Nutritionists Agree: The ‘Healthy’ Dessert You Need To Stop Eating ASAP–It’s So High In Sugar!

What’s a better way to market a food in the U.S. than calling it “healthy?” For some foods, that may be slapping a “gluten free” label on the box when that food group never contained gluten to begin with. In the case of bread, it can mean calling varieties “multigrain” although that doesn’t mean that any of the grains it contains are whole grain. Or, in the case of desserts and sweets, it means calling a treat “healthy” because it contains “natural” sweeteners.

One of the worst offenders, experts warn, is yogurt parfaits. Because they contain whole foods such as yogurt, fruit and granola, people might reach for them over other desserts. But the truth is that these can be as harmful to your waistline than a controlled portion of the dessert you *really* want (ie., a few bites of chocolate cake). This is due to the high added sugar content, as well as other factors such as high calories and fat content (depending on how it’s prepared).

“Yogurt parfaits are a dessert that tends to get a reputation for being healthy among novice and veteran health enthusiasts,” nutritionist Lisa Richards of the Candida Diet tell us.