These Are The Healthy Real-Food Solutions To Your Favorite Junk-Food Addictions

After years of downing M&M’s and low-quality movie-theater popcorn, I eventually started to bring my own homemade sweet potato fries, 90% dark chocolate and other incredibly superior foods with me to the theater. The movie-going experience didn’t suffer one iota, and neither did my health.

With movie night taken care of though, I began to think – if I were indulging in healthy, real-food comfort foods, I could probably get away with eating more of the stuff. With this in mind, I asked around, poked around and started to mess around in the kitchen. Here are healthy real-food solutions to your favorite junk food addictions…

French Fries

Fries are crispy, salty, and just plain ol’ delicious. That is, until you start breaking down what they actually are and what they’re doing to your body. Most fries are made from white potatoes, which are extremely high on the glycemic index. When you consume foods that have a high glycemic load (GL), you’re putting yourself on a path for possible weight gain.

If you’re already overweight, topping out with high GL foods could cause you to become insulin resistant, which is one of the precursors of Type 2 diabetes. As noted by Dr. Joel Fuhrman, “High-glycemic, nutrient-depleted, refined carbohydrates are more than just empty calories—they are disease-causing foods.”