| I recently came across an article entitled, | | | | |
| The Five Absolute Worst Foods You Can Eat. | | | | 5. Fried, Non-fish seafood like shrimp, |
| It was written by Dr. Joseph Mercola, an | | | | lobster, clams, oysters contain trans fats, |
| osteopath who also wrote The No Grain Diet | | | | acrylamide, mercury, and according to Dr. |
| Book, a New York Times best seller. | | | | Mercola, perhaps parasites or viruses. |
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| The article sparked my interest. What foods | | | | There are other worst food lists. Charles |
| made his list? Hot dogs? Brats? How about a | | | | Booras, M.D. has one with soda listed #1, |
| chocolate sundae? When compiling a worst | | | | which he eloquently describes as the epitome |
| food list, several criteria could be | | | | of nutritional bankruptcy. Other foods that |
| considered. Calorie density, the number of | | | | made his list include French fries, bacon, |
| fat grams, the level of saturated fat or | | | | granola bars, and doughnuts. |
| trans fats, grams of sugar, lack of fiber, or | | | | |
| overall lack of nutritional value. | | | | Doughnuts, deep-fried foods, fast food |
| | | | hamburgers, high-fat ice cream, latte with |
| I wondered if there were other lists out | | | | real whipped cream, and soda are at the top |
| there with similar bad food lists. If I | | | | of a 101 Worst Foods List put out by ediets. |
| could find the same items on 3 or 4 different | | | | The usual suspects like sausage, most pizzas, |
| lists, I figure they must be really bad! | | | | most candy bars, onion rings, gravies, |
| Without peeking, can you guess Dr. Mercolas | | | | macaroni and cheese, egg rolls, and frosted |
| Top 5 Worst Foods, or is it Bottom 5? | | | | breakfast cereals also made the ediets list. |
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| 1. Doughnuts: Fried, loaded with trans | | | | Its hardly practical to stop eating these |
| fats, lots of sugar, white flour, no fiber, | | | | foods completely. When you think about it, |
| vitamins or minerals. What more could you | | | | most Americans eat something off of the worst |
| ask from a worst food? | | | | food list just about every day, if not every |
| | | | meal. |
| 2. Soda: Plenty of sugar, caffeine, | | | | |
| artificial colors, and sulfites. All stuff | | | | What you can do is always keep fruit or cut |
| that you do not need. Dr. Mercola thinks the | | | | vegetables handy for snacks, then increase |
| artificial sweeteners in diet varieties arent | | | | portions of vegetables at every meal. |
| much better. | | | | Substitute rice or baked potatoes for french |
| | | | fries, and never go shopping when you are |
| 3. French Fries: Fried potatoes are loaded | | | | hungry and tempted. If you dont buy the |
| with trans fats. | | | | stuff, its going to be much more difficult to |
| | | | eat it. |
| 4. Chips: Just like their cousin | | | | |
| French-fries, chips are made from potatoes, | | | | I suspect that there are other worst foods |
| both with plenty of fat added during | | | | out there, and you know what your favorites |
| processing. Chips and fries contain ample | | | | are. If you want to lose weight or improve |
| levels of something called acrylamide, a | | | | your health, you also know what needs to be |
| compound suspected to be a possible cause of | | | | done. Fortunately, I didnt find beer on any |
| some cancers. | | | | of the lists. |