Wednesday, August 27, 2008

10 Foods You Should Never Eat and 12 Super Foods

The 10 foods to avoid like the plague...

  1. Quaker Oats 100% Natural Oats & Honey Granola. They are loaded with High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS is the WORST "food" on the planet) sugar and one serving has more hydrogenated fat than a MacDonald's hamburger.
  2. Bugles Chips. 1 serving amounts to 40% of your daily limit of saturated fat.
  3. Cheetos. 1 serving contains 10 grams of hydrogenated fat.
  4. Contadina Alfredo sauce. 1 serving contains the equivalent amount of fat as a 1/3 stick of whole butter.
  5. Chicken Franks. The ingredient chicken is deceiving. Read labels carefully. Some brands contain 11 grams of fat per frank, and this probably comes from the skin...which is the worst.
  6. Entenmanns's Rich Frosted Variety donuts. Each donut has 10 grams of trans fat.
  7. Burger King French fries. A serving contains 13 grams of hydrogenated fat, 24 total grams of fat and 540 calories.
  8. Campbell's Condensed Soup. 1 can of soup contains over 1/2 the amount of your daily recommended sodium intake.
  9. Frito Lay WOW! Potato chips. Contain the ingredient Olestra which has been linked to cause diarrhea, vomiting and other ailments.
  10. Oscar Meyer Lunchables. Each serving includes the equivalent of 4 teaspoons of fat and 1790 milligrams of sodium.

12 Super Foods...

  1. Almonds and other nuts
  2. Beans and legumes
  3. Spinach and other green vegetables
  4. Dairy (fat-free or low-fat milk, yogurt, cheese)
  5. Instant oatmeal (unsweetened, unflavored)
  6. Eggs
  7. Turkey and other lean meats
  8. Peanut butter
  9. Olive oil
  10. Whole-grain breads and cereals
  11. Extra-protein powder to make smoothies
  12. Raspberries and other berries

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God bless,

Steve