Dieticians, nutritionists, and weight loss experts at Rati Beauty unanimously agree that white sugar is the #1 roadblock that can totally stall the weight loss journey and at the same time detrimental to overall health as well. Nutritionally deficient and high in calories, white sugar is completely non-essential to the functioning of body. However, there are certain food items that are actually worse than white sugar but do not get much of a bad rap, and at times, even get glorified as “healthy foods.” In this post, we list down 14 Foods that are Worse For Weight Loss Than White Sugar.

1. Refined Carbs: Food stuff made from refined flour, white bread, white rice, biscuits, cookies, cakes, pastries, etc., raise blood sugar sharply, triggering insulin spikes, and triggering storage of fat into adipose cells, leading to weight gain.
2. Margarine: A large population of people still believe that margarine is a healthy choice compared to plain butter because the former is thought to have less fat content. But the truth is that margarine is whipped up from vegetable oils with a good amount of transfat and that?s where the problem starts ? a lot of countries have started to ban artificial transfat since it has been linked to obesity and cardiovsacular diseases.

3. Mayonnaise: It is high in calories and made mostly of oils, and also leads to weight gain.

4. Baked Potato Chips: Baked chips usually have higher levels of a compound called ?acrylamide? that can potentia...