11 Worst Foods You Should Avoid or Limit - StumbleUpon

We all know which foods are bad for you, however, do you know why they are bad?

1. Doughnuts

• full of free radicals and trans fat (store-bought doughnuts contain 35-40 per cent trans fat)
• high in sugar, nutrient-free and calorie-dense (an average doughnut contains about 200-300 calories, mostly from sugar, and few other nutrients)
• full of white flour (in most varieties)

2. Soda

• high in sugar (one can of soda has about 10 teaspoons of sugar - 150 calories)
• high in caffeine (30-55 mg of caffeine per one can of soda)
• loaded with artificial food colors and sulphites
• filled with harmful artificial sweeteners and sulphites
• no nutritional value
• studies have linked soda to bone weakening, obesity, tooth decay and heart disease
• there is a thought that consumption of diet soda stimulates people to crave sugary foods, supporting a recent study that found that people who were more likely to drink diet soda were obese (Some health facts about diet soda)
• diet soda should never replace water or milk as a source of rehydration.

3. French fries (and all commercially fried foods)

• high in trans fat (potatoes cooked at high temperatures in vegetable oils)
• high in free radicals harmful to the body
• high in acrylamide (up to 82 mcg per serving), a potent toxic chemical formed as a result of unknown chemical reactions during high-temperature starchy foodsfrying or baking of starchy foods
• consuming foods that are fried in vegetable oils contributes to aging, clotting, inflammation, and weight gain
• foods that are fried in vegetable oils like canola, soybean, safflower, corn, and other seed and nut oils are particularly problematic
• polyunsaturated fats easily become rancid when exposed to oxygen and produce large amounts of damaging free radicals in the body

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