What Not to Eat

 

Make certain what you are eating is truly food.

Avoid foods received through your car window. Eating out somewhere with fresh ingredients is better and making your own food is best.

Avoid recipes that sound like science fair projects. If the ingredients can not be found in your pantry or fridge, where do they come from? A lab?

Avoid frozen pre-made meals. These meals are some of the most processed of them all. Prepare your own meals ahead to freeze for later.

Avoid foods made in plants, but instead eat plants. Ever heard of artificial flavors? Natural or organic is always better.

Avoid foods that are pretending to be something else. i.e.: imitation butter, imitation crab, butter flavored, etc. Choose real and fresh.

Avoid the middle of the grocery store. No refrigeration equals processed. Instead, shop the outer realms of the grocery store.

Avoid "immortal" products. Preservatives can make foods last seemingly eternally. Choose foods that will rot sooner than later.

Avoid products that make health claims. These claims are promoted by large corporations that will do anything they can to make money, use the cheapest ingredients possible to make more money, and develop the latest "research" claiming their product is healthy...to sell more to make even more money.

Avoid products claiming 0g Trans Fat! In case you are wondering, there are about two items on a standard grocery store shelf with a full gram of trans fat- good for them for not being the worst of the worst! Meanwhile, most of these items actually contain hydrogenated oils in the ingredient list which means they are allowed to hide under .5g of it by the FDA. Deceptive, right?!

Do fruits and vegetables scream claims of their health benefits? They don't need to convince you, because you already know they are and they don't need bogus research to prove it.  

Eat this instead:

Produce, rice, beans, oats, whole wheat bread (5 ingredients or less), lean plain dairy, nuts, lean meat (without branding), and eggs

Also, try shopping local at farmers markets. You will get the freshest, most in-season produce without being temped by the processed food aisles.