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Deep Fried Foods:

Deep frying food adds considerably more fat and calories. People trying to lose weight should avoid eating this type of food. Fried foods contain the bad type of fat that your body doesn't need, saturated fat and trans fat. Much fried, fast food is high in both of these fats, making them an extremely undesirable food choice. Fried foods increase blood pressure by clogging arteries. This is what increases your chance of heart disease. Cancer, diabetes, immune dysfunction, obesity and reproductive problems are other diseases associated with eating a diet rich in fried foods.

Eating deep fried foods significantly increases bad LDL cholesterol and lowers good HDL cholesterol. Our digestive system can also have a hard time digesting deep fried foods and as a result people frequently suffer from an upset stomach and diarrhea.

Here are a few examples of deep fried food offenders;

1. In three A&W batter dipped, deep fried chicken strips there is 500 calories and 29g of fat.

2. A 227g serving of Sonic onion rings contains 720 calories and 41g of fat.

3. A large McDonald's French fries contains 570 calories and 30g of fat.

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Trans Fats:

Trans fat is a type of unsaturated fat with trans-isomer fatty acids. Considered a bad fat, it's made when manufacturers add hydrogen to vegetable oil, a process called hydrogenation. This process increases the shelf life and flavor of the food but in large quantities has been proven to negatively impact your health.

1. A diet high in trans fat increases your risk of coronary heart disease and stroke.

2. Trans fats are not essential and they do not promote good health.

3. Because trans fats are not created naturally, the body has a hard time digesting them. 

4. Trans fat can be found in vegetable shortenings, some margarines, crackers, cookies, snack foods, and other foods made or fried in partially hydrogenated oils.

5. Trans fat is cleverly hidden under another name “partially hydrogenated oils.”

6. Try to limit your trans fat intake to less than one percent of your total daily calorie intake, or preferably eliminate it entirely.

7. Trans fat is linked to an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

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Carbonated Soda:

America's soft drink consumption is at an all time high and it's a big part of the reason why so many American's are overweight. If you want to lose weight, simply cutting soda from your diet will eliminate hundreds of calories each day.

There are a huge number of health risks associated with drinking too many soft drinks. Obesity, tooth decay, diabetes, osteoporosis and heart disease are just a few.

1. Soda contains phosphoric & citric acids which attack your teeth and bones removing the calcium and causing osteoporosis.

2. Most sodas include over 100 percent of the RDA of sugar. The body converts sugar into calories which is what leads to weight gain.

3. Diet soda isn't much better than full-calorie soda. Aspartame, the sugar substitute in diet soda, has been linked to a variety of health issues including brain tumors, birth defects, diabetes, emotional disorders and epilepsy/seizures. The National Institute of Health claims that the same risk of metabolic syndrome applies to diet soft drinks as well. 

4. Drinking a lot of soda is likely to leave you with little appetite for nutritious foods such as vegetables and protein.

5. The average can of soda contains 10 teaspoons of sugar, 150 calories, 30 to 55 mg of caffeine, and is loaded with artificial ingredients. None of which are beneficial to the body.

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Refined Sugar:

Sugar refining is the process by which sugar is extracted from the plant material to form a refined sugar product. Refined sugar contains more than 99.9% sucrose and no nutritional content of any benefit to the human body. This is why sugary foods are deemed “junk food” or to be empty calories.

1. The average person consumes 20 to 30 teaspoons of refined sugar per day.

2. Many processed foods have a high sugar content, cleverly hidden under alternative names such as sucrose, dextrose and fructose. For the average consumer it can be hard to recognize how much sugar they are eating.

3. Refined sugars cause the blood sugar levels to spike, causing insulin levels to rise. Increased levels of insulin can cause a variety of health related problems.

4. A diet high in refined sugar can contribute to cardiovascular disease and certain types of cancers. It also increases your risk of arthritis, osteoporosis, obesity and even asthma. 

5. Refined sugars also have the ability to effect your mood and energy level. Blood sugar levels crash following a brief rise, leaving energy levels low and your mood irritable.

6. Sugar is addictive. Princeton scientists believe there is a chemical imbalance in the brain that results from continued intake of sugar. This can result in binge eating and constant cravings for sweet foods. Many current scientific studies show that the body craves sugar that it does not need for energy, as a result of an imbalance in the vital hormones. These hormones regulate the processing and storage of energy and signal us to either feel satisfied or eat more energy-producing foods. 

7. Sugars are the body's primary source of quick energy and without the hormone leptin to regulate their use, they are quickly stored as fat. Until leptin is able to reach the hypothalamus and normal functioning resumes, the body will continue to crave the sugar that it feels it needs for energy.

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Fake Foods:

Much of the food we eat has additives, colorings, flavorings and preservatives that don't offer the body any nutritional benefit. Many “fake foods” contain elements that are potentially harmful to the body.

1. Margarine is a great example of a fake food. Unlike butter it doesn't contain any milk. Instead it is made from industrially manipulated oil that's made to artificially taste like butter.

2. Food coloring is an additive found in a multitude of foods used to improve their appearance. However, research links the use of artificial food coloring to Attention Deficit Disorder. The Lancet, a leading British medical journal shows that a number of artificial food colorings and preservatives cause some children to become hyperactive and have a shorter attention span.

3. Artificial Sweeteners (sucrlose, splenda and aspartame) are a popular alternative to sugar, especially for people trying to lose weight, yet experts encourage people to eliminate artificial sweeteners entirely from the diet. They contain nothing beneficial to the body and contain neurotoxic compounds.

4. Soy, traditionally thought of as a healthy food, actually contains an array of potent chemical toxins. Soy Online Service links soy to infertility, hypothyroidism, thyroid cancer, and many other disorders.
   

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Fatty Commercial Meats:

Commercial meat production has changed significantly over the years in order to keep up with the growing demand for store bought meat. Much of this commercial meat is high in fat, and contains hormones and chemicals used to make animals grow faster.

1. The Center for Food Safety reports that each year the US beef industry pumps 80 percent of its beef cattle full of growth hormones. These hormones are used to help boost growth and increase body mass.

2. Consuming commercial store bought meat increases your chance of developing cancer.

3. Regular consumption of high fat meats raises cholesterol and also increases your chances of gaining weight.

4. The National Cancer Institute reports that people who consume high quantities of processed meat are at high risk of death from all causes, including cancer and heart disease. 

5. The FDA made it illegal in the US to feed growth hormones to chickens or pigs but they do permit their use on cows and sheep.

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Microwaved Foods:

A huge number of Americans use microwaves on a daily basis to either heat up left-over foods or cook specially designed frozen meals. A large portion of the population would be lost without their microwave but the dangers associated with this method of cooking far outweigh the convenience. Microwave cooking should be limited to avoid potential risk to your health.

1. Microwave ovens give off electro-magnetic radiation which harms food by converting it in to dangerous organ-toxic, carcinogenic products.

2. Microwaving destroys some of the nutritional content of food.

3. Mercola.com states how microwaving prepared meats causes the formation of d-Nitrosodienthanolamines, a well-known carcinogen and that defrosting frozen vegetables converts their glucoside and galactoside into carcinogenic substances. 

4. Much of the prepared microwaveable meals we consume are unhealthy foods with little nutritional content.

5. Frozen microwaveable foods are particularly dangerous if they aren't cooked properly. Microwaves have a tendency to cook foods unevenly leaving cold, uncooked areas that have the potential to make you sick.

6. The government doesn't track microwave-related food-borne illnesses which suggests that even though microwaves are perfectly legal there may be risks involved that continue to go undocumented.

Refined Grains and Flour:

The key thing to remember when choosing a flour or grain product is that the whiter it is, the less nutritional content it contains. Refined grain and flour products are formed by processing a natural whole grain and removing virtually all of its nutrients.

1. Examples of refined grain products include white bread, rice and crackers, cream of wheat, and cookies etc.

2. Deflame.com explains that refined grains are inflammatory because they have a high-glycemic content which causes increased blood and insulin levels.

3. Too many refined grain products can lead to diabetes, heart disease and even cancer.

4. Refined grain products contain practically NO fiber which makes them particularly undesirable. Whole grain, high fiber flours and products make far healthier alternatives.

5. These products contain an altered phosphorous-calcium balance which causes calcium levels to deplete. This can lead to many diseases such as osteoporosis.

6. Refined grain products also contain chemicals, additives, bleaches, and preservatives.
   

7. Amazingdiscoveries.org states that more than 20 vitamin and mineral elements are removed when whole wheat is converted into white flour.

8. Bleaching chemicals as well as an array of colorings, preservatives and flavorings are added to refined grain products.

9. Remember, the more refined grain products you consume, the less likely you are to eat whole grain foods. Making the switch is recommended for optimal health and well being.