Healthy eating is becoming more popular every day. While this is a terrific trend, it comes with its fair share of dangers. The biggest of these dangers is that food companies will sometimes label their product as “healthy,” when it really isn’t as good for you as it seems. Here’s first three of Healthland‘s list of seven “health” foods that aren’t really healthy– they may surprise you!

1. Reduced-Fat Peanut Butter — In the end, reduced-fat peanut butter doesn’t cut much from the fat or calories per serving, and it bring artificial sweeteners into the mix. Even if it is slightly healthier than regular peanut butter, it’s still peanut butter.

2. Frozen Yogurt — It may be a bit better for you than ice cream, but that doesn’t stop it still being a sugary, frozen dessert. But one of the most dangerous things about frozen yogurt is people’s attitude about it. Most people think that because it’s not ice cream, they can have as much of it as they want, and serve themselves larger portions. These large portions often end up being worse than the smaller portions of ice cream you would have had.

3. Gluten-Free Foods — In recent years, celiac disease has become an increasingly common problem. People with celiac disease must avoid food with gluten, so gluten-free foods have become more common. But this doesn’t mean that gluten is bad for the average person. A lot of people without sensitivity to gluten have taken up the gluten-free diet as some kind of health trend, but it really has no benefits at all.

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