Calorie Bombs: 10 Foods to Avoid

From ravioli to meatloaf. But even pasta with tomato sauce can be a source of calories. It all depends on the ingredients.

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CALORIE BOMBS

At first glance they might seem like healthy foods, not particularly fatty and above all allies of the diet but in reality they are full of hidden calories: these are the so-called "Calorie Bombs“. We also report them here for the benefit of the healthy and non-wasteful diet of our readers, to avoid them making useless efforts (and waste time and money) to lose weight, "deceived" by some fake-diet dish that brings them to get fat.

In fact, there are different foods that can easily be misleadingThese include rice salads, but also Caprese salads and mixed salads, especially when they're topped with too many ingredients. Finally, be careful with fruit salads.

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FOODS TO AVOID

We know which foods to avoid, as potential calorie bombs. Sugary drinks, cured meats, canned meat, aged cheeses, processed sweets, snacks, refined flours and grains, and fried foods. These foods should be avoided, but certainly not eliminated: it's just a matter of not overindulging in them, also based on your personal physical condition. If, for example, you suffer from diabetes, any sugary product could be harmful. Then, among the foods to avoid because they contain calorie bombs, there are healthy, simple dishes, but they become something else due to the accompanying condiments. In this sense, various foods can be misleading.
Between these:

PASTA WITH TOMATO SAUCE

“It is a first course consisting of refined carbohydrates, not wholemeal, that is, without fibre: even if served with a light sauce, if they are not accompanied by a vegetable dish they cause a sharp increase in blood sugar levels, the effect of which is to transform most of the calories that come from these carbohydrates into fats."

TAGLIATELLE WITH MUSHROOMS

It is thought that the presence of mushrooms makes it a first course with vegetables. In reality, the quantities of mushrooms in this dish when it is prepared away from home (especially if also seasoned with cream) are so small that the effect of the fiber is negligible, and therefore it is not significant with respect to our objective, which is to introduce an adequate amount of fiber at every meal”.

RICE SALAD

“Due to the type of condiments it contains, such as sausage, vegetables in oil, little pieces of cheese or mozzarella, mayonnaise and whatever else we can say that rice salad is a dish containing large quantities of calories concentrated in very small portions. Even just 50 grams of rice salad corresponds to almost a whole pizza".

THE CAPRESE

“Mozzarella is another food that is considered light and not fattening by most Italians. Mozzarella has less fat than a piece of Parmesan, but how much do you need to eat to feel full? No less than 150 grams, equivalent to the intake of approximately 40 grams of fat”.

THE BIG SALAD

“The one made with mozzarella, tuna in oil, eggs and olives. Is it okay if there's lettuce or valerian which give a semblance of healthiness and a bit of fiber, but you have to look carefully at the composition of all the ingredients" and here there is a fattening mix. But what should we remove then? "The mozzarella and tuna, because paradoxically the least fattening thing is the eggs".

THE MEATLOAF

“Usually to do this you use cuts of low-quality meat with a high content of saturated fats They add flavor but aren't healthy. The dough contains eggs, grated cheese, breadcrumbs, and bits of ham and cheese, and this mess means that every bite can become a calorie bomb.

THE POTATO GATEAU

“Maybe by vegetables you mean those two little pieces of courgette scattered around, and then everything else is… refined carbohydrates, invisible fats and other substances that are not good for you.”

VEGETABLE TIMBALE

Pasta and courgettes, or rice. Always the same vegetable deception: "At first glance it might seem healthy, but in fact it is so seasoned which then isn't."

Ricotta and Spinach Ravioli

“They present themselves as a complete single dish, given that they contain carbohydrates, proteins and fats. But, as previously stated, the caloric and insulin impact of both the ccarbohydrates contained in the mixture of fats, oil or butter in the dressing It doesn’t make it a healthy dish at all.”

FRUIT SALAD

If it is sweetened with the sucrose, normal table sugar, is not a healthy dish. Sucrose destroys, as happens in the case of fruit in syrup, most of the positive effects come from the vitamin content of fresh fruit and fiber if the fruit is not peeled.

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