Is Healthy Food Bad For You?

You think you’re eating virtuously, but the scale doesn’t budge and you don’t feel any better. Here’s why.

- Jessica Matlin

It used to be so simple: If you wanted to lose weight, or just feel healthier, you cut out sweets. Lately though, it’s those “good for you” foods that are impeding people’s progress, says Brooke Alpert, a nutritionist in New York. Thanks to the wellness boom, “there are more and more foods surrounded by a ‘health halo’,” she says. “People consider them nutritious, so they stop thinking about what—and how much—they’re eating.” Here are four ways to avoid the trap.

REMEMBER, FAT IS STILL FAT