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jenna rizzoA weight-loss coach from Georgia is sharing three types of groceries banned from her home — individually wrapped pastries, sodas and fruit juices, and packaged vegan meals.
“If you like these foods, go right ahead and eat them,” Rizzo gave advice to his 83,000 TikTok followers In A video of this month“It’s just in my personal experience that these foods are generally not conducive to overall health and weight loss goals, but it’s your life.”
individual pastries
Rizzo puts Little Debbie snacks, honeybuns, and Pop-Tarts on her naughty list.
“These foods are on the restricted list because we know they don’t really provide a lot of nutritional value for us — too high in saturated fat, too high in processed sugar,” Rizzo explained.
are packaged pastries ultra-processed foodsNotorious for having a lot of calories, sugar, fat and salt and little or no vitamins or fiber.
Yet these infamous foods are responsible for amazing 60% Americans’ daily calorie intake.
UPF has been tied 32 for worse health outcomes, including higher risk cardiovascular disease, cancermetabolic syndrome, obesityNon-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Type 2 diabetes And even premature death.
But that doesn’t mean Rizzo gives up sweets altogether.
“I love sweets,” she shared. “If I want a pastry, I’ll go to my local bakery and buy something that’s fresh and made with love, not something that’s going to sit on the shelf for 13 months.”
soda and fruit juice
Soda has long had a bad reputation It contains lots of sugar and calories but no vitamins, minerals or fiber. However, fruit juice has earned a mixed reputation.
“I think we can all agree that we know soda isn’t the healthiest thing, but fruit juice usually surprises a lot of people,” Rizzo argued. “It’s because they think they’re drinking this nice, healthy thing. In fact, most juices are just a bunch of processed sugar made to taste like grape or apple.
Sugar-sweetened beverages – including soft drinks, fruit drinks, sports drinks, energy drinks and sweetened waters, coffee and tea refreshments – provide the most sugar in the American adult diet, According to a 2023 study In the journal Nutrients.
Nearly seven in 10 adults make SSBs part of their weekly diet, with 38% admitting to drinking at least one or more a day.
SSB consumers are at risk of gaining weight, developing type 2 diabetes and heart disease, developing tooth decay, etc. brain dysfunction,
Rizzo likes to make fruit juice At home so that he can control the contents.
canned vegetarian food
Rizzo’s beef is specifically with the vegetarian UPF – not all vegetarian foods.
“People look at the label that it’s vegan and automatically think it’s going to be the healthier option,” Rizzo said. “Eating these fake meats and butter and cheese, whose ingredient lists are literally longer than a CVS receipt, did nothing more for my health.”
a recent study Plant-based UPF linked to 7% higher risk cardiovascular disease Compared to foods derived from unprocessed plants.
Rizzo thinks it’s better to eat high-quality natural foods.
