What we are eating now can make a huge difference in our probability of getting certain diseases later in our life.
Here’s a list of the top health foods you should never eat. Many of these aren’t really health foods at all. Instead, many are secret sugar bombs, foods that set your body into inflammation overdrive, menu items that can throw your hormones into an unhealthy state or they’re tainted with seriously gross compounds.
Soy Protein
Contrary to popular belief, soy products are not healthy for you; at least, that is, unfermented soy. Fermented soy is one thing. But eating edamame, soy milk and soy protein is quite another. It’s generally accepted that long-term use of soy dietary supplements like soy protein is unsafe because it has been linked to the following:
- Allergic rhinitis (hay fever)
- Asthma
- Breast cancer
- Cystic fibrosis
- Endometrial cancer
- Hypothyroidism (under-active thyroid)
Microwave Popcorn
Another one of my top “health” foods you should never eat is microwave popcorn. Filled with questionable ingredients, it is just not worth the convenience. The main problem? The microwavable bags are coated with nonstick perfluorochemicals like perfluoro octane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), chemical that is linked to cancer.
Margarine
Sadly, trans fats were the original fats used in margarines. trans fats are responsible for about 50,000 fatal heart attacks a year. Trans fat also increases someone’s risk of developing type II diabetes and several other severe health problems.
Vegetable Oils
Vegetable oils also fall onto the “health” foods you should never eat list. Hand-in-hand with margarine, vegetable oils like canola oil are highly inflammatory and not healthy by any stretch of the imagination. They are usually genetically modified, are partially hydrogenated and have been linked to:
- Atherosclerosis
- Birth defects
- Bone and tendon problems
- Cancer
- Diabetes
- Digestive disorders
- Heart disease
- Immune system impairment
- High cholesterol
- Learning disabilities
- Liver problems
- Low birth weights
- Obesity
- Reduced growth
- Sexual dysfunction
- Skin reactions
- Sterility
- Vision reduction
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Overcooked Meat
All meats have amino acids, including creatine and sugars. Cooking them at very high temperatures produces molecules called heterocyclic amines (HCAs), though. These are carcinogenic, toxic compounds also found in cigarette smoke. Well-done meat contains 3.5 times more HCA than medium-rare meat.
Using thicker, store-bought marinades containing sweeteners like sugar, high-fructose corn syrup or even honey makes charring more likely, possibly increasing exposure to carcinogens.
Some Vegan Products
Unfortunately many food manufacturers are taking advantage of the vegan movement. They label their products as vegan or plant based and we assume it’s healthy when this is far from the case.
Do you know what else is “plant-based”?
- Cocaine
- Arsenic
- Sugar
Most Salad Dressings
The vast majority of salad dressings from conventional grocery stores / cafes are filled with industrialized processed oils, sugar, and other chemicals that aren’t doing your body any favors.
Yogurt with Fruit
Unfortunately, most food manufacturers create yogurt with fruit at the bottom that is far from a healthy choice. Sometimes they use fake fruit, sugar, preservatives.
