Foods To Avoid
Obesogens. Is this a new term to you? It sure was for me! I've outlined for your benefit, foods to avoid, dangerous foods and unhealthy foods so you may feed yourself and your family with confidence knowing you are truly nourishing them and not just feeding them.With the rise of mass food production, there are a variety of potentially dangerous and unhealthy chemicals and additives in our food supply today. You'd be blown away to hear that many of these dangerous additives are derived from crude oil and many other chemical compounds contributing to obesity and disease. Some fat is not your fault! I can't let you off the hook completely! We can't blame all of our fat on these chemicals in foods to avoid but we can blame some! There's a great book out on the market you might find interesting written by Stephen Perrine title "The New American Diet". Perrine's book refers to the term OBESOGENS and he's referring to certain chemicals found in common foods to avoid. These toxic chemicals are stored directly in your fat tissue and are released untamed through your body causing havoc and consequently, contributing to not only obesity but also cancers and other illness. Yes, we have reason to outline these dangerous unhealthy foods to avoid and my primary reason is your good health! We in the nutrition sector refer to these harmful hormones as XENOESTROGENS Our Foods to Avoid list should help you navigate your way through the grocery store potentially avoiding these dangerous, unhealthy foods! Your first few times out there shopping are going to take time. You need this education to live a long disease free obese free life! The time spent now studying this Dangerous Foods to Avoid List will pay off as you age gracefully, more vibrantly and in a lean new body reducing aches, pains, and other nutrition related ailments. 
Hydrogenated and Partially Hydrogenated OilsHydrogenated and partially hydrogenated oils are at the top of our dangerous unhealthy foods to avoid. These dangerous oils are altered to make them shelf stable. While it seemed to be a success more than 50 years ago in the storage of foods in our industrialized society, science and research shows this to be a major contributor to heart disease, diabetes, obesity and other degenerative ailments. Imagine ingesting a plastic substance, confusing the body with this foreign molecule only to lay it down in the artery causing damage. There is NO safe limit on hydrogenated oils also known as Trans Fats and should be at the top of your dangerous unhealthy foods to avoid list! READ YOUR LABELS AND LOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING FOODS TO AVOID:
The advent of Crisco was what women thought to be the exciting advancement in baking. In fact, this primarily partially hydrogenated cottonseed oil we know as Crisco even had a cookbook campaign to assist in their sales! More than 50 years later and more heart disease than ever before, butter is always better. Originally, in the 1930's, Crisco was known as the only Kosher frying oil on the market which was also responsible for its rise to fame. Industrial Seed Oils-PolyunsaturatesYes, this one surprises the heck out of everyone! Most commonly referred to as vegetable oils, these Industrial Seed Oils have replaced our beloved butter. Those so called heart healthy polyunsaturate spreads that are constantly promoted are implicated in:
It's not just limited to the above list either. These polyunsaturated oils are a foods to avoid because as lipid (fat) research shows, these oils are unstable when subjected to oxygen, heat and light. They become rancid and oxidized. Now these oils are obviously unstable when isolated from their plant sources. Our cells are lined with a phospho-lipid layer and vegetable oils can mimic the saturated fat that is supposed to be there causing issues with permeability. Good stuff (nutrient) doesn't get inside the cell and bad stuff (sluffed cell and hormones) does not exit the cell. Heart disease is now known as an inflammatory disease and if you can follow me here, by eliminating these dangerous unhealthy oils, you will greatly decrease your heart disease risk. Yes, the very oils touted by your health care professional in fact, contribute to heart disease. Can you believe that??? Nutrition is an Elective in Medical SchoolElective meaning not required and I challenge you to quiz your primary care physician as to their nutrition education when they recommend that you eliminate cholesterol on the plate. So, getting back to my reference in inflammation. The human body needs a balance of Omega 3 to Omega 6 fatty acids. These are called essential fatty acids or EFA's, meaning the body does not make them, they are necessary to obtain through diet and must be in a particular intake ratio. Are you still with me? Good Deal......Let's move on then We need a balance of no more than a 1:3 ratio. That is, Omega 3 to Omega 6 fatty acid balance. Yes, that's a 1 for Omega 3 and a 3 for Omega 6. Currently, the SAD (Standard American Diet) hold your hat.....is comprised of more than 1:50! Yes, 50 being the Omega 6 number. No wonder more than 700,000 Americans are diagnosed with heart disease every year! To help you better understand this equation and its relationship to heart disease and other inflammatory diseases: Omega 6 Fatty Acids are InflammatoryOmega 3 Fatty Acids are Anti-InflammatoryVisualize the omega 6 fatty acids causing inflammation while the omega 3 fatty acids work like a fire department to calm inflammation. Yes, it's all about balancing the body! Let me get to the oils that should be unhealthy dangerous foods to avoid! READ YOUR LABELS AND LOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING BIG 5 FOODS TO AVOID: The Big 5 are:
While some polyunsaturates are known to promote health, the mass advertised oils above are not in the healthy poly class at all.
High Fructose Corn SyrupHigh Fructose Corn Syrup also referred to as HFCS and Corn Syrup. If I told you that HFCS was at the top of the dangerous foods to avoid list because it contributes directly to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease would you still eat it? Would you allow your children to consume it? Some might! But if I told you it is IMMEDIATELY STORED AS FAT and you want to kick obesity to the curb would you think about it then? HFCS is the least expensive form of sugar and it is in almost everything. This substance is contributing to a world wide epidemic. This "cheap sugar" is responsible for disrupting metabolic pathways that regulate your hunger signals. READ YOUR LABELS AND LOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING FOODS TO AVOID:
The best way to get fatty liver without the buzz! Drink soda! I tease but it is truth. High Fructose Corn Syrup and Agave are highly dangerous to the human liver. You and your family deserve better than to ingest this dangerous substance. This inexpensive and ultra-concentrated sugar has no resemblance to real food made by nature. There has been some recent reporting of mercury found in the processing of this health deteriorating substance. I'm going to go out on a limb here and voice my opinion- I sure wish someone had given me this information while raising my own children. I was THAT parent, but I vow I will NOT be THAT grandparent. When eliminating soda from your child's diet, do not replace it with diet soda or fruit juice. Fruit juice is not the same as eating fruit. It's strictly the sugar of the fruit without enzymes and beneficial fibers. Stevita has a nice product line that you can transition your children to for a healthier beverage option. “The high levels of sugar in soft drinks may be increasing the level of insulin in the body, which we think contributes to pancreatic cancer cell growth,” said Mark Pereira, Ph.D., senior author on the study and associate professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota. It is one hour long so be sure to bookmark this page if you don't have time. It is worth your time.
Flour and SugarI've lumped the two of these together because no matter how you slice it, they are foods to avoid. Rainy days of baking were never thought to be foods to avoid, dangerous foods or unhealthy foods but both contribute to erratic blood sugar and neither provide you an ounce of true nutrition. In fact, flour and sugar is so de-vitalized that the human body robs vitamins and minerals from its own tissue, bone and blood to assimilate these as food. The human body was never meant to consume isolated components of food! The grains the flour has been made of contain "built-in" vitamins, minerals, enzymes and even BLOOD SUGAR REGULATING substance called chromium. So you see, Mother Nature really does know best. Don't let this be your ticket though to consume whole grain in abundance. Grains are converted to glucose and the glucose found in the human body will serve a number of different purposes. It is either used to provide a person with energy as and when required, it can be stored in muscle tissue or the liver as glycogen, it may be shuttled to the liver and then converted into lipids. Once it has been converted into lipids it is then stored in the body as fat. (Grains in abundance are not healthy and for some, grains at all are not the healthiest choice) Since Man began altering food, Man got fatter and consequently, sicker. What many do not even realize, bleached flour has a chemical compound added to it called Alloxan, a toxic glucose analogue, which selectively destroys insulin-producing cells in the pancreas when administered to rodents and many other animal species. Could this be contributing to the elevated rates of pancreatitis we've seen in recent years? Pancreatic cancers possibly? Believe it or not, this dangerous additive was identified in the 1800's and it is still in our food supply today. Had I known that my innocent white bread purchase could have killed my child's pancreas? I would have never allowed them to eat it. If you think someone in big food has your health at heart, think again. 200 years later, this is the kind of behavior in our society that I just don't understand. READ YOUR LABELS AND LOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING FOODS TO AVOID:
Flour makes wonderful play doh but is a horrible food whether bleached, unbleached or whole wheat. Never should it be considered a weight loss food. I personally classify it as a dangerous, unhealthy food to avoid. Let's face it, you're going to have days off. Use the 95/5 rule. (That's 95% on plan saving the 5% for special occasions) Of course while sugar does not carry Alloxan, it also robs the body of vital nutrients, disrupts blood sugar levels and contributes to a myriad of disease. A well respected nutritionist, Nancy Appleton, Phd., has 146 cited reasons to avoid sugar and they are found in
READ YOUR LABELS AND LOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING FOODS TO AVOID:
 And then there are sugar alcohols which claim NOT to affect blood sugar levels but in my experience, this is very individual! What affects you might not affect me! There are a great deal of low carb candies on the market today and these are sweetened with sugar alcohols, usually maltitols. Don't confuse these with the more natural Xylitol and Erithrytol sugar alcohols I recommend in the healthy food list. Though these are processed and carry their own issues, I won't burden you with that just yet. READ YOUR LABELS AND LOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING:
Yet, another great reason to adhere to the Foods to Avoid list! 
Artificial SweetenersArtificial Sweeteners are chemical derivatives of coal and methyl alcohol. The most popular artificial sweetener and most controversial on the market today is Aspartame or primarily known as Equal. The side effects reported include:
In many cases with diabetics, aspartame raises blood glucose levels falsely. This is dangerous for everyone! We refer to this chemical as a EXCITOTOXIN also. A great household tip for you which should also tell you how safe this sweetener is, many of us use this as ant poison! Yes, sprinkle a little aspartame around areas of entry and the ants will carry the substance back to the nest feeding it to their young and they all perish. As with Soy Protien and HFCS, this insidious chemical is in almost all gums and sugar free candy as well as diet sodas. Sweet N Low was listed as a carcinogen and carried a warning label until Congress passed legislation late last year to remove the warning label that's been required on saccharin and saccharin-sweetened products since 1977. A coal tar derivative, it's a good idea to avoid it. Carcinogens cause cancer, it's a known fact and the public is not served well with the removal of this warning. READ YOUR LABELS AND LOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING FOODS TO AVOID: There are controversial reports on this dangerous food to avoid and I've known folks who have defended it. Many want absolute scientific evidence that this substance is harmful to them and their families all the while using the excitootoxin. Anecdotal evidence of 92 documented side effects and the fact that there are questionable activities behind the product, is enough for me to not offer my body as a guinea pig. The following aspartame testimonial was written by a dear friend and colleague of mine in the world of health and nutrition. "People often say that aspartame is one of those absolutely harmless things. That your “mileage may vary”. That it doesn’t affect anyone. That anyone who questioned the stuff was crazy. After 20 years I felt that way too. And then my doctor presented the MRI report in 2005, the images hinting at the beginning stages of Multiple Sclerosis. While searching for answers, I stopped using aspartame. Within two weeks: my slurred speech stopped; I no longer lost my balance and fell down; my taste buds returned; the anxiety attacks ceased; the numbness and pain that had taken over half of my face disappeared; the pins and needles in my legs and hands were gone; my clarity of thought returned; my headaches disappeared; the stuttering stopped; the rage, the aggression and the suicidal thoughts became silent; and the words I needed, words which now form my career and breathed once impotent thoughts into action, the words I lost due to years of aspartame ingestion, came back. While I haven’t fully recovered from memory loss, and there are still those moments where the syllables linger just out of reach like flickering mirages, I remember the symptoms I lived with for years, those bizarrely disconcerting, seemingly discordant maladies from which I suffered; symptoms that miraculously disappeared as soon as aspartame was no longer a part of my day. And that’s enough for me." And it's enough for me too. My friend and I prefer you not suffer as she has. Let her story be your motivation to refuse to put this neurotoxin in your beautiful body. The newest artificial sweetener on the market referred to as Splenda, also known as sucralose is also chemically altered. In the lab, sugar molecules are replaced with chlorine molecules. Some say you might as well drink your pool water. This sweetener is so new that the side effects aren't taken as seriously as those from aspartame. If you must use it, understand the following: The chlorinated molecules have the ability to disrupt digestion and with digestion responsible for more than 70% of your immune system, and it is well known that chlorine depletes your Vitamin E stores, one of our MAJOR antioxidants. With cancer rates at all time highs, you might want to work on discontinuing your need for sucralose.
Monosodium GlutamateAlso known as MSG, this Neurotoxic flavor enhancer is referred to on food labels under many tricky names. The words natural flavors sound innocent don't they? Not if they're a neurotoxin! This will be your most complicated dangerous foods to avoid and identify while shopping. When we refer to neurotoxins, we are talking about the chemicals that are able to pass through the blood brain barrier literally poisoning us and causing symptoms such as:
And so much more! Check out the link below for a complete list of MSG poisoning symptoms and the common foods that carry this silent agitator. Imagine the toxic reaction that the small child might potentially suffer! You might be suffering silently with unexplained and undiagnosed symptoms! Try cutting this neurotoxin out of your diet and you might be surprised when those constant headaches disappear!
SoyWith the false scare of saturated fat in the form of animal proteins, this high protein bean has been touted for its health benefits for Man, Woman and Child with devastating outcomes. It is scary what happens when financial gain dictates our food recommendations. But, lose your thyroid, ability to digest protein, contract hormone induced breast cancer, your sons will become infertile, your girls develop at 10, and the list is long and this is at the top of our foods to avoid list as it is highly dangerous and we are being told the direct opposite! The soybean is so toxic that it causes thyroid disruption in the form of goiters, slows the thyroid, contributes to leaky gut syndrome and has hormonal side effects on Men, Women, babies and children. Some say feeding a baby soy protein formula's is like giving a baby a birth control pill. Does this sound like dangerous foods to avoid to you? READ YOUR LABELS AND LOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING FOOD TO AVOID: Unfortunately my friends, it's in just about every processed food out there. Just another reason to choose fresh foods more frequently over these dangerous unhealthy foods on the Foods to Avoid List. Now, more than 20 years later, we can blame many of our health problems on this genetically modified toxic plant. If you don't believe it's toxic at this point, check out the below articles! Please pay special attention to the first link.
BPA-Bisphenol-AThe Food and Drug Administration has reversed its position on the safety of Bisphenol A, a chemical found in plastic bottles, soda cans, food containers and thousands of consumer goods, saying it now has concerns about health risks. While there are no specific foods to avoid here, it's the container your food is carried and stored in that poses the dangers. Growing scientific evidence has linked the chemical to a host of problems, including cancer, hormonal disruption including thyroid and weight gain, sexual dysfunction and heart disease. Federal officials said they are particularly concerned about BPA's effect on the development of fetuses, infants and young children. Source: Environmental Working Group This comes after much evidence. Our FDA is far too conservative when it comes to your good health. If we're not dropping dead like flies, and we're being poisoned slowly, it must not be classified as foods to avoid. These are very real concerns and you've been seeing it on mainstream media. I repeat: OURFDA IS WARNING YOU, IT'S DANGEROUS!Most cans are lined with this dangerous substance and they were even making baby bottles out of it! I'm just so amazed when I hear that babies now are born with a toxic load Yes, a healthy food might be a new unhealthy dangerous food to avoid just because of this cancer causing chemical. Some foods are difficult to avoid but I do have a few safety suggestions for you to help keep you and your family safe.
Acidic foods are especially prone to plastic poisoning. Turn your bottles over and be especially cautious! Food and water containers are not the only dangerous BPA chemical containing products. You also must worry about your child's toy choices! 3 AND 7 These numbers can be found on the bottom of your plastic containers and are in a triangular box. For those of you who are pregnant, understand that these toxic chemicals are delivered through the umbilical cord and a phenomenal amount of blood is pumped through this cord during the last trimester. You must be especially careful and adhere to the "foods to avoid" list.
I was in the gym just the other day talking to a pregnant woman. This is her first child and choosing a healthy lifestyle herself, I felt sorry for her for the frustration she is feeling bringing a new organic being into this polluted world. She was frantically writing things down as I spoke and finally, I just shared this site with her. I breathed a sigh of relief knowing I was doing the right thing by sharing this information without a fee, most particularly the importance of foods to avoid. It's not too late, and you now have knowledge which gives you power. Use your super powers and choose fresh, clean food because your liver is already working over time processing that in which we can't control, why not give it a little helping hand with those that you can control? Thank you for taking the time to study the Dangerous Unhealthy Foods to Avoid listYou'll be a healthier person creating a healthier family for making these sometimes difficult yet necessary choicesAlways remember that foods to avoid, dangerous foods and unhealthy foods entering the human body are very much like putting water in your gas tank. The car simply won't run and neither will you....for long.
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