Consumption of trans fat, which for decades was
touted as a healthier alternative to saturated animal fat, radically increased in the mid-1950s.
Trans fats such as margarine and the original Crisco were once
touted as healthy alternatives to butter and lard, which are natural saturated fats.
Seafood is often
touted as a healthy alternative to the meats that come from land animals (particularly beef and other types of red meat).
Meanwhile, fish are
touted as healthy alternatives (save for the largest types, which have accumulated mercury from environmental pollution).
Not exact matches
You may have seen ads for Blue Apron, Plated and HelloFresh
touted these kits
as healthy alternatives to your usual dinner.
With the popularity of the gluten free diet on the rise, interest in quinoa has skyrocketed, and it is being
touted as a safe and
healthy alternative to wheat, barley, rye and other gluten containing grains.
But, proceed with caution, while coconut oil is being
touted as the new forerunner in «
healthy» fats, I'm not necessarily convinced that it's a «
healthy» butter
alternative.
You may have seen ads for Blue Apron, Plated and HelloFresh
touted these kits
as healthy alternatives to your usual dinner.
My final verdict on the matter is that juice cleanses are a complete and total scam, and that anyone who partakes in the business of selling them is ignorant about their own product at best, and a slimy, unethical snake oil salesman at worst and should be publicly exposed for their BS and probably fined and / or jailed for participating in a scam that misinforms the public and can put people's health in danger while
touting their products
as «
healthy lifestyle
alternatives.»
In the 1980s, CSPI actually spearheaded a highly successful campaign against the use of
healthy saturated fats,
touting trans fats
as a
healthier alternative, so take their official stance against coconut oil with a (big) grain of salt.