Eating Healthy...or Not

At some point in our lives, if we live that long, we are destined to begin to worry more and more about what foods we put inside our bodies. We seem to get this "eat healthy" urge at some point, and we dump out all the Little Debbies, the ice cream and the chips and make a firm decision to clean up our gustatory tastes. We vow that no matter HOW boring it gets, we're going to eat healthy, organic, whole grains: the works...and in reasonable quantities. Uh, right. So what do we do, and more importantly, should we do it? There are some surprisingly unhealthy choices that we often make when, in fact, we think we're doing just the opposite. Here are some examples:
OK, sow e're going organic. Let's pick up some granola since it's all natural and has little fruits in it to keep it from being too boring. Check the label: oftentimes, a major ingredient in granola is sugar, something we're trying to duck.
Since granola is out, what might I choose next that might be equally bland but more healthy? How about some nice peach yogurt? Not too bland but not outrageously bad for me, either. While fruited yogurt IS high in calcium and vitamin D and low in fat, the fruit kind can also be packed with as much as 27 grams of sugar in a 6-oz container. Plain yogurt is far better...but right at the top of the Bland-O-Meter.
How about chunky applesauce? It's made from apples so it's GOT to be good, what with all the keeping away of the doctor talk. WEll, applesauce is made from peeled, cooked-to-death apples and contains virtually NO nutrients and generally contains some of the that evil high fructose corn syrup (evil unless you're a farmer in Iowa).
Let's get a "full serving of vegetables" in an 8 oz. drink. That's the ticket, and if we can infuse some of that miracle acai berry, so much the better. Not so fast. The Acai Mixed Berry Juice contains more calories than a serving of Oreos and twice as much sugar!And I'm a bit suspicious of this miracle berry, anyway.
Most of the processed food, from Honey Roasted turkey to baby brussels sprouts in butter sauce contain so much sodium that we're sped unerringly toward our graves.
So, what's the solution?
Eat more bacon.