THANK YOU. NEW AT SIX ALL THIS WEEK WE’RE TEAMING UP WITH OUR PARTNERS AT PREVENTION MAGAZINE TO TALK ABOUT WOMEN’S HEALTH. THIS MORNING WE’RE LOOKING INTO THE SO-CALLED HEALTH HALOS. SO HEALTH HALOS ARE FOODS THAT PEOPLE ASSUME ARE HEALTHY AS SOON AS THEY SEE CERTAIN WORDS LIKE GLUTEN FREE, LOW IN CALORIES, PLANT BASED, BUT OFTEN THEY’RE NOT. WE THEN OVERESTIMATE HOW HEALTHY THEY ARE. I ASKED THE HEALTH DIRECTOR AT GOOD HOUSEKEEPING AND PREVENTION MAGAZINES, WHAT ARE THE THREE FOODS THAT PEOPLE AUTOMATICALLY THINK ARE HEALTHY? BUT MOST OF THE TIME ARE NOT PLANT BASED. BURGERS ARE NOT ALWAYS HEALTHY. OAT MILK IS A BIG ONE, AND SMOOTHIES AND GREEN JUICES, THOSE ARE FOODS THAT PEOPLE ASSUME ARE HEALTHY AS SOON AS THEY SEE THEM. AND THEY’RE ACTUALLY OFTENTIMES THEY’RE NOT. SO FOR THE PLANT BASED BURGERS, IT’S BECAUSE THEY’RE OFTEN HIGH IN FAT AND SODIUM. OAT MILK DOES NOT HAVE THE VITAMINS AND PROTEIN THAT REGULAR MILK DOES, AND SMOOTHIES AND GREEN JUICES ARE HIGH IN SUGAR. THE KEY TAKEAWAY HERE, THE IMPORTANCE OF LOOKING AT LABELS WHEN CONSIDERING YOUR ALTERNATIVES. PREVENTION AND GOOD HOUSING GOOD HOUSEKEEPING MAGAZINES ARE OWNED BY WPBS PARENT COMPANY, HEARST. NOW WE ARE PARTNERING WITH THEM ALL WEEK LONG. TOMORROW MORNING WE’RE GOING TO LOOK INTO THE GROWING POPULARITY OF MED SPAS AND THE CONCERNS BECAUSE OF A LACK OF REGULATION AND EDUCATION AND WHAT YOU
Health Halos overestimating what foods are healthy
Updated: 10:54 AM EDT Jul 9, 2024
Health halos are foods that people assume are healthy as soon as they see certain words like gluten-free, low in calories, and plant-based, but often are not. Stephanie Dolgoff, the health director at Good Housekeeping and Prevention magazines, said plant-based burgers, oat milk, smoothies and green juices are examples of health halos. When asked about plant-based burgers, Dolgoff said, “They are highly processed, and many of them, not all of them, have a lot of saturated fat and sodium, which is exactly one of the reasons you are avoiding beef in the first place.”Dolgoff said to check the label and fat grams and make sure the foods are as healthy as you would assume they are. “A lot of people use oat milk to replace milk and you don’t get near as much protein and you don’t get vitamin A and vitamin D, which milk and soy milks are generally fortified with,” said Dolgoff. She said there is nothing wrong with oat milk, but it is just a milk substitute and not as healthy as milk. She recommends soy milk if a person is trying to stay away from dairy. Dolgoff said most smoothies and green juices contain a lot of sugar. “This is because purified vegetables don’t usually taste very good, so they use fruit juice concentrate to sweeten them, and that is essentially sugar,” said Dolgoff. Dolgoff suggests making green juices with raw ingredients. For smoothies, she said to use almond milk, dates and yogurt. If ordering out, ask for it to be unsweetened and without added ingredients like agave or coconut juice.Prevention and Good Housekeeping magazines are owned by WPBF’s parent company Hearst.
Health halos are foods that people assume are healthy as soon as they see certain words like gluten-free, low in calories, and plant-based, but often are not.
Stephanie Dolgoff, the health director at Good Housekeeping and Prevention magazines, said plant-based burgers, oat milk, smoothies and green juices are examples of health halos.
When asked about plant-based burgers, Dolgoff said, “They are highly processed, and many of them, not all of them, have a lot of saturated fat and sodium, which is exactly one of the reasons you are avoiding beef in the first place.”
Dolgoff said to check the label and fat grams and make sure the foods are as healthy as you would assume they are.
“A lot of people use oat milk to replace milk and you don’t get near as much protein and you don’t get vitamin A and vitamin D, which milk and soy milks are generally fortified with,” said Dolgoff.
She said there is nothing wrong with oat milk, but it is just a milk substitute and not as healthy as milk. She recommends soy milk if a person is trying to stay away from dairy.
Dolgoff said most smoothies and green juices contain a lot of sugar.
“This is because purified vegetables don’t usually taste very good, so they use fruit juice concentrate to sweeten them, and that is essentially sugar,” said Dolgoff.
Dolgoff suggests making green juices with raw ingredients. For smoothies, she said to use almond milk, dates and yogurt. If ordering out, ask for it to be unsweetened and without added ingredients like agave or coconut juice.
Prevention and Good Housekeeping magazines are owned by WPBF’s parent company Hearst.
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