Comfort foods usually mean ‘bad for you’ and yet they’re the ones that are most delicious. Cheese, cream, butter, oil and heart-warming carbs are just what you need on those really cold days or when you need a pick-me-up.
As we get older, health should start to become a priority and comfort foods become an atomic bombs. We know about many of the obviously harmful foods that bring us temporary joy and long-term discomfort, but there other lesser known ones out there that we should be aware of as well. Here are some of the comfort foods that we should take care to avoid.
Chocolate
There are trace amounts of caffeine present in chocolate to trigger heartburn symptoms and because it is a diuretic, you end up with looser stools. When you do have a