Solid fats
Anything from land animals or coconut and palm oils. Reduce your
intake because they're safe for frying and slow to spoil. They're a
quick and easy way to add taste and calories. These oils compete
with the "good" oils for the nutrients, which slows down some of the
essential cell functions. In order to absorb these fats, we must
increase production of cholesterol. To have them in our blood, we
also make additional cholesterol.
Heated, deep fried fats and oils
All toxic despite good taste. They aren't naturally found in food
and they interfere with certain essential oils. They raise the bad
cholesterol. Nearly all store-bought baked goods are made with
shortening. Contrary to popular belief, butter
is better than
margarine.
White refined flour and most store-bought pasta
The bran and germ that are removed from such items are amazingly
good sources of minerals and vitamins. They lack the essential
nutrients, even after enrichment. Better to stick with whole grain
products because white refined flour and store-bought pasta are
linked to an increase in heart disease.
White rice
No, this does not mean to completely avoid eating white rice.
However, brown rice does have nutrients that can't be found in white
rice. One can possibly mix white and brown rice together for a great
combination of flavor.
Sugar (white and brown), molasses and soft drinks
All of us are used to grabbing a Coke from the vending machine at
work or school, but what we may not be so aware of is that the
fructose portion of refined sugar is a building block for
cholesterol.
Top
10 Dangerous Foods
1. Quaker Oats 100 % Natural Oats and Honey Granola
contain 3 teaspoons of sugar per half cup, and come laden with more
artery-clogging fat than a McDonald's hamburger.
2. Gwaltney Great Dogs Chicken Franks contain 10 or 11 grams
of fat per frank. Most hotdog manufacturers now offer pork, beef,
turkey, or soy franks with zero to 2.5 grams of fat per frank.
3. Entemann's Rich Frosted Donut Variety Pack has as much
saturated fat as 9 strips of bacon (10 grams).
4. Nissin Cup Noodles with Shrimp contain pre-fried and
pre-salted noodles, compounded by the practice of using
artery-clogging palm oil. They add 6 times as much sodium to the
noodles as potato chips contain.
5. Frito-Lay's Wow Potato Chips are fried in olestra,
a recently formulated fat substitute that some people cannot digest.
6. Oscar Mayer Lunchables contain heavily processed meat,
cheese and mostly white-flour crackers.
7. Burger King's french fries have a salty coating that allow
more fat to be absorbed.
8. Campbell's red label soups come brimming with salt.
9. Bugles are fried in highly saturated coconut oil. Baked
Bugles are better.
10. Contadina's Alfredo Sauce contains a large amount of
butter