literally just salt pepper and olive oil, is not a "dietitians" choice item. I would like to voice my opinion on these matters but since I don't have a dieititans degree I'm usually just ignored. So yeah this video is hella validating.
Sushi is my biggest weakness on this list. All the others, no real issues. I do, however, try to get sashimi as part of the order to increase the fish to rice ratio, avoid the fried ones, and mayo/sugary sauces. Wasabi and ponzu is all I need. One of my favorite foods.
I've been wanting to lean into sashimi and simple, traditional sushi anyway (i.e. not the fanciful Americanized rolls we have now), so this will just push me farther into that.
If the place is authentic than the wasabi might be real rather than powder plus horseradish.
It's pretty simple when you think about it. Sashimi is good and adding anything else is, well, adding anything else
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“Hazelnut spread” 😂 man doesn’t wanna get sued by Nutella
But still, who the fuck thinks this is healthy? Is that even a thing? 😅
@@firefox3249Fr..
Nutella isn't the only one. There are a few other ones that taste even sweeter in my opinion and aren't as tasty as nutella, but all of them are packed with sugar.
Nutella cant sue him even if he did say that
There's more brands than Nutella if you look
Sushi can be a really good non-trap food if you just make it yourself. Rice seasoning can be made at home easily with rice vinegar, salt, and zero calorie sweetener. High quality nigiri is only supposed to have ~10g of rice per piece, so you’re getting a lot of fish compared to rice. Getting sushi at stores or restaurants is not only way more expensive but they almost always use way more rice than is optimal. It’s also a ton of fun to make :)
Here's another trap though: zero calorie sweeteners. Some have been documented to cause spikes in your blood insulin levels, like the ones you get when you consume sugar. This can cause more cravings down the line.
@@firefox3249thx
@@firefox3249and cancer
I feel like this applies mostly to the US. Added sugars in most of these aren’t a problem where I live.
Well that's where I live and that's where over 60% of my audience lives. I realize the US is probably the worst when it comes to this stuff but I'm sure other countries have their traps too
correct, but to make it more accurate, this applies mostly to those in the US trying to lose weight.
Which statistically, should be about 60-70% of them 😂
In the past, the USA led the world in obesity. Nowadays, the rest of the world is catching up. Fat people on Brazilian beaches, once non-existent, are now common. Crappy food is spreading across the world, causing people around the world to spread.
@Talon_Fitness this doesn't apply to me therefore it's wrong (s)
Im glad you put deli meats on here. Ive been making my own, as you suggest, for years. Its almost always less expensive than getting it from the deli anyways, especially if you buy meat thats on sale.
30% off meat is my best friend
I eat deli sliced turkey with tons of sodium and idk what to do
@@squidy4082you can roast your own turkey and slice it. Cheaper and tastes better anyway
@@gamerrevoluton I guess that’s true, deli turkey is packed with sodium and it’s literally terrible
10:30 ah hell no, that thing is a BIOHAZARD
Good news is, you can make it at home and sub the palm oil with hazelnut oil
First time I ever had Nutella I was disgusted at how sweet it was
@@dudea3378In Europe we have one that in my opinion is even sweeter and has less taste.
Great video. Hate to admit I fell for basically every single one of these as I got out of high school and wanted to be better.
Gotta start somewhere!! You admitting it inspires others to keep trying ❤
Bro thought Nutella is healthy💀
Protip: start to learn to eat dark chocolate at 99% pure. Its hard at the start but man it's amazing if you learn to eat it. The first few bites took me by surprise but i absolutely love it now. 90% is kinda my minimum usually now
And with yoghurt and granola: try selfmade stuff. Fruit on the bottom yoghurt can be replaced by getting plain yoghurt and adding fresh fruit or homemade jams. I really recommend making homemade jam!
And granola, you sort of can make that yourself without any added sugar! I always make a roasted mix of 1/3 oats, 1/3 seeds and 1/3 nuts, add some coconut oil and a tad bit of honey and cinnamon, roast for 15 minutes at 150c in the oven and you got a delicious addition for your yoghurt! Healthy and nutritious
I personally prefer adding frozen fruit to yogurt. Means that the fruit won't go bad if you don't use it right away, plus when it defrosts in the fridge it'll mix its juices with the yogurt.
@@OmegaRejectz oh wait yes I forgot to mention that!
I usually freeze a lot of my homegrown berries to put in yoghurt too :)
Kinda because i tend to have too much to eat but I don't have enough to make a decent amount of jam, unless i buy some extra fruit xD I don't have that much growing yet. Can't wait to move out and double or triple my amount of berry bushes
Great tips but a caveat -- honey, while it has some micronutrients and is preferable to other sweeteners, is still added sugar!
I am eating 100% dark chocolate every day and it has been tasting great!
are homemade jams healthier than store bought though?
Your one of the most clear and concise channels I’ve found on this platform like you mentioned earlier in the video so many influencers try to spread their own version of what “healthy” is. And I appreciate the clear information you put on the internet . For me I am now metabolically healthy I consume fruit, whole grains, fats, red meat etc and feel great. The only thing I want to contribute to this is for the listeners to actually listen to their own body I know that’s kinda vague but experimenting with your diet and figure what makes you feel and perform the best is the most important thing. Whole Foods are definitely the way to go.
White rice is actually good! Volume to calorie wise it's pretty effective and satiating. As long as you're eating fresh non processed protein there's no problem with it. Rice and eggs for breakfast is so good
Thank you! I love white rice and I appreciate this 😊
Yeah but there are few nutrients. Brown rice is always healthier
@@jawamaster yucky tho
@@PWNED5805 we can reach a middle ground between healthy brown rice and actually tastes good like white rice. Come join the parboiled rice gang!
@@PWNED5805 try the brown rice from P.f. chang’s. I’ve never tasted better rice in my life, including coconut and jasmine rice
One thing I wonder is that everywhere yogurt has double the protein than what organic no addon yogurt has in my country where it has 4-5g of protein per 100g and 5g of sugar.
It's probably Greek yogurt specifically that you're looking for. Regular yogurt has a pretty low amount of protein at roughly 4g, with the majority of its makeup (roughly 1/2) being fat. Greek yogurt on the other hand has a way higher ratio of protein to carbs and fats, as well as with plain varieties much less sugar per 100g. Check at 2:08 for more info
@@pilftheenigma785 It has 5-5,6g. There is one brand that has 9 but that contains laundry list of additives and is border line quark.
In my country there's a yogurt available that has 9.3g of protein per 100g. Also just 1.2g of fat and 3.4g of carbs. This adds up to only 67 calories per 100g. It's sold in packages of 430g, so that's 40g of protein and just 288 calories for the whole thing. It comes in plain, vanilla, raspberry and passion fruit, it's artificially sweetened and it tastes great.
It’s the strained yogurt that has more protein
You got me at hazelnut. I love hazelnut nut and even ate a whole 6 oz jar before. I felt bad for doing it but it was too hard to resist
I love this channel, but it's sad to see them leaning into buzzwords and terms that either have no explicit meaning or are downright misleading. For example, when they were talking about deli meats, they said to get "real" meat instead of deli meat. Deli meat is real meat, and labeling foods as real and fake is one of the current biggest marketing schemes in the food industry that's often used to lure people into believing something is healthy or unhealthy based on this arbitrary (or in this case incorrect) labeling. The same goes for the term chemicals. Please don't stray away from science and logic in these videos. This channel has real value and has done a rare good in the past in a sea of media that incorrectly and subjectively explains nutrition.
Probably because deli meats are highly processed and high in salts and fats.
There is a pretty big difference between a stake and some pressed ham hence the "real meat"
@@ghostoflazlo In most cases foods heavy in preservatives are objectively less healthy than counterparts without preservatives. The problem is only with using the term "real" not only incorrectly, but also in the same way it's commonly used to mislead people for marketing purposes i.e. "Real"= Healthy and good. "Fake"= Unhealthy and bad. Any product that uses meat period can claim it uses "real" meat, even if it's loaded with nitrates, fried in oil, mixed with breading etc... And very few unhealthy products don't contain real meat, so they will claim "real" meat on packaging or in marketing because people have been conditioned to think "real" means good for you or healthy when it simply doesn't. The truth is products that are actually 100% "fake" meat such as soy or plant based meats are fairly uncommon in many places as a lot of cultures don't prefer the taste or industry is not set up to produce these products at low cost. So in most cases products that claim "real" are simply building up a shadow of "fake" products to make their own products sound comparatively more healthy or appealing.
TLDR: The term "real" is misused in the video, and perpetuates the marketing brainwashing of "real"=healthy when in reality the term "real" is very commonly used to make unhealthy products sound healthy. "Real" should never be used as an argument for healthiness, but simply ingredients, macro and micro nutrients, and factors like nutrient absorbtion, digestibility, and micro-biome influence for objective accuracy.
You didn't mention a big issue with fruit juices: free sugar. The sugar in fruit juices counts as added sugar even when no added sugar was actually added.
Sounds like bullshit. Sugar is sugar.
@@lordmuhehe4605 By your logic the sugar naturally present in whole fruit (not fruit juice) must be just as bad as added sugar, right? "Sugar is sugar"...
Look up free sugar and how it's just as bad for you as added sugar. A small amount is okay, but when you watch your daily added sugar intake you should factor in any sugar from juices, smoothies and honey (don't forget honey) as well.
I really appreciate the approach of this video: clearly presenting the problem and then presenting a solution. Too many videos like this say, "Oh this one is bad," and move on without saying exactly why or suggest how you can make it healthier.
The baked beans information is extremely misleading and you're deterring people from eating beans because of it. I assume that wasn't your intention but that's how people are receiving it based on the comments. Baked beans can have very little sugar if they are not drenched in sweet tomato sauce (or any other kind of sauce).
Please anyone watching this, do not think baked beans are unhealthy because of this video, just look at the nutrition label when buying them and make conscious choices.
Honestly oatmeal in general is just overrated for weight loss. The stuff you ADD to it makes it taste good and nutritious. The fiber per cal is okay, the micros per cal are okay, and the calories per gram is too high imo. When pretty much anything you’d wanna add to it could be added to Greek yogurt, it’s a no brainer in my opinion.
I agree. And at the actual recommended serving size, it is not *that* filling. I’m still very hungry after 1/3-1/2 cup of oats even when I add in extra stuff. Also on occasion the fiber can cause a bit of bloating.
@@fisshboneyou arent forced to adhere to serving sizes. Most people are going to eat over serving sizes because they are almost always negligible amounts of foods when it is the main dish you eat. Of course you will still be hungry when you only ate 40 grams of food and a little bit of fruit. That just shows that you aren’t eating enough food, not that the food you ate isn’t filling.
The reason oatmeal is often recommended isnt because it is the best option but because it is being compared to other breakfast foods like cereal or other sweet treats. It isnt that its better than other good options like dairy meats and eggs but better than what the average person eats
Oatmeal sucks, it's just flavorless carbs that make you hungry and only taste good if you make it unhealthy, id rather just eat meat and cheese.
Crazy take... oatmeal if one of the most satiating things that exist. I would eat overnight oats for breakfast with some berries and be good till lunch with no cravings for snacks
Just like what I told my friends; Restaurants don’t care about your health, so they put what ever they want to make it seem good.
Removing the "(trap foods)" from the title would reduce the clutter of it, and improve clickability. You iterate the fact they are trap foods with your title. All love, I just know the algorithm's been giving you trouble recently.
They did it!
Sorry mate, you completely lost me there with deli meats. Yes, they're a trap. No, it's not because of some vague "preservatives" and "chemicals".
Now I don’t know exactly how you folks in the US make these, but the real reason they're a trap is that they're usually high in saturated fats and are always high in sodium (salt).
Homemade granola is pretty easy to make! And it's so dense that we can only eat about 1/4 cup of it at a time. Add raw milk and you've got a powerhouse meal
If you're just making a small quick batch you can make it on the stove in a nonstick pan too.
Can you make a video series on construction of diet plans according to goals such as weight loss, muscle gain, GERD, Heart disease, etc?
Very good video!!! i know you might have a TON of recommendations for videos, but I would really be interested in a CAFFEINE video. I drink it but i don’t really understand the downsides or why. Would be awesome to see your take. Love your content!!
Americans trying to be healthy
Mission impossible 😂
What a fantastic video. I can very obviously see your editing and writing skills improve, all without losing your style or personality. Love it.
Why does the modern world make it so hard for the ordinary person to eat healthy? It's so frustrating. Get an unhealthy snack for a buck, or get the pack of fruit, which costs... well I've seen 8 for 2 boxes marketed as a good deal. It's so expensive and there's so much misinformation.
Overall the list contains good advice, but I can't get over what you said about deli meat. To clarify, I am European and the meat sold at the deli here is usually high quality and you can easily find healthy options if you know where to look. But as a chemical engineer major I can't stand when people say dumb stuff like "I can't pronounce it so it must be bad for me". That's not how this works. For instance, when you read the name (2R,3R)-2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromene-3,5,7-triol you're first instinct most likely isn't to find some to shove in your system. Yet, this chemical is part of a group called flavonoids, which you mentioned at dark chocolate. Yes, cocoa contains high levels of this compund and studies have associated it with health-benefits. Also, like most other things, it can be made in a lab which would technically qualify it as artificial. Sooo, is it now bad for you, just because it was made by a human and not a plant?? It's the exact same thing down to its very atoms. But other than this thanks for the video, very informative for the most part.
Idk man, I don’t think anyone I’ve ever met thought baked beans were healthy. You can taste the sugar in every bite.
I knew most of this but what surprised me is that dark chocolate is more nutritious than I thought. Didn't know it had so much fiber.
AH ! Annother "everything is killing you" type of video:
Protip: Don't watch those videos, go to a specialist if you need to.
love this channel, thanks for taking the time to make these videos
Even though I LOVE granola, I know it is a trap food, so I've cut back significantly. I've made it front scratch a few times, but when you're already baking and cooking most of your food from scratch it's a bit too time consuming. The way I cut back is by only using a little bit of granola, and then dumping in extra chopped nuts, pumpkin seeds, and crunchy natural peanut butter. I would highly recommend if you still want your granola fix but want to dilute it with healthier crunchy bits!
im eating skyr with 13gr protein and no added sugar, same with activia, 0,0 fat and no added sugar
Skyr is 74 kcal per serving and activia is about 50
Which brand? My skyr 'only' has 10g
You can make that yoghurt yourself theres a recipe online.
Skyr with flavored protein powder and frozen fruits is one of my favorites!
I stopped eating skyr because there is little to no fat in it. Now I eat eggs and/or a meat of some kind.
@@konchkonchkonch6540 True and that is exactly why Skyr is so great for me. My macros are currently 25% protein, 40% fat and 35% carbs. I need to lower fat a bit and increase protein/carbs a bit. Fatty foods taste soooo good though. :p
I would love to fill my fridge with mostly whole fresh foods, but I have two problems. The first is that when I'm only hungry for a snack or don't have time or energy to prepare a meal, it doesn't help me to be faced with a fridge full of ingredients. The second is spoilage, throwing away food is a pet peeve of mine but even when I try to buy smaller amounts at the store, I often feel that I can't eat through them fast enough before they go bad. I do freeze meat, but so many other fresh ingredients get ruined by freezing. I'm sure I'll find the balance someday but I get the feeling it will involve me taking a lot more frequent trips to the grocery store, which I again don't really have time for.
Fruits and nuts (walnuts, almonds, etc.) are gonna save your booty man, the latter especially for snacking purposes if you aren't allergic.
Hi Talon, thank you for another video, you are my favorite channel! I would love to see a video about your top 10 go to meals you eat throughout the week and how you prepare/ make them.
Adding sugar to fruit juice must be the most dumb thing ever. Juices are already one of the most sweet thing you'll ever taste. It just makes zero sense to sweeten them further.
Love, love, love this format. Please do more / the other side of the coin. Would be very interested to see "bad for you" foods that are actually decent
Beans and oatmeal perhaps with a bit of soy sauce is quite nice. It is also a complete protein which is a bonus
Savory oats topped with a couple of fried eggs is a favorite of mine
Glad to say that thanks to your videos I already knew all this and choosing the healthier options in all scenarios, thanks for making these videos
As someone trying to gain weight granola is a god send, I make my own yoghurt cause I think its cool tbh and to have homemade yoghurt, granola, dried fruit, chopped nuts, normal fruit and a very small amount of honey if im tired is so brilliant. It left me full and feeling like I had a lot of energy throughout the day, the only issue was how filling it was as my eyes where often bigger than my stomach
A video from Talon to get the day started? Let's go!
There is no way this video is useful to anyone. Those who could improve their diets even further have 100% done way more research than the creator of this video and those who this info is new to regularly eat food that's far worse than any of these.
If you eat a twinkie, it is healthier to eat a granola bar, far healthier. It is absolutely 100% a massive positive change to switch from twinkies to granola bars. Also, sugar isn't magically bad for you, if you're a healthy person with a healthy diet sugar is fine, it's generally only a problem if you over-consume in a short period or consume it too frequently such that it begins to disrupt your hormone levels.
Just consider, who is buying 70% dark chocolate and eating it that is over-consuming sugar specifically due to their dark chocolate intake? How many people on the planet do you think do that? I'd genuinely place my guess under 5000. Even for the people that are over-consuming sugar, that group isn't overconsuming due to the dark chocolate they eat, changing to a pure dark chocolate is going to have negligible at best effects, realistically in that group dark chocolate is one of the lower sugar dense foods they eat, the most likely takeaway for this type of person is that they're going to stop eating "dark" chocolate and replace it with a higher proportion of sugar food because chances are they were only eating it to eat something slightly healthier than milk chocolate or another sweet.
Another scenario, for those that eat sushi, let's say they see this video and think, ahh shit, I better stop eating sushi, what do you think they're going to replace it with? Probably not something that manages to be healthier than carbs and meat, they aren't whipping up some chopped carrots, brocolli and nuts.
Very true but I wouldn't say un-useful. It would be useful for those who are just entering or are just starting to make positive changes in their diet or lifestyle
You should do a similar video on foods that are viewed as "unhealthy" but that are surprisingly good for you.
Most of the foods you mention aren't the actual food, but the overly processed stuff which most people knows is unhealthy anyway. Sushi is a great one tho.
True unprocessed fruit juice and yogurt are completely fine
Now do a video on foods that people think are bad, but are good
artificial chemicals does not make something bad for you
This gave me the motivation to get up and mix a batch of overnight oats with my favorite plain greek yogurt. Thanks, Talon! I was very sad about the sushi, until I remembered that my local sushi place does a few different combos with some sashimi and some sushi, and they have some bomb veggie/salad sides, too 😋
The interesting part about processed foods is it's not just that people like them. They're also pushed on us by grocery stores. There's an entire isle dedicated to sodas. If you want to get a bag of dry beans, they're usually tucked away at the bottom of one of the shelves with the processed cans of beans above them at eye level.
You should make videos were you go in depth of the benefits of eating certain foods regularly. Like a video about the real benefits/"dangers" of something like an avocado or other foods. Maybe do a few per video of it wouldn't be long enough.
It's not that complicated. Avocadoes are super healthy, they just have a super high fat content. Avocado oil happens to be one of the best oils to eat and most nutritous though, so eating avocadoes can only be bad if you ate like 5 and overdosed on oil. It's a similar story for most other foods. It's just common sense.
@sebaschan-uwu I mean that's kinda the whole point of this channel is that nutrition is kinds complicated. Sure avocados are super healthy but it's not like they are the only thing you need to eat. So an in depth breakdown of foods micros, what they are good for, any pitfalls, and practical uses would be cool, plus it might help people discover/understand foods they didn't know about. Avocado was just an example. If nutrition wasn't complicated or was just common sense this channel wouldn't exist or be popular now would it. Infact if it's so simple why are you even here?
When i think trap foods, i think of mint chocolate chip ice cream in a 1l tub, and striped socks
Oh my god my body is ready for some more nutrition facts
But how bad are the sugar free / zero calorie sports drinks?
Excellent format. I'd also love to see the converse: demonized foods that are actually quite healthy.
Is this US thing? Cause in the country where i live there's no way near that much sugar in products.
Yes the US puts WAY more sugar in everything, but even in Europe there still is too much sugar in many products
Thanks for the video man. Always a fan of the info.
knew most of these but thanks for the reminder. Usually with foods that go a bit overboard with something like salt or sugar in single serving containers, like soups or oatmeal, I'll combine a packet of the flavored stuff with a packet of non-flavored, to reduce the overall amount in the meal. With soup, add in some non-salted canned veggies to skew the ratio a bit also. Cheers
Fantastic concept buddy
tf why would you get those shitty flavoured yogurt when you can literally get the greek one. i know you mentioned it in the video but i feel like this item was mentioned hete just to fill up space bc theres no shot the average person wouldnt assume the fucking sweet flavoured shit didnt turn out to be bad for you. it just pisses me off abt how you were going on a rant abt the colorfully packaged, sugary yogurts are always covering up the good healtier option which ,in my opinion , not true at all. this the same logic as saying “oh canned fruits are bad for you because theyre very sugary and you should eat the real thing!!” like fucking duh man.
i love your content man keep it up
This video is just for people who can't read ingredients lists. Just read the ingredients list. It's easy. Nutrition facts will tell you if it's loaded with tons of added sugar or whatever you don't want.
Da nutrition king is back baby he neva miss we're eating good today y'all
Common thread is, don't eat shit that has a ton of added sugars. Don't fall for the marketing/branding, just look at the label. If it has a bunch of added sugar (really any at all) don't eat it.
Obviously processed foods as a whole are not good.
This channel is one of the best health channels on RUclips. So much easily digestible, factual, useful information.
(almost) Anything with sugar = Unhealthy
I don't usually fast forward videos, your content is really good, I just think I already know most of this. I'm leaving a comment for engagement though, so that this gets recommended to people who will learn a lot from it and need it
Mexican here. I rushed to check if my can of beans had any sugar, and they have zero grams. Looks like it's more of an american practice to put sugar in everything. Mexicans are safe for now.
This is has to be one of the funniest if not his funniest video yet. It also feels incredible knowing I’ve heard all the info and have taken it into my diet already
Uhmm, okay. But Asians don't eat A TON of white rice 💀 I guess there is a misunderstanding: we do have it regularly but not in huge amount. For example, I typically eat 50 to 100 grams cooked white rice per meal and according to USDA, it only contains 15 to 30 grams of carbohydrates. I guess if you have pasta or bread, you could easily consume same amount or even more carbon.
Athlean-x viewers already knew about pre-packaged oats.
Bet you wish watch 6 pack shortcuts huh
Did you used to watch 6 pack shortcuts with Mike Chang?
I used to as a teenager, but in hindsight, his information was very unhelpful. It was basically do HIIT, and other random, non-cohesive tips and tricks
Just a little feedback here, love this channel, but not so much this video (mainly the title). I think its important to make a distinction between healthy and lower calorie. I understand that the most common health problem people have is over eating, however lowering calorie intake is not a healthy choice for everyone. The title of this video should be 10 healthy foods that actually cause weight gain, and preservatives could be its own video. I agree that the excessive added sugars in some yogurt, instant oatmeal, flavored beans, and drinks is bad, but some of the other foods mentioned are not on the same level as these. I personally struggle to gain weight, so healthy for me would be higher calorie density whole foods, not avoiding calories... Calling sushi unhealthy because of white rice? Might as well say pasta is unhealthy too... A square of 70% dark chocolate has about as much sugar as the salad dressing on a salad. Also, I think milk should have been on a this list because it can cause digestive problems with so many people, while so many people think milk necessary and ignore the issues it is causing them. I like this channel so much because the videos are packed with information catering a broad audience, so please don't turn into another solely focused on weight loss channel like every other health channel on youtube.
you can have all these foods if you want to lose weight as long your in a calorie deficit
I can agree with every food on this list,
except for sushi....but that's because sushi is one of my favorite foods and I'm too weak to admit it's unhealthy....
I absolutely disagree with the prepackaged oatmeal being bad. A single packet of oatmeal with frozen fruit added barely hits 200 calories. A 200 calorie breakfast is completely reasonable for weight loss, and the convenience significantly lowers the stress of dealing with meals. I can make a packet of oatmeal with fruit in 2 minutes. Besides that, the sugar in the prepackaged oatmeal is great for waking you up. This just feels like a "sugar bad" segment, rather than actual health advice.
200 calories is way too low for breakfast unless you're eating that many calories 7+ times a day and you have a low base metabolic rate
You should do a video for healthy calorie dense foods. Some people need to gain weight instead of lose it, and it can be frustrating seeing advice that mostly caters to overweight people. At least acknowledgement of when a food might be good for gaining healthy weight would be helpful for those that need it.
Are Sportsdrinks that bad? Are there ones that are good? I drink them after exercise and if I spend a lot of time at the mall for example. Should I stop? I thought it really was just water and liquid electrolytes 😭
There are a some Hazel Nut spreads that are not loaded with sugar. The caveat is that they are more expensive and harder to find.
I guess you are american, in europe you wont see baked beans with sugar lol.
Also you can just drink cocoa in powder with 0 sugar and reduced fat in hot water or some skimmed milk to avoid the sugar.
Tropicana and Minute Maid, the two biggest juice brands in the U.S, don't have any added sugar. They're just trash juice from fruit that was about to rot three years ago
big fan of your stuff. the white rice comments are an over-step. a serving of white rice is so much better than what your average American is going to eat otherwise. and I have eaten sushi then went and worked out multiple times
basically the more processed and packaged, the worse it is. the only thing less processed than raw is indeed making it yourself. if youre lucky to have the time and money
Ecologic deli meats without aditives are a good option. For example, some Spanish ham only have salt and some chorizos just salt and spices.
plain yogurt, oatmeal and dark chocolate with a high % of coco are so nasty tasting though, as for sushi it depends on the sushi you order or the restaurant you go to there are healthy options
Side note: Plain Bulgarian yogurt is better than greek. No arguments to put in here.
RUclips recommending me this when I don’t care at all about paying any attention to what I eat, but I watch it anyways out of curiosity… lol