Rice crackers







So light, so airy—rice crackers and cakes are the ultimate diet snack food cliché. But these surprisingly unhealthy foods lack fiber and can be high in sodium, notes BestHealthMag.com. What’s more, rice crackers are actually considered carb dense, meaning they have a high ratio of carb grams relative to their weight. (Carb-dense foods can alter the balance of your gut flora and trigger inflammation.) A plain rice cake weighs only 9 grams but 80 percent of it is carbohydrate. In comparison, a small potato—which many people think is a “bad” carb—weighs 170 grams but only 23 percent is carbohydrate. Here are some other food myths that you need to stop believing.