Bottled green tea
Are you drinking an antioxidant-packed health beverage or the equivalent of sugar water? A report from ConsumerLab.com found that certain brands of bottled tea sold in stores contained almost no ECGC, the potent antioxidant linked to cancer prevention and weight loss, or much lower amounts than what was claimed on the label. “If it’s a fun, refreshing, sweet-tasting beverage you’re after, bottled tea drinks may be all right occasionally,” said nutritionist Conner Middelmann-Whitney on PsychologyToday.com. “But if you are drinking tea to lower your risk of cancer, heart disease, osteoporosis and a whole list of other degenerative conditions, brew your own.” Now that you know which “healthy” foods to avoid, here are the 10 foods that used to be considered bad for you, but aren’t.