If you really want to drop those extra pounds, scratch these foods off your grocery list.
is the way to lose weight, gluten-free bread is often lauded as healthier than wheat bread. However, gluten-free bread is typically higher in calories and lower in fiber, and gluten-free grains that go into bread are processed and lack key nutrients like B vitamins, Harris-Pincus explains.
"Unless you have a medical reason to avoid gluten, ditching it will not help you to magically lose weight, other than forcing you to avoid high-calorie foods that contain it like pizza or pastries," she says.Agave is just another fancy-sounding sugar. Except for very minor nutrient differences, it's no different than eating regular table sugar, so the calories are similar.
"Plus, anyone with irritable bowel syndrome might find agave difficult to tolerate in larger amounts because it is high in FODMAPs, particularly fructose which is difficult to tolerate for many with IBS," Harris-Pincus says."People are often confused when it comes to choosing sandwich fixings," Harris-Pincus says."Although wraps appear thin, which many perceive as having fewer calories, a traditional wrap clocks in at twice the calories of two standard slices of bread.