 Not
all foods are good for you. Some food items have zero nutritional value, are
difficult to digest and some others even add high amounts of toxins to your
body. The list of hazardous foods not only includes processed "junk food,"
but also foods that are considered staples of the American diet.
If you are on a weight loss diet then you should strictly avoid
such types of foods. If you cannot give up your cravings entirely you can
at least try to limit their intake. In this way you will never gain weight
and feel good, too.
Here is a list of five foods that you should strictly avoid
in order to maintain a healthy weight.
Doughnuts
Doughnuts are fried, made up of white flour and trans fat and is loaded with
sugar. Most Americans include doughnuts in their breakfast. But nutritionally
speaking eating doughnuts is not a very healthy way to start off your day.
On an average doughnuts give you around 250 calories. This includes mostly
sugar and few other nutrients.
Doughnuts will not keep you full for a long time and you will soon start feeling
hungry all over again.
Soda, Fruit Juice and Caffeine
Whether it is the regular variety or diet soda neither is a very healthy choice
for you. Recent reports indicate that soda consumption can lead to obesity,
tooth decay as well as osteoporosis. Soda again is loaded with sugar which will
suppress your appetite for healthy food and pave the way for nutritional deficiencies.
An average American drinks an estimated 56 gallons of soft drinks per year.
A can of soda contains around 150 calories- approximately 50mg of caffeine,
10 teaspoonfuls of sugar, sulphites and lots of artificial food colors. The
diet varieties are no good either as they are full of harmful artificial sweeteners
like aspartame.
Fruit juice contains eight teaspoonfuls of sugar per eight- ounce glass. This
fruit sugar called fructose is as harmful for your body as regular table sugar.
This can cause a major increase in your insulin levels. Commercial orange juices
are contaminated with mold from damaged fruit that are processed. So if you
drink the commercial variety regularly then you will be exposed to these mold
toxins. This does not mean that you should avoid eating fruit altogether. Fresh
fruits which are whole and intact moderate the release of fructose into the
bloodstream as well as moderate the insulin release. However if you are overweight
and have high blood pressure or blood sugar it is best to avoid most fruits.
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