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What are the 10 worst foods you can eat?

• #10 Fried Catfish

• Catfish is a bottom feeder fish which means it is heavy on toxins. It contains much less of the vital omega 3 fats and nutrients found in better fish choices like salmon or halibut. Not to mention it is covered in white flour and then fried so you get a whole bunch of fat and a whole bunch of calories, without a whole lot of healthy nutrition. Go baked not fried!

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• #9. Canned Soups

• Canned soups or even fast foods soups are not good food…they are extremely high in sodium, the preservative MSG (monosodium glutamate), as well as Trans fats. The sodium is really the killer; in one can you can get up to 1400mg sodium not counting the crackers. The maximum daily recommended amount of sodium is only 2400mg which is high in its own right.



• #8. Bacon

• Fried salt and fat. 2 strips of bacon when you cook it and drain it contain 120 calories and 10 grams of fat. It also contains nitrates and nitrites which are related to stomach, colon, and pancreatic cancers. So always skip the bacon and ham ask for fruit or extra potatoes (provided they are not fried).



• #7. Fast Food Hamburgers

• For example a Quarter Ponder with cheese at McDonalds without the fries contains 510 calories, 26 grams of fat with 12 grams of saturated fat, 1,190 mg of sodium. This is about ¼ of the daily recommended caloric intake of an average male and over half the recommended amount of sodium, you are getting 1.5 times the amount of fat you need in a day; mostly saturated not to mention excess sugars from simple carbohydrates which will make you tired and sluggish all afternoon. You would have to run an hour and a quarter to burn off these calories alone not including fries and a soft drink.



• #6.

Store bought commercially baked goods.• Cookies, pastries, Joe Louis, Twinkies, ding dongs etc. these foods

are really high in Trans fats which reduce the good cholesterol in your body. Filled with lots of calories, fat and sugar. An alternative is to go to a local bakery as the lesser of two evils. The food is not as processed, and they use less hydrogenated oils.



• #5. Classic Potato Chips

• You cannot have just one because they are addictive. They are loaded with hydrogenated oil, preservatives, high in fat, calories, and sodium. They make you thirsty so you crave more and feel dehydrated. They also contain acrylimide which is a known carcinogen linked to various cancers.



• #4. Hot Dogs aka “Mystery meat”

• These are a concoction of unknown parts of pork and beef end products. They are high in sodium, nitrates and nitrites again known carcinogens (also very high in lunch meats). Always buy you lunch meats nitrate and nitrite free, to reduce your cancer risk. A study from Hawaii showed that those who consumed lunch meats had a 67% increased risk of pancreatic cancer.



• #3. French Fries

• You can tell of you are getting a fresh potato or a something else. The something else is a paste that is pumped out, chopped into fry like looking pieces and then deep fried. These are of course a nutrient empty food laden with sodium, calories, and acrylimide. A large French fry serving contains 300 times the daily allowed amount of acrylimide which could lead to severe health deficiencies including cancer.



• #2. Doughnuts

• High in fat and calories, not to mention preservatives, food dyes, sugar, white flour and Trans fats. These choices replace much better choices for breakfast or snacks. One donut contains about 300 calories and 19 grams of fat, which are also not very filling. You will hit a sugar high and then have a crash in about an hour.



• #1. Soft Drinks

• Soft drinks are loaded with sugar in the form of high fructose corn syrup which reduces your feeling of fullness. They are loaded with about 30 – 35mg of caffeine, preservatives, sodium, and calories. If you don’t stick with the can but get the big 42oz. from the fast food place it has a whopping 410 calories…also known as liquid candy. If you want to lose weight, have more energy and feel better; eliminate the soda both regular and diet from your food list.


Serving sizes are out of control!!

• The typical serving size for a piece of meat should be about 4 oz. or the size of a deck of cards. When you go to a restaurant the size is nearly 4x that

• One bagel, which everyone was on the bandwagon with thinking it was a healthy option for breakfast is the equivalent serving size of 5 slices of bread.

• When fast food restaurants first emerged there was only one size available and it is what is available today as the small size. Once the fad of fast food lifestyle caught on the sizes became increasingly bigger…in North America. Proportionately the size of North Americans also increased at an alarming rate. Now obesity is an epidemic in our society. The top three causes of death in North America are Heart Disease, Stroke, Cancer (namely of the bowel and breast tissue for men & women respectively).



• The original small fry serving is the equivalent of a 200 calorie serving. The super size portion will pack in over 600 calories. Drinks are no different the kids size (the original small as 12oz.) and the super size drink being nearly the equivalent of a 2L bottle of pop or 42 oz. The 7/11 Big gulp holds 600-800 calories and 48 tsp of sugar in a 64oz cup the equivalent of 2L.



• Keep in mind the average woman needs only 1500 calories to meet her daily needs, and the average male needs about 2500 calories. Also take into account the average North American walks less than 2,500 steps daily which is only about 2.5kms. That is their entire day’s activity. Left unabated obesity will overtake smoking as the number one preventable cause of death.


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