10 Harmful Things You are Buying from Health Food Stores

3. Fruit Juices

Health food stores often sell a variety of fruit juices, and people keep on buying the juices thinking they are making a healthy choice.

But most of the packaged fruit juices are not healthy. Even if you are buying 100 percent quality fruit juice, it likely has unhealthy additives.

Packaged fruit juices typically contain chemicals, preservatives and artificial sweeteners. So, what you get to drink is just fruit-flavored sugar water. Consuming too much sugar is associated with all sorts of diseases, from obesity to Type 2 diabetes to cardiovascular disease.

Moreover, the good stuff in fruit juices like fiber is often taken out. From a nutritional point of view, there is little benefit from drinking packaged fruit juices.

It is much better to avoid buying fruit juices and eat real fruits or make fresh fruit juice yourself.

4. Herbal Supplements

Just because your health store sells herbal supplements and you have read about a particular supplement somewhere, it does not mean that you should buy the supplement.

Herbal supplements could potentially harm your health if misused. Botanicals used in supplements can have drug-like effects. Also, they can interact with other supplements or prescription drugs, which can also turn out to be dangerous or even life-threatening.

There are many benefits of using herbal supplements, but it’s important to consult your physician or licensed herbalist before taking any supplements.

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