Worst Foods You Can Eat

I recently came across an article entitled, The Five5. Fried, Non-fish seafood like shrimp, lobster, clams,
Absolute Worst Foods You Can Eat. It was written byoysters contain trans fats, acrylamide, mercury, and
Dr. Joseph Mercola, an osteopath who also wrote Theaccording to Dr. Mercola, perhaps parasites or viruses.
No Grain Diet Book, a New York Times best seller.There are other worst food lists. Charles Booras, M.D.
The article sparked my interest. What foods made hishas one with soda listed #1, which he eloquently
list? Hot dogs? Brats? How about a chocolatedescribes as the epitome of nutritional bankruptcy.
sundae? When compiling a worst food list, severalOther foods that made his list include French fries,
criteria could be considered. Calorie density, thebacon, granola bars, and doughnuts.
number of fat grams, the level of saturated fat orDoughnuts, deep-fried foods, fast food hamburgers,
trans fats, grams of sugar, lack of fiber, or overall lackhigh-fat ice cream, latte with real whipped cream, and
of nutritional value.soda are at the top of a 101 Worst Foods List put out
I wondered if there were other lists out there withby ediets. The usual suspects like sausage, most
similar bad food lists. If I could find the same items on 3pizzas, most candy bars, onion rings, gravies, macaroni
or 4 different lists, I figure they must be really bad!and cheese, egg rolls, and frosted breakfast cereals
Without peeking, can you guess Dr. Mercolas Top 5also made the ediets list.
Worst Foods, or is it Bottom 5?Its hardly practical to stop eating these foods
1. Doughnuts: Fried, loaded with trans fats, lots of sugar,completely. When you think about it, most Americans
white flour, no fiber, vitamins or minerals. What moreeat something off of the worst food list just about
could you ask from a worst food?every day, if not every meal.
2. Soda: Plenty of sugar, caffeine, artificial colors, andWhat you can do is always keep fruit or cut
sulfites. All stuff that you do not need. Dr. Mercolavegetables handy for snacks, then increase portions of
thinks the artificial sweeteners in diet varieties arentvegetables at every meal. Substitute rice or baked
much better.potatoes for french fries, and never go shopping when
3. French Fries: Fried potatoes are loaded with transyou are hungry and tempted. If you dont buy the stuff,
fats.its going to be much more difficult to eat it.
4. Chips: Just like their cousin French-fries, chips areI suspect that there are other worst foods out there,
made from potatoes, both with plenty of fat addedand you know what your favorites are. If you want to
during processing. Chips and fries contain ample levelslose weight or improve your health, you also know
of something called acrylamide, a compoundwhat needs to be done. Fortunately, I didnt find beer on
suspected to be a possible cause of some cancers.any of the lists.