Monthly Archives: July 2015

Highly-processed foods are usually very low in fiber. Fiber prevents constipation, provides a sense of fullness, and helps promote the good bacteria that live in your intestine. The best sources of fiber in the diet are those wonderfully unprocessed fresh … Continue reading →

Processed foods are often much lower in important nutrients compared to whole, unprocessed foods. Sometimes vitamins and minerals are added to make up for losses that occurred during processing, but these cannot replace all of the natural vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, … Continue reading →

Trans fats have been significantly limited in many snack foods in recent years due to pressure from consumers. But high amounts of unhealthy fat and sodium remain. Download On Track with Barix: Back to Basics 

Processed foods are often high in simple, refined carbohydrates. Think cakes, pies, cookies, breakfast bars, donuts, ice cream, fruit drinks and soft drinks. Even if you are avoiding simple sugars (as you should be after weight loss surgery), refined carbs … Continue reading →

We fill up on processed foods and don’t eat what’s good for us, and that can make us sick. Eating 5 servings of fresh vegetables and 2 serving of fresh fruit reduces your risk of death at any point in … Continue reading →