🛑 15 Popular “Healthy” Foods That Are Secretly Toxic

1. Dave’s Killer Bread

Red Flags: Cane sugar, "enzymes", synthetic vitamins, processed grains

Swap: PACHA Bread (use code: wakeup) or Plantiful Kitchen (use code: wakeup10)

2. RXBAR

Red Flags: Natural flavors, citric acid, “chocolate flavor”

Swap: Paleovalley Superfood Bars or Bearded Brothers (use code: wakeup)

3. SkinnyPop Popcorn

Red Flags: Sunflower oil, added “flavoring”

Swap: Lesser Evil Popcorn (with organic coconut oil)

4. Chobani Greek Yogurt (Even “Zero Sugar”)

Red Flags: Natural flavors, gums, monk fruit extract, starches

Swap: Cocojune, culina or coconutcult

5. Oatly Oat Milk

Red Flags: Rapeseed oil (aka canola), synthetic vitamins, gums

Swap: Three Trees, MALK, or Live Vessel (use code: wakeup25)

6. Quaker “Heart Healthy” Oatmeal Packets

Red Flags: Natural and artificial flavors, added sugars, preservatives

Swap: for this or Noatmeals

7. Nature Valley Granola Bars

Red Flags: High fructose corn syrup, soy lecithin, BHT preservative

Swap: Larabars or thunderbird bars

8. Premier Protein Shakes

Red Flags: Sucralose, carrageenan, artificial flavors, gums

Swap: Paleovalley protein or truvani or be well

9. Kind Bars

Red Flags: Soy lecithin, glucose syrup, “flavorings”

Swap: Wildway Granola, sprouted nuts or handful of nuts + dates

10. Organic Creamers (Nutpods, Silk, Califia)

Red Flags: Natural flavors, gums, synthetic vitamins

Swap: Laird powders, KOS coconut milk or make your own with coconut cream + vanilla

11. Organic Canned Soups (Amy’s, Progresso)

Red Flags: Canola oil, yeast extract (MSG), gums

Swap: Kettle & Fire Soups, Brodino

12. Kashi Cereals

Red Flags: “Natural flavors,” cane sugar, soy oil

Swap: Seven Sundays Sunflower Protein, Lovebird, or make a clean grain-free granola

13. Gatorade Zero / BodyArmor Lyte

Red Flags: Artificial sweeteners (sucralose), colorings, preservatives

Swap: LMNT unflavored, coconut water, or homemade electrolyte drink (sea salt + lemon + honey)

14. Frozen “Healthy” Meals (Lean Cuisine, Evol, Amy’s)

Red Flags: Canola oil, soy, preservatives, citric acid

Swap: Cappellos Naked Crust, Wild Zora, Kevin’s

15. Blue Diamond Almonds (Flavored)

Red Flags: Maltodextrin, artificial flavor, vegetable oils

Swap: Raw or sprouted almonds (dry roasted with sea salt) Lark Ellen

Red-Flag Ingredients to Watch Out For:

Here are the common culprits in “healthy” looking foods:

• Natural flavors

• Canola / sunflower / safflower / rapeseed oils

• Carrageenan

• Citric acid

• Maltodextrin

• Soy protein isolate

• Sucralose / aspartame

• “Yeast extract” (often a sneaky MSG substitute)

• Synthetic vitamins (like folic acid, not folate)