Healthy Snack Trap

Are you caught in the "healthy snack trap?" Are you lured in by foods with a healthy wholesome image? Foods like nuts, yogurt and granola?

Many a WLS post-op has fallen under the spell of healthy snacks thinking the nuts, yogurt and granola can be consumed with abandon. But what really happens is a sabotage of weight loss results from indulging in these "healthy snacks". Many brands of granola, for example, can be packed with up to 600 high-fat calories per one cup serving, something a WLS patient can easily eat during the course of a day without disrupting the function of the pouch.

Nuts are protein, right? So we think we are compliant with the *Rules" when we snack on nuts. Consider this: one ounce of roasted mixed nuts contains 175 calories and 14 grams of fat, 5 grams protein and 8 grams carbohydrate.

Not exactly protein first. (Remember the Protein First rule?)

Don't be lured by the marketing claims or urban legends that certain foods are diet or health foods.

Read labels.

Ask your bariatric dietitian.

Research.

Don't let the cloak of "health food" spoil your WLS success!

Read more in the LivingAfterWLS Library: The Nutty Truth About Nuts

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Comments

[linda]

Why aren't fruits and vegetables mentioned?

[linda]

Why aren't fruits and vegetables mentioned?