Top 10 Unhealthiest Food in America
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- These foods are dangerously tasty and dangerously unhealthy. For this list, we’ll be looking at popular American foods and drinks that are chock-full of enough sodium, sugar, and preservatives to choke a horse - and that’s why we love them so much. Our countdown of the unhealthiest foods in America includes Pop-Tarts, Hot Dogs, Fried Foods, and more! Did we scarf down any other unhealthy foods instead of adding them to the list? Let us know in the comments below!
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Honorable mentions:
Popcorn
Chips (tortilla or potato)
Cinnamon rolls
Candy
pop tarts
Potato chips
Popcorn, especially when you add butter.
hot dogs and burgers
I’m going to need a “top ten great-tasting, healthy food” video after this
Literally everything else than mentioned in thjs video… fresh foods, like fish, meat, vegetables, fruits, rice etc
@@tiesl1425well meat and fish ?😐no thank you 🤢
Yeah, so I can pour melted cheese over it!
Empty list.
Hahahaha 😂😂
Bad food that tastes good is the perfect example of a toxic relationship.
Not just bad, Deadly...And they know what they are doing when they sell it to people, but shareholder value is the single most important thing in the US...
Which sadly in this time and age really is a sad and harsh reality.
Sometimes literally.
PREACH!
@@silversurfer427 but we, the consumers keep them in business. If everyone stopped eating fast all in one day, farm would crop up all over the place and fast. We would eat like I used to. Grow veggies in our backyard, buy fruit from the fruit stand, buy meat from the butcher, and Mom baked bread. We also had citrus trees, peach, kumquat and apricot. I grew up on non-GMO, no pesticides, no Monsanto, grass fed beef and milk fresh from the dairy delivered to our porch. And we lived in the suburbs! We weren't on some farm somewhere.
The fact that pop tarts are considered to be breakfast blows my mind
I mean donuts are considered breakfast but they're basically just cake
@@Miss_Kisa94some donuts are called cake donuts. (The others are yeast donuts).
I.never understood why Americans think pop tarts taste good and should be considered breakfast...I always thought it tasted like a mix of cardboard and candy lol....making a sandwich and putting a herbal teabag into a travel mug with hot water takes less than ten mins same with making a smoothie in a nutribullet.
@@joermnyc yeah I know but I'm talking about calories and sugar content both types of donuts are basically the same as eating a cake
In these uncertain and dangerous times with people always in a rush to get to where they're going and fast for instant gratification that hardly is surprising and also really have to think about people's lifestyle these days.
Save your time:
0:33 - 10 Poptarts
1:41 - 9 Cheese fries
2:33 - 8 Movie theatre pretzels
3:27 - 7 Baking with bleached white flour
4:27 - 6 Hotdogs
5:36 - 5 Coffee creamer
6:37 - 4 Sugar cereals
7:37 - 3 Frozen meals/TV dinners
8:42 - 2 Fried foods
9:58 - 1 Sugar-sweetened soda
Thank you
Number 6 was preserved meats, not just hot dogs. I know it's listed as hot dogs but lunch meats and spam suck just as much
Thank you 🎉
I had no idea coffee creamer is bad for you! That explains everything. Thanks, Watchmojo.
This is pure Food Police Department anti-food propaganda!!!
It wants NO eating OR drinking, demanding instead that ALL nutrition and ALL hydration be taken in INTRAVENOUSLY ONLY, without even allowing ANYONE ever even to drink WATER!!!
Portion sizing is the key to create balance with fast food. When i crave for chips, i buy the smallest packet available.
This, lol. Skip the combos, pay extra so you're "punishing" yourself for caving
Yup. If I’m craving some kind of fast food I only by the sandwich never the full meal.
Buy*
The Double-Down from KFC...2 Chicken Breast, with 6 strips of bacon & covered in Cheese. This might be the most unhealthiest thing I've ever seen.
I wish it was still a thing, I'd order that for lunch more than I probably should
@@EdnaK728it might return someday. Just not today. And i will buy it when it does.
@@tazqball1605 so will I
That sandwich turns me on to think about 😂
@user-em6ie2be7x KFC is unhealthy anyway probably more unhealthy than the burger chain ones.
After gaining a lot of weight and having serious cravings for fast food, I am convinced that fast food has been specifically created for us to crave. They have teams of scientists who understand what makes us crave foods. And they make these foods and sell them cheap. Add that to the fact that fast food is basically everywhere, I am not surprised I craved it so much. I have lost 20lbs and changed how I eat.
Sugar can be addictive (never leave me alone with a bag of chocolate covered pretzels)
And grocery stores and expert in displaying foods to encourage binge buying and food cravings...
Indeed, companies make food addictive, but unfortunately it's not rocket science, just basic science. Our bodies have a genetic disposition to crave high calorie foods so we crave sugar and fat. A little more complicated than that, but basically. Want to make people love your home made cookies? Add a bit more sugar and butter.
This is actually EXACTLY what is being done!! 👍
Eat mostly natural food and you'll be fine.
You’re exactly right. Fast food boosts dopamine, which in itself is addictive. The fast food industry is a stroke of evil genius for many reasons. Fast food itself is nice once in a while, but frequently is just not good for you. I’m happy you were able to make a change, I know it can be really hard.
Imagine a world without fast food
Slow food?
From the beginning of time to the early 1900s😂
Does that include sit down restaurants?
We would be smarter than what we are now, and not as lazy.
There wouldn't be fat pigs 🤷♂️
We gave our daughter a sip of soda at her 3rd birthday party. She is now almost 7 and still refuses to drink soda 😅😂
Your child is smart. 😂
If you eat any of these foods, you're obviously not worrying about how unhealthy they are. You're just looking for a good time.
Here for a good time, not for a long time.
Maybe if the organic food tasted better and wasn’t so damn expensive then people would eat it more. It’s the reason why most kids hardly eat the school lunches that Obama’s wife forces schools to serve.
@@AwkwardBlackGal613beat me to it lol 😅😅
i eat all of them
I’m sure you don’t eat any…
As I watch a Domino's ad before the vid starts 😂
Avoid sodium from the six most common salty foods (bread and rolls; cold cuts and cured meats; pizza; burritos and tacos; soup; sandwiches). Read food labels and stay away from items that have sugar added, excess sodium and fat. Plan ahead and prepare healthy snacks and meals at home made from whole, fresh foods.
What's wrong with sodium?
@@florida173
Hypertension, stroke, renal failure, and cardiac diseases to name a few issues.
@@sharonsmalls6846 Correlation when in combination of other bad eating habits for sure, but on it's own, it's fine and super important as an electrolyte. Water soluble too, so you can just pee out excess
@@florida173
Funny when I was pursuing my master's degree in public health nursing I was taught to teach the public to watch their sodium. Nevertheless, because I am a CLNC as well, I would never do anything to be sued. You do what's best for you. Goodbye.
@@sharonsmalls6846 I appreciate you saying that I can do what's best for me and that the extent of your expertise on this subject was from some small portion of credits from your education and nothing independent and more recent.
Matt Stonie made the thumbnail? *LET'S GO!*
That's what I was thinking when I clicked on it, LOL
The unfortunate thing about the cereals, is even the "healthy cereals" are still loaded with sugar and carbs which turn into sugar.
Yep that’s why I generally stick to plain old fashioned oatmeal these days
The worst American meal is fried butter. This is just madness. How could you forget this one!
Dude, I never heard about it, lol (I’m from Europe)
@@JagaimoNeko I'm from Europe too (France). When I first heard about it I just couldn't believe it.
But it's true they freez butter on a stick then they fry it in oil and eat it. 🥵 This is why they have children with heart problems hehehe
Thank you god for me being born in the Mediterranean
Everything on this list looks sooooo good
If Elvis was still around, he’d have a field day with all the foods on this list 🤤
Yes.
I'll take an order of cheese fries and onion rings with a side ranch and a side of bbq sauce. Medium vanilla iced coffee.
All to go.
Hey! I'm not gonna live to see 100, so I might as well eat what I wanna! 😂😂😂😂😂
How on earth can anyone look at a pop tart and think "yep, that's a breakfast food"? . It is just candy. Pure candy.
Even knowing all of this, it never stopped us from eating them
The US is even frying Oreos now👀. God bless America 😂
4 words: DEEP. FRIED. SNICKERS. BAR 💀
FOOD AT THE FAIR No matter where I've lived every fair and exposition tries to outdo itself with some deep fried chocolate on top of mystery meat wrapped in seaweed on a bun that came out of a dumpster. I worked with a guy new to North America who just had to try roast beef on a stick. He was off work for almost a week.
i can guarantee most of us are watching while eating McDonalds, ChickFilla, KFC or other
Chickfila is closed today 😇
Arby's 😆
wotching this video with a cup of coke
Do more of these types of videos please! I like most videos on food especially good food! I'd watch a video on top ten types of pickled eggs and love every second of it!
I couldn't imagine eating a pop tart first thing in the morning. Pop tarts are not common in Australia, but I have tasted the chocolate one and the strawberry one. I liked them, but I couldn't imagine eating them for breakfast, tasted more like a dessert.
I remember being damn-near addicted to Coke (the legal stuff), I had to force myself to cut it out of my diet and I actually don't enjoy it anymore. I much prefer water or diluting juice (I think it is called squash in the U.S.).
You mean the UK.
I switched from Pepsi to zero sugar (but a sweetener obviously) KoolAid at age 55. I can drink diet Ginger Ale if I had to but the thought of Dr Pepper or a Red Bull makes me puke.
@@dicksonfranssenginger ale still is loaded with sugar 😂😂😂😂
@@stephaniebarnes82390 It's only once a year if I'm stuck at one of my sisters extra snooty catered dinner parties. She gets embarrassed if I show up in hiking boots and khakis, I don't need the grief.
I need ur Strength ASAP!!! Trying to cut down on effn soda😵
This list is either 😋 or 🤢, depending on your taste in food. But it is an eye opener. 🤔
DAMN MAN I CANT EAT ANYTHING ANYMORE… 🤦🏾♂️ This is getting out of hand.
Keep eat your shit food if you like it 🤷♀️
Have a piece of fruit or a nice salad or make a hot meal from scratch.
Sadly that is the reality now vs in other times when we could eat those foods as in the video above or before we knew any better. Such as from the 1980's is 1 example among other things in the past that now isn't OK.
@@julianaylor4351 eww
Scotland batters everything aswell 😂
Also northern England hahahah plenty of fish round me do deep fried mars bars and creme eggs
As a non-American, I'm left in awe at the amount of inconceivably chemically calorific sh*t they consume.
Must taste good though.
What country are you from (if you don’t mind me asking)…as an American, it’s hard to image a life without these types of meals. We understand it’s unhealthy, but the alternative healthier options are more expensive/timely.
We know it's unhealthy, well most of us at least, and most responsible eaters don't eat all this regularly or for any other reason than pure taste enjoyment. There are quite a few of us that a lot of this is a mainstay in their diets thougb
@@youraverageblackgirl4621It's ironic.
@adamriddle7425 If it's one of the fattest countries in the world so again this is where things get complicated about America it's got a lot of fat people more than thin people but with things in America it seems 50/50
Frosted Flakes were originally called “Sugar Frosted Flakes”. They removed the word sugar from the name when it started to have an unhealthy connotation, but they never actually removed the sugar itself…
Ha! GMM and Jolly have made an appearance!! Love them!
Guilty pleasures that we can't part ways with
As a Canadian, I'm offended that poutine is categorized as cheese-fries, poutine is much more than just cheese and fries. It has gravy and you can customize it by adding toppings. My personal favorite is Poutine with ribs toppings. My mother's favorite is Italian poutine, which is a poutine with spaghetti sauce.
Same poutine is so much more than cheese fries
@Magelog490 I tried it in Edinburgh in a Canadian based restaurant last year I don't get the fuss over poutine.
I was diagnosed with diabetes last year, so I watch lists like this to remember what it was like to eat whatever I want. I've also been told that I only have a couple years left to live, at only 38. Once it gets down to under 6 months (if I can tell), I'll start eating more of what I like again. I won't eat enough to kill me, but if I'm dying anyway, I might as well enjoy what I can while I can.
In America, kid cereals are getting sweeter and sweeter. In Australia it's getting healthier and healthier 😂
You say unhealthy, I say I need to make a grocery run.
I haven’t had KFC food since 2002 . I ate some on a road trip from Tempe Arizona to Austin Texas . I opened the passenger door and pooped all the way on Route 66 . I felt as if I was gonna die ! I haven’t eaten such foods ever since . I cook my food .
"Ohh have you ever put butter on a pop tart it's so fricken good, have you ever put butter on a pop tart if you haven't then I think you should"
I am aware of how different recipes are from the USA compared to where I live in the UK. These are my general opinions on each entry:
I have a soft spot for Pop Tarts but I only buy them a couple of times a year. Cheese fries are great as a special treat when you use actual cheese and not cheese sauce. I have never eaten a savoury pretzel. The bleached flour is a complete mystery to me. I don't eat hot dogs. Coffee creamer is irrelevant as I don't drink coffee. I buy cereal even less than Pop Tarts. Frozen meals are fine once in a while but batch cooking then defrosting the portions while I'm at work to be heated when I get home is healthier and more satisfying. Fried foods, like cheese fries, are great as an occasional treat. I very rarely drink sugary soda; I treat them more like energy drinks.
Straight up and honest ... the size of some of those portions almost immediately make me unhungry!! 😮
Can't live without junk food
I don't wanna!
Don't die choking on steamed asparagus, skinny and miserable!😂
I'm guilty of unhealthy eating. So many things on this list is in my kitchen😮💨
They can't give you diabetes if you already have diabetes.😂
Just makes it worse. 😒
Shut up, Pop tarts made my childhood weekend breakfasts 😂😂😂
I really can't believe that these foods actually exist
How?
At the beginning when the guy is pouring loads of cheese on chilli fries I almost went into cardiac arrest
Reminds me of the time I went to a movie theater, and I saw a combination of popcorn and Cheetos. Yuck!
LOL MATT STONIE EATING THE CHEESE FRIES!
I remember having pop tarts when I was in High school. As such my teacher would insult me by saying that I'm eating a piece of cardboard.
I certainly wouldn’t mind government intervention in regards to my own lack of dietary discipline. Imagine if obesity was illegal, 😂
Imagine getting arrested for seemingly looking overweight.
Officer: "Do you know the reason I stopped you?
Because I saw you chugging down that burger as if someone was going to take it from you.
Get out of the car and step on the scale, fatty!"
Honestly, I think that these foods listed aren't bad for you if you consume them on occasions. Personally, my kryptonite is potato chips and soda. Chili Cheese fries are okay but they get boring after a few bites.
It makes me wonder how many of these bad foods WatchMojo eats?
I bet they eat ALL of them 🤣
#3 havent had one in almost 20yrs and never have i missed them lol
The most unhealthiest foods are always the most popular foods 🤤😋
@lexramstudios1386 Very odd.
Its incredible how USA can allow this crap when its banned in most other countries and EU,,,,,,LOVE FROM SWEDEN❤❤❤
Tbf there's a lot of foods that are banned here that ARE allowed in other countries.
I don't think it should be banned. We simply need to educate better. The word "ban" is very harsh and loaded.
You just have to look what you put in your mouth for crist sake,,,,urk@@candicehoneycutt4318
Thanks for telling me what to indulge in. Been eating healthy for years and I need to update my diet.
This just made me hungry
I know those cheese fries would kill me instantly, but they always look so delicious!
I love the Number 10 and the Number 4.
But I prefer eggs and toast.
"We're here for a good time, not a long time."
-Mr. Make It Happen
Ugh, I eat Marie Calendars dinners bc I have no time to make healthier meals while I’m at work. They’re the best.
I still won’t give up my $1.50 hotdog combo from Costco.
While true, a lot of these foods are consumed worldwide. Not just in America.
@teamtim87 Sadly.
Damnit. Why does all that unhealthy food have to taste so good? When i have my morning cup of coffee I need creamer. I tried drinking it black multiple times but I can’t. When it comes to soda I only drink regular or cherry flavored. On my work days I’ll sometimes skip that coffee and end up buying a soda.
Makes me glad I switched to organic Pop Tarts and cereal, and also seltzers for drinks. Wish I did it sooner as a kid.
Flour makes bread which is part of the grain family and part of the healthy food pyramid, if the flour is bad, then how are we to eat grain?
Should've added Kool-Aid to this list.
Depending on what is added to the flour.
Growing up my parents would occasionally get pop tarts and only let us eat them after dinner. Wheatie’s was our go to cereal when it wasn’t oatmeal.
I’m not surprised pop tarts are on here.
Good thing I don’t eat hot dogs as much as I used to, but I really need to reduce my soda intake. It was my addiction during the last month.
I’m not going to lie, I work long days sometimes 12 hours shifts, and at the end of the day I’m just too tired to cook. So my freezer is packed full of frozen dinners, I know it’s bad. I don’t really eat hotdogs, fried foods or drink coffee with creamer very much at all. I did however have an extremely bad addiction to soda for the last 10+ years. I would literally drink a 12 pack plus a 2 liter bottle of Dr Pepper every day, it was bad. The last two and a half years I haven’t touched a single soda. Instead I replaced it with diet Lipton citrus tea. I know I’m still not eat very healthy, but I’m trying to make gradual changes to that.
Read the labels before you buy your frozen dinner and put ready made salads and sandwiches in your fridge.
@@julianaylor4351 good idea. I manly get the smart ones and lean cuisine frozen meals, but I also do buy stouffer‘s too.
@@brimstonethewolf2020 You can sometimes get ready made frittatas, that's a thick variety of omelette.
@@julianaylor4351 I’ll have to look into that, thanks.
Top 10 unhealthiest foods in America?! This is gonna be a good one
If you want a tv dinner, just read the label....some are crap, some aren't...the more you pay, also doesn't guarantee quality...always read the label.
You can tell that this is going to be a fun list if Pop Tarts are only number 10!!!!😂
No video has made me more hungry
I have one question as far as the last four items on this list: Where were these warnings back in the 1970s when there were advertisements on the television screen pushing the products on us? Us, meaning those of us who are from Generation X. When we were growing up, no one warned us of how bad these items were or how unhealthy they were. During the 70s and 80s, things like trans-fat and other chemicals were not even mentioned on the news, but there were commercials for them all over the television screen. Some of us were guilty of eating the sugar cereals; especially while we were watching Saturday morning cartoons. I was one of those Gen-X kids who was doing that every Saturday morning with my cousins in the 70s. It was nostalgic, but now we see that our nostalgia is not healthy in today's society.
I feel sorry for you're generation. I wish America would be healthier, but I think that time has passed. 😔😔😔
Processed flour? As a posed to unprocessed flour where you just eat a wheat stalk.
I don't understand why something so bad could taste so good
Don't fry in transfats....try butter or olive oil.
Even olive oil is a scam in North America. It's either virgin (first pressing) or not, there's no in between. It's illegal in Italy to claim otherwise.
Literally takes me less than 25 minutes to cook up some chicken Alfredo with sautéed mushrooms and broccoli in the pasta
Next up from WatchMojo, Top 10 reasons why we need to eat bugs. I'll stick to my unhealthy indulgences, thanks!
I have IBSC. I couldn’t eat half this stuff grateful that I moderate my intakes when it comes to food.
I’m sure these can be easily topped.
soy sauce. The amount of sodium sodium is insane.
Ricicles were my favourite breakfast cereal. I was so sad when they stopped making it. Never found anything that comes close to replacing them. I could just eat some right now! 😢😢😢
Everybody's gotta die for something.
- Hank Anderson -
Amen to that!😂🍻🥂
3:45 why is the bleached flour hanging at the villain hideout from RoboCop?
Dude i ate thousands of hot dog i aint dead yet
I want a salad now.
That being said, I do partake in a soft pretzel on few occasions. I do love them.
Same. I'm not the most healthy conscious person but these foods make me want to eat a salad and go for a run
@@DavidJohnson-mv2cy for real. I get frustrated seeing the scale say 130. That's legitimately too heavy for my size. If I gain any more I'm going to have to go on a strict diet. My back and knees already hurt. I can't imagine being so heavy that I couldn't even walk.
I must be doing something right. I don't eat or drink anything on the list often.
Sadly almost anything we eat is bad due to the chemicals that get added.
Deep-fried Mars bars in Scotland be like: "Bitch please."
Also Chinese and Japanese eat lots of deep fried food, meat and vegetables in great quantities...
Now do unhealthiest foods in the UK
@dbmikeyg255 Less controversial.
I LOVE ALL OF THESE FOODS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm going to throw up . 😫
It is sad to me that channels like this love to have lists telling us what is unhealthy for us, but does not have lists of every day items that ARE healthy for us. That honestly, would be more helpful. It is a no brainer that cheese fries, hot dogs and sugar cereals are unhealthy for us, we do not need to be reminded of it 10 times a day,
Also frying food is not as unhealthy as many believe as long as you FRY IT RIGHT. It is the oil seeping into the food that is unhealthy (which happens if the temp of your oil is not high enough), not the act of frying itself. If you fry it the right way, that does not happen. Also, they invented air fryers for a reason.
#1- Anything my mother cooked when I was a kid
If you're a huge Junk Food fan, you're probably not gonna like this video.
Back home we take cheese fries and add 2 half pound burger Patties and toast underneath and call it a horseshoe.