25 Unhealthiest Foods On the Planet

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Creating a healthy and wholesome health regime benefits us immensely. It not only allows us to enjoy greater energy levels and sharper focus, but saves us from countless health ailments, such as heart disease and obesity. A large glass of orange juice, a plate loaded with colourful vegetables and almond milk with your regular cup of coffee are all habits that promote a long, healthy and disease-free life.

We have undertaken the mission of making you realize the need to review the ingredients, and understanding what really goes inside your food items.

Here are 25 foods that are generally unhealthy — although most people can eat them in moderation on special occasions without any permanent damage to their health. #unhealthyfood #healthydietplans #healthysnacks — Credit: Health Insider

We have put together a comprehensive list of 25 alarmingly unhealthy food items that sabotage your weight loss goals, and put you at risk for countless chronic ailments.

1. Chewing Gum

Even though we don’t usually swallow it, chewing gum still constitutes as an unhealthy food that is made with horrible ingredients, primarily artificial sweeteners, sorbitol and sugar alcohols. Gums are indigestible, but the ingredients they contain are not.

Sugar alcohols are basically substitutes for sugar which have been increasingly associated with development of bloating and severe gastrointestinal discomfort. Ingredients, such as sorbitol, take a much longer time in being digested, while undigested sugar alcohol enters the small intestine and promotes the conditions that allow the fermentation of bacteria, which further aggravates the symptoms of flatulence and bloating.

Popular gums, such as Orbit Cinnamon, are packed with artificial sweeteners and ingesting additives that have scientifically been linked with an increase in appetite, along with triggering the sweet receptors in the tongue, which give rise to untimely cravings. If you have a habit of chewing, pick out crunchy and delicious sunflower taste. They are brimming with heaps of vitamin E, the primary fat-soluble antioxidant of the body.

2. Bottled Lemonade

Bottled lemonade is an extremely unhealthy pick to energize your body and hydrate yourself as it packs nothing but a truckload of sugar, high fructose corn syrup, yellow #5 and tons of additives. Most brands of bottled and canned lemonade, such as Minute Maid, add yellow #5 to give their beverage a dark yellow colour, which researchers have increasingly associated with impairments in renal functioning and hyperactivity.

Pick out some infused water to cut down your calorie consumption and sugar intake, and of course, save your kidneys from horrid medical ailments caused by toxic additives.