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5 Foods that Kill:  The Five Absolute Worst Foods You Can Eat

This is a great article so hopefully you are not eating too many of
these!
 
The 5 Absolute Worst Foods You Can Eat

By Dr. Joseph Mercola
with Rachael Droege

There are no "bad" foods, right? Only food you should eat in
moderation? Well, not really.

The following foods are so bad for your body that I really can't
see any reason to eat them.

Not only do they have zero nutritional value, but they also give
your body a healthy dose of toxins,
which should make the idea of eating them really hard to swallow.
 
1. Doughnuts

Doughnuts are fried, full of sugar and white flour and most all
varieties contain trans fat.
Store-bought doughnuts are made up of about 35 percent to 40
percent trans fat.

An average doughnut will give you about 200 to 300 calories, mostly
from sugar, and few other nutrients. It's too bad that Americans
view doughnuts as a breakfast food as, nutritionally speaking,
eating a doughnut is one of the worst ways to start off your day.
It will throw off your blood sugar and won't stay with you so
you'll be hungry again soon. You are better off eating no breakfast
at all, or better yet grabbing a quick glass of Whey Healthier.
 
2. Soda

One can of soda has about 10 teaspoons of sugar, 150 calories, 30
to 55 mg of caffeine, and is loaded with artificial food colors and
sulphites. I can't think of any good reason to ever have it. The
diet varieties are also problematic as they are filled with harmful
artificial sweeteners like aspartame.
Studies have linked soda to osteoporosis, obesity, tooth decay and
heart disease, yet the average American drinks an estimated 56
gallons of soft drinks each year. Plus, drinking all that sugar
will likely suppress your appetite for healthy foods, which pave
the way for nutrient deficiencies. Soft drink consumption among
children has almost doubled in the United States over the last
decade, which is not surprising considering that most school
hallways are lined with soda-filled vending machines.
 
Schools often make marketing deals with leading soft drink
companies such as Coca-Cola from which they receive
commissions--based on a percentage of sales at
each school--and sometimes a lump-sum payment, in exchange for
their students' health. School vending machines can increase the
consumption of sweetened beverages by up to 50 or more cans of soda
per student per year.  If you routinely drink soda--regular or
diet--eliminating it from your diet is one of the simplest and most
profound health improvements you can make.
 
3. French Fries (and Nearly All Commercially Fried Foods)

Potatoes are bad enough when consumed in their raw state, as their
simple sugars are rapidly converted to glucose that raises insulin
levels and can devastate your health.
But when they are cooked in trans fat at high temperatures, all
sorts of interesting and very unpleasant things occur. Anything
that is fried, even vegetables, has the issue
of trans fat and the potent cancer-causing substance acrylamide. 
Foods that are fried in vegetable oils like canola, soybean,
safflower, corn, and other seed and nut oils are particularly
problematic.

These polyunsaturated fats easily become rancid when exposed to
oxygen and produce large amounts of damaging free radicals in the
body. They are also very susceptible to heat-induced damage from
cooking.
 
What is not commonly known is that these oils can actually cause
aging, clotting, inflammation, cancer and weight gain. You can read
the article "Secrets of the Edible Oil Industry" for more
information.
 
It is theoretically possible to create a more "healthy" French fry
if you cook it in a healthy fat like virgin coconut oil. Due to its
high saturated fat content, coconut oil is extremely stable and is
not damaged by the high temperatures of cooking. This is why
coconut oil should be the only oil you use to cook with.
I am fond of telling patients that one French fry is worse for your
health than one cigarette, so you may want to consider this before
you order your next 'Biggie' order.
 
4. Chips

Most commercial chips, and this includes corn chips, potato chips,
tortilla chips, you name it, are high in trans fat. Fortunately,
some companies have caught on to the recent media blitz about the
dangers of trans fat and have started to produce chips without
trans fat. However, the high temperatures used to cook them will
potentially cause the formation of carcinogenic substances like
acrylamide, and this risk remains even if the trans fat is removed.


5. Fried Non-Fish Seafood

This category represents the culmination of non-healthy aspects of
food. Fried shrimp, clams, oysters, lobsters, and so on have all
the issues of trans fat and acrylamide
mentioned above, plus an added risk of mercury. Seafood is loaded
with toxic mercury and shellfish like shrimp and lobsters can be
contaminated with parasites and
resistant viruses that may not even be killed with high heat. These
creatures, considered scavenger animals, consume foods that may be
harmful for you. Eating these foods gives you a quadruple dose of
toxins--trans fat, acrylamide, mercury and possibly parasites or
viruses--with every bite.
If you have a taste for seafood, there's an easy solution. It's
best to avoid your local fish fry and try the only fish I now
eat--the delicious wild red Alaskan salmon that was proven through
independent lab testing to be free of harmful levels of mercury and
other contaminants.


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