{"id":275148,"date":"2017-09-20T13:50:56","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T05:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/healthy-cheat-foods-275148.html"},"modified":"2017-09-20T14:12:17","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T06:12:17","slug":"healthy-cheat-foods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/th\/food-th\/dishing-out-th\/healthy-cheat-foods-275148.html","title":{"rendered":"7 'Cheat foods' that are surprisingly good for you"},"content":{"rendered":" <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/health\/on-my-plate\/healthy-eating\/4-healthiest-diets-around-the-globe-166487.html#item=1\">Dieting<\/a> is a fickle beast. Some days, eating balanced proportions of steamed veggies and lean meat may be a breeze, other days... not so much. Ergo, that's what cheat meals are for. \u00a0When push comes to shove, even the most <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/health\/healthy-practices\/physical-exercise\/dusk-till-dawn-24-hour-gyms-night-owl-fitness-buffs-139754.html#item=1\">dedicated gym junkies<\/a> would have a hard time sticking to a bland and monotonous diet.<\/p> <p>Perhaps it's just the psychological, but cheat meals keep you sane and satiated. However, would you believe that certain 'cheat' foods aren't really sinful in the first place? We've dug up some infamously <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/health\/on-my-plate\/healthy-eating\/superfoods-that-arent-super-210455.html#item=1\">'unhealthy' bites<\/a> that \u00a0have gained an undeserved bad reputation with their so-called low nutritional value and high caloric content.<\/p> <p>Check out the gallery for 7 cheat foods that aren't so bad for you after all!<\/p>  <p><em>Ashley Anand<\/em><\/p> <p><em>Photos: Getty Images<\/em><\/p> <h2> <span>READ MORE:<\/span> <\/h2> <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/food\/recipes-and-products\/weekly-recipes\/mix-match-10-bizarre-food-combinations-actually-taste-good-272056.html#item=1\">8 Bizarre food combinations that actually work<\/a><\/p> <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/health\/on-my-plate\/healthy-eating\/midnight-munchies-5-foods-avoid-night-120936.html#item=3\">Midnight Munchies: 5 foods to avoid at night<\/a><\/p> <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/health\/on-my-plate\/healthy-eating\/top-10-pre-workout-foods-eating-126059.html\">10 Foods you should be eating before a workout<\/a><\/p>   ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On a diet? 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