Things to keep out of your food:
*Anything with ingredients that are difficult to pronounce. These products surely contain substances that belong in a chemistry set, not in your body.
*Anything that didn't exist in your grandmother's day- maybe even your great-grandmother's day, depending on how old you are.
*Anything containing soybean oil.
*Anything containing high-fructose corn syrup.
*Anything with the word "hydrogenated" in its name.
*Anything advertised on TV. Have you seen a commercial for broccoli or sardines during the Super Bowl? The worst foods get the most airtime on television.
*Anything with a cute name. FrootLoops are not a good source of fruit.
*Anything you can buy at a drive-through window.
*Anything with monosodium glutamate(otherwise known as MSG), even though the FDA says it is safe. It's an excitotoxin- a neurotransmitter that is known to kill brain cells. We associate it with Chinese cuisine but food companies use it in many items without our knowledge. They even try to hide its presence, calling it "hydrolyzed vegetable protein," "vegetable protein," "natural flavorings," and even simply "spices." Spices? Tricky, right? And the worse news- it induces hunger and carb cravings, so you'll eat more of it. It's what they give to lab rats in experiments to fatten them up!
*Any food in an aerosol can.
*Anything called "cheese food" (which is neither cheese nor food).
*Anything with artificial sweeteners.
*Anything with any type of additives, preservatives, or dyes (of which we eat about 2 and a half pounds per person per year).
*Any food with more than five ingredients on the label unless they are all things you recognize, such as tomatoes, water, basil, oregano, salt.
~ Mark Hyman
