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tiffnkailey

My trainer wants me to get rid of any food that has this stuff in it... Well I don't know what foods have this stuff in. It would take way to much time to look at every item to see if it has this stuff in it. Can anyoen give me an idea of what foods have this stuff in it? Thanks

The six things to eliminate are high fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated oils of any kind (example: "partially hydrogenated soybean oil"), artificial colors (example: red 40), artificial sweeteners (examples: aspartame, sucralose (Splenda)), artificial flavors (usually it'll just say 'artificial flavor'), sodium nitrate, and sodium nitrite.

Pebble321

Just check out each item as you go to eat it... read the ingredients list and if it has "stuff", throw it in the bin.

Or, take the simple option and don't buy processed snacks and meals. Eat actual food like apples, raw almonds, boiled eggs, home cooked meat and veggies and you will have no worries about "stuff".

tiffnkailey

ok cool. I love boiled eggs.

SunnyAndrsn

My trainer wants me to get rid of any food that has this stuff in it... Well I don't know what foods have this stuff in. It would take way to much time to look at every item to see if it has this stuff in it. Can anyoen give me an idea of what foods have this stuff in it? Thanks

The six things to eliminate are high fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated oils of any kind (example: "partially hydrogenated soybean oil"), artificial colors (example: red 40), artificial sweeteners (examples: aspartame, sucralose (Splenda)), artificial flavors (usually it'll just say 'artificial flavor'), sodium nitrate, and sodium nitrite.

In general, virtually all processed foods. Shop the perimeter of the store. Go through the organic section of the store and possibly frozen foods for frozen veggies. If it has more than one ingredient, the likelyhood of it containing any of the above ingredients will increase. Sugar-free processed foods will have the artificial sweeteners in them.

Good luck! Your trainer is looking for you to eat "clean"

Helloitsdan

90/10 rule!

Eat 90% whole foods!
The closer it looks to how it is in nature the better!

The other 10% is junk!

So on a 2000 calorie diet you can have 200 cals of junk a day!

nickyrobinson

I like the 90/10 rule. Because having some junk is part of the fun of eating. But, like the calories, it needs to be kept within bounds.

iKristine

Sodium Nitrate - deli meats, hams, etc
HFCS - EVERYTHING you buy in the middle of the store
hydrogenated oils - butter, crisco, anything glossy and preserved
artificial flavors - everything, but mainly sugar substitute stuffs


HFCS is bad because it's a processed sugar. If you can think of like an egg. With the yolk as the good nutrition part, the white as the lesser grain. They separate the yolk from the white in processing for various reasons creating different qualify of grains. Quality being nutrition. White flour is an example.... its the lesser nutrition white of the grain, while wheat is the nutritious insides. HFCS, while they make more than one type of sugar you get the visual of how this is done. It's again a stripped part of the whole. This is in of itself not a problem, but when you concentrate a diet of the lesser nutrition part it becomes a problem.

HFCS is exclusively processed by the liver. This in abundance leads to fatty liver syndrome among others. Which left untreated and in excess can lead to cirrhosis, and eventually liver failure in extreme cases. Type II diabetics run a risk of this, when they consume an unhealthy diet. Which is usually a direct result of how they got type II to begin.

That list is pretty exclusive. I would also think to add calcium propionate , carmel coloring. Found in commercial breads. Calcium propionate is a preservative used in the machines during processing. It is an anti mold additive. While seemingly obscure and harmless in moderation is used in most every processed bread out there. It's negative as it is stored cumulative in the body. Against the name it actually acts to deplete your body of calcium in excess intake.

Carmel coloring, usually indicates a food that is so devoid of wheat(nutrition) that the manufacturer needs to add color to make it appear, not so. Soda, it's used just for cosmetic purposes.

This usually eliminates all breads not found locally. They're usually easy to spot good vs bad, as the bad are list of exhaustive ingredients and weight light compared to good breads with less than 10 ingredients (you can pronounce) and weight usually 2lbs or so. A lot heavier in comparison.

edit: also any boxed foods that say nutrient enhanced or fortified with "X" mineral and vitamins. This is another example of a food that is so devoid of nutrition by itself, that the manufacturer had to add something to it to be able to sell it on the shelf. Cereal bars are an example of this.

Hope this helps.