5 things you should never eat/drink? your opinion

MakingApril
MakingApril Posts: 178
in Food and Nutrition
I always see the ads where it's like "five things you should never eat" and it has a huge banana on the side...
So I'm curious what are the five things you feel you should never eat/drink with trying to be healthy/lose weight?
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  • kawickham85
    kawickham85 Posts: 62 Member
    soda, kool aid, alcoholic beverages... pretty much any drink with calories in it that ISN'T a meal replacer (like a breakfast smoothie or a protein shake)
  • jennontheroad
    jennontheroad Posts: 142 Member
    1.Pop/soda, diet or regular.
    It is just full of sugar and chemicals. It is not food.

    2. Drinks like kool-aid, sunny -d, gatorade etc- just sugar and chemicals. It is like unfizzy pop.
  • juliegrey1
    juliegrey1 Posts: 202 Member
    I would say anything that contains Aspartame includes diet drinks,anything containing colourings and transfats!
  • Hendrix7
    Hendrix7 Posts: 1,903 Member
    'Never' is too strong a term.

    Outside of lethal chemicals there is pretty much nothing you have to completely eliminate for the rest of your life to be healthy.

    Inb4 "but aspartime is lethal!" etc
  • kawickham85
    kawickham85 Posts: 62 Member
    other than that, i avoid maple syrup (i make these protein packed cottage cheese pancakes and i use sugar free syrup. i haven't used real syrup in about 10 years).

    everything else, i say in moderation is fine. hell, i have a pan of homemade tiramisu in my fridge and each piece is 385 calories. i also have boat loads of ice cream in my freezer. as long as i plan ahead for it and don't over indulge, i'm good.
  • majope
    majope Posts: 1,325 Member
    Road kill (unless it's very fresh), arsenic, shipping peanuts (they don't taste anything like Planter's!), yellow snow, and Brussels sprouts.
  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
    Arsenic
    Cyanide
    Draino
    Windex
    Other people
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    No "nevers" for me. I'm going to make changes that I can commit to for a lifetime. If it's something I crave tha's not good for me, then it needs to become a once in awhile thing ......... not an everyday thing ...... not a "never" thing.
  • 19Lindsay76
    19Lindsay76 Posts: 135
    I don't drink soda, or Kool aid or any of that kind of stuff...mostly i stick to water, and of course i have to have my coffee. For me...alcohol is a killer...not due to the calories so much, if i know that i will be having a drink i make sure that i have enough calories in my day for it and i only allow myself 2 beers, michelob ultra. for me it is because i always want to eat after drinking. so i really do have to avoid it as much as possible.
  • DoingitWell
    DoingitWell Posts: 560 Member
    My mother in laws cooking.
  • sunman00
    sunman00 Posts: 872 Member
    1. anything that's advertised on TV
    2. anything deep fried
    3. any fizzy drink, diet, zero, or not


    all else is ok, in moderation :-)
  • CoachReddy
    CoachReddy Posts: 3,949 Member
    trans fat

    that is all
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
    Anything still moving.
  • SmartAlec03211988
    SmartAlec03211988 Posts: 1,896 Member
    I eat anything and everything, if I want it.

    I don't usually drink my calories though. Water is enough for me.
  • MicheleWE
    MicheleWE Posts: 179 Member
    I know all things are permissible and it requires discipline but I tend to steer clear of anything Alfredo, Crisco made products, and deep fried. I just can't go there. I also try to avoid sugar loaded things (I am not against having it, but I know it's bad for me),
  • Crankstr
    Crankstr Posts: 3,958 Member
    'Never' is too strong a term.

    Outside of lethal chemicals there is pretty much nothing you have to completely eliminate for the rest of your life to be healthy.

    Inb4 "but aspartime is lethal!" etc

    too late.
  • chelseascounter
    chelseascounter Posts: 1,283 Member
    soda, anything with high fructose corn syrup
  • Beastette
    Beastette Posts: 1,497 Member
    Bad cheesecake.
  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
    I don't restrict anything.
  • BeachIron
    BeachIron Posts: 6,490 Member
    Arsenic
    Cyanide
    Draino
    Windex
    Other people

    I would agree with this though I can think of a few exceptions to "never" . . .
  • BigBrunette
    BigBrunette Posts: 1,543 Member
    I've never said "never" to food or drink. I have, however, reduced my intake of sodas and alcohol simply because I'd rather spend my calories on yummy food.
  • Ohnoes
    Ohnoes Posts: 98 Member
    my own personal list:

    artificial sweeteners
    hydrogenated oils
    high fructose corn syrup
    nitrates/ preserved meats
    pineapples (im allergic!)

    i break the nitrate rule once in a while in the name of bacon, but other than that i stick to it. i havent intentionally ingested artificial sweeteners ever. im not talking weight loss, im talking fueling the body with healthy goodness. i get the everything is permissible in moderation thing, and im all for the philosophy, but personally i avoid the above list whenever possible. and i still manage to eat the goodies i want in moderation.
  • _noob_
    _noob_ Posts: 3,306 Member
    trans fat

    that is all

    This rules out grilled meat then...vegans win again...
  • CoachReddy
    CoachReddy Posts: 3,949 Member
    trans fat

    that is all

    This rules out grilled meat then...vegans win again...

    the trans fats in animal products are so minimal they're not worth worrying about, as long as you're not eating all the meats and have a balanced healthful diet. :)
  • Buff2022
    Buff2022 Posts: 373 Member
    For me it is:
    Milk
    Ice Cream
    Cheese
    Sour Cream
    any dairy that is not yogurt

    I am allergic
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    Road kill (unless it's very fresh), arsenic, shipping peanuts (they don't taste anything like Planter's!), yellow snow, and Brussels sprouts.

    Agree, with the exception of Brussels Sprouts!
  • hollygparr
    hollygparr Posts: 243 Member
    Humans
  • mrscarman
    mrscarman Posts: 1
    Alcohol is a killer I stopped drinking it in 2008 and it made sheding the lbs amd maintaining it soooo much easier!
  • Trilby16
    Trilby16 Posts: 707 Member
    I always see the ads where it's like "five things you should never eat" and it has a huge banana on the side...
    So I'm curious what are the five things you feel you should never eat/drink with trying to be healthy/lose weight?

    It's funny about bananas. They are featured in almost every "yummy" (taken with a grain of salt) low-cal "treat" in the recipe section.

    No smoothies-- I am not a baby, I chew my food.
    No liver.
    No mushrooms (or any fungi).
    No soda.
    No things I hate.
  • AllonsYtotheTardis
    AllonsYtotheTardis Posts: 16,947 Member
    sea urchin


    has nothing to do with weight loss, really. I just didn't enjoy it.

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