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13 'health' foods you're better off avoiding

Erin BrodwinNov 17, 2016, 16:17 IST

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We're all familiar with them - foods we think are healthy because we heard them somewhere on the news or from a health-conscious friend. And no matter how much we may dislike them, we just keep buying them because we think they're good for us.

Take swapping your dairy milk for almond milk. Is liquid from nuts really nutritionally superior to milk from a cow?

Or splurging on pink Himalayan sea salt. Healthy habit or a little bit of nonsense

We asked Andy Bellatti, a registered dietitian and the co-founder of the group Dietitians for Professional Integrity, for advice on what "health foods" are worth eating and which aren't.

The answers to these questions might surprise you.

Have some we missed? Send them along to science(at)businessinsider.com.