The worst foods for your health - Nutrition is a serious subject and heavily discussed, especially when it comes to eating a healthy diet. We often think that we are eating healthfully when in reality, the food we eat is loaded with unhealthy ingredients. While some foods, like fast food, are widely known to be harmful to our health, there are others, such as some yogurts and fruits, that most people are unaware of. Check out the gallery to see which foods are the worst for your health.

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Coffee creamer - Unhealthy ingredients: trans fats, added sugar and artificial coloring.

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White bread - Unhealthy ingredient: flour bleaching agents, like azodicarbonamide.

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Juice from a carton - Unhealthy ingredients: fiber-less fruit and high-fructose corn syrup.

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Diet soda - Unhealthy ingredients: caramel coloring, bisphenol A (BPA) and aspartame.

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Fried food - Unhealthy ingredient: excessive quantities of oil.

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Processed meat - Unhealthy ingredients: nitrates and nitrites.

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Sugared cereal - Unhealthy ingredients: Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), beta hydroxy acid (BHA), refined carbohydrates and added sugar.

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Frozen snacks - Unhealthy ingredients: sodium and trans fat.

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Desserts - Unhealthy ingredients: sodium and sugar.

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Refined sugar - Unhealthy ingredients: sugar (duh).

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Frosting - Unhealthy ingredients: trans fats (partially hydrogenated vegetable oil), titanium dioxide, caramel color, artificial coloring and propylene glycol.

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Bottled smoothies - Unhealthy ingredient: fiber-less fruit.

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Grilled meat - Unhealthy ingredient: contaminants from the smoke.

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Fast Food - Unhealthy ingredients: phthalates and toxic chemicals that destroy the endocrine system.

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Energy drinks - Unhealthy ingredients: sucrose, glucose and caffeine.

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Barbecue sauce - Unhealthy ingredients: high-fructose corn syrup.

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Diet ice cream - Unhealthy ingredient: polysorbate 80 is an additive that helps give ice cream a creamy texture and increase resistance to melting, but it can be harmful to health.

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Sports drinks - Unhealthy ingredients: sugar and artificial dyes.

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Cheetos - Unhealthy ingredient: Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is an additive that can increase appetite.

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Doritos - Unhealthy ingredients: MSG and food dye.

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Oreo - Unhealthy ingredients: palm oil, cacao plant alkaloid and high-fructose corn syrup.

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Canned soup - Unhealthy ingredient: sodium.

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Bouillon cube - Unhealthy ingredients: palm oil, caramel color, yellow 5 and yellow 6.

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Hot dog - Unhealthy ingredients: sodium, sodium phosphate, sodium nitrite and corn syrup.

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Candy - Unhealthy ingredients: artificial coloring, added sugars and saturated fats.

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Boxed cake mix - Unhealthy ingredients: trans fats (partially hydrogenated oils), artificial flavors and artificial colors.

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Gum - Unhealthy ingredients: sugar alcohols and artificial sweeteners.

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Cookies - Unhealthy ingredients: trans fats (partially hydrogenated cottonseed oil), high-fructose corn syrup, artificial flavor and caramel color.

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Peanut butter - Unhealthy ingredients: sugar, hydrogenated vegetable oil and sodium.

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Sprinkles - Unhealthy ingredients: sugar, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, artificial colors and carnauba wax.

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Maraschino cherries - Unhealthy ingredients: sulfur dioxide, calcium chloride, sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate and high fructose corn syrup.

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Chicken nuggets - Unhealthy ingredients: trans fats, diglycerides, red dye 40 and carrageenan.

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Sugarless chocolate - Unhealthy ingredients: sucralose and maltitol. Instead of sugar, manufacturers add artificial sweeteners and sugar alcohols, like maltitol, which can have a laxative effect when consumed excessively.

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Hot Pockets - Unhealthy ingredients: carrageenan, soybean oil, monoglycerides and diglycerides.

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Sugarless Jello - Unhealthy ingredients: artificial flavor, aspartame and acesulfame potassium. The artificial sweeteners present in Jello are terrible for health and weight loss.

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Flavored rice - Unhealthy ingredients: dyglicerides and corn syrup solids. Dyglicerides are emulsifiers that are composed of trans fats.

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Protein bars - Unhealthy ingredients: sugar, artificial sweeteners, caramel color and polysorbate 60. The combination of sugar, cancer-causing dyes and polysorbate 60 (an emulsifier that can create potentially toxic compounds when combined with other ingredients) makes protein bars dangerous for health.

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Salad dressing - Unhealthy ingredients: high fructose corn syrup and soybean oil.

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Meal shakes - Unhealthy ingredients: high-fructose corn syrup, caramel color, artificial flavors and carrageenan.

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Granola bars - Unhealthy ingredients: sugar, corn syrup, sorbitol, soybean oil and BHT.

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Fish sticks - Unhealthy ingredient: sodium triphosphate (STPP).

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Bottled coffee - Unhealthy ingredient: sugar.

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Fruit yogurt - Unhealthy ingredients: sugar and carrageenan (a plant-based emulsifier that can cause inflammation in those with gastrointestinal problems).

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