Five 'Healthy' Foods That May Not Be

You can find a health and fitness section in just about every newspaper, magazine, website and bathroom stall advertisement you see. Most health sections worth their electrolytes offer a daily health tip, usually a satisfying pat on the back rather than an admonition to shape up.

A good number of those factoids dictate what foods you should eat. These are especially satisfying because they involve adding food to your diet.

They're also easy to forget, because every food imaginable seems to get its picture in the paper. Foods that are traditionally considered indulgent or lacking in nutrition are occasionally revealed as lifesavers, making the Fun Food Fact even more confusing: If wine and chocolate really are health foods, you might ask yourself, why am I watching my diet so carefully?

Do the benefits of said health foods always outweigh the downsides?

Here are five foods you might want to get the full story on, from soup to nuts.

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