Healthy and unhealthy foods

Muesli Bars
Often added to lunch boxes as a healthy snack, muesli bars often suffer the same spin as cereals, being loaded with sugar, but using buzzwords like ‘natural’ and ‘ whole grain’ to mask it.
Added sugars and fats are prevalent in many of these products, as are the different food additives used to improve taste and shelf life.
Like other items we mentioned previously, you’re much better off making your own muesli.
This allows you to control the ingredients and ensure that you’re snacking on something healthy.
What About Unhealthy Drinks?
A glass of fruit juice in the morning, strawberry milk with lunch, a soft drink after a bounce on your trampoline and an energy drink after a sports match.
How often do you stop to think about exactly what’s in those everyday drinks that you and your kids are consuming?
Branding and advertising often sway us to think that certain products are healthy, and are therefore okay to consume on a daily basis.
However, as you may have read above, this is far from the truth.
Is Orange Juice Healthy?
Orange juice is perhaps the most deceptive 'healthy drink' there is! Oranges are a fantastic source of Vitamin C, which assists the immune system and the growth and repair of tissue.
It’s probably also why we hear this question raised so much: is orange juice healthy?
Many commercial juices are loaded with refined sugar. One serving of your average orange juice contains the equivalent of five teaspoons of table sugar.
Not only that, completely 'juiced' fruits are essentially liquid sugar, even without additives. They’re essentially a combination of sucrose (table sugar), glucose and fructose.
Eating as much of the whole fruit as possible is what provides the most nutrition – especially fibre.
When choosing orange juice, pulpy options are always best.
Steer clear of products labelled ‘fruit drink’ or ‘fruit cocktail’ – as they don’t contain much real orange – and look for labelling like ‘no added sugar’ or 'organic'.
Tip: Use a juicer at home for a more nutrient-dense and refined sugar-free fruit juice.