Eating healthy can be stressful when you are unsure about what to eat. Advertisements and labels on food may be confusing when you aren't sure what is healthy. Many foods that appear nutritious should be avoided because they are unhealthy and dangerous.
All fast food is to be avoided completely because you never know what is in it. Check out this link, you will never eat fast food again!
It is easy to think food is healthy because of the often deceptive labels and advertisements. You must learn how to read the labels to understand what you are eating. For example, "healthy," "organic," "natural," "veggie" and "soy" are just some of the buzzwords that are used to fool you into thinking what you are about to eat is nutritious, when the truth is just the opposite. The only way to know for sure is to read the ingredients and if there's a word in the list of ingredients you don't understand, chances are its a preservative of some sort and its not healthy for you.
I have several food allergies, that include soy and gluten (wheat), and I avoid these foods to the best of my ability. It is especially important to avoid those foods you may be allergic to, to prevent an auto-immune response, which can trigger a relapse in people with MS.
I eat meat, but I avoid red meat (a link to an interesting read) and pork because they are high in fat and are hard to digest. I also don't eat fish because mercury is present in most fish. In fact, fish is considered dangerous for a fetus in utero. So if its dangerous enough to cause mercury poisoning in unborn children, why would you continue to eat it? Mercury and or heavy metal poisoning is very dangerous. In fact, symptoms of heavy metal toxicity are the same as MS! Check out this link, to see the dangers of mercury in fish.
My protein intake is limited to chicken, turkey (poultry), whey and yogurt.
Another food to avoid is soy. It's not healthy...it has phytoestrogens which are cancer causing. Soy comes in many forms such as hydrogenated oil, vegetable oil, canola oil and margarine. If you aren't sure if something has soy, after the listing of ingredients there are typically food allergies which are listed on the product, so look to see if it says soy. Oils and fats that are healthy are flax, coconut, butter, safflower, sunflower and olive.
Here's is an example of where to find the allergy content on food:
I highly recommend detoxing your system by fasting for at least 24 hours. Afterwards, slowly start introducing foods into your diet. For example, you may want to begin by eating only vegetables and rice at first. Do this so you can see how your body handles these foods. Then introduce beans, but remember some people are allergic to legumes such as beans. If your body doesn't feel good with the food you have introduced, stop it immediately.
No matter what, avoid preservatives (which are found in boxed, packaged, pre- cooked and cooked foods), soy, red meat, pork and saturated fats. Don't fry any of your food. Try to keep a low fat diet. This is essential to being healthy.
In short, shop in the produce, meat, and dairy section of the grocery store. If you want cookies, pastries or cake its best to make it from scratch and use substitutions to keep it healthy, such as honey, molasses, rice flour, coconut oil, safflower or sunflower oil, fruit or dried fruit and baker's cocoa. Natural cocoa is good for you, but chocolate is not.
Nuts are an excellent source of vitamins and minerals, however very high in fat. Only 24 almonds are considered one serving and are approximately 17 grams of fat. So its very easy to eat too many and consume too much fat. I recommend half of a serving or 12 almonds. Packaged nuts may contain soy and salt. All natural nuts are best, so make sure to read the ingredients to check. Same idea applies to avocados which are very healthy and full of vitamins, but a serving is a small slice of the avocado.
I've been asked if coffee is okay...I drink it, and love it. However, caffeine can cause shakes and tremors to become worse. If you shake from drinking coffee I highly advise you to stop. I feel as though coffee has a bad reputation, but it's high in antioxidants, which are good for you. There are no long term side effects associated with caffeine. Short term side effects are shakes, nervousness, headache, withdrawal and dehydration. Therefore I feel caffeine is okay in moderation with plenty of drinking water throughout the day.
Consider your source of water, is it healthy? Tap water is fine when its filtered and spring water (not purified water such as Aquafina) is the best.
Organic and grass fed are the most healthiest foods to buy. However, I can't afford this, so I don't eat it.
The best form of salt is iodized sea salt. I recommend iodized because iodine is necessary for the cells in your body and helps prevent goiter or hypothyroidism. However, the salt which is added to foods, such as chips, usually has no iodine and isn't good for you. I do recommending even removing this salt temporarily to your diet and slowly introducing it into your body, to see how you react with it.
These foods to avoid are only guidelines because everybody is different. What works for me, may not work for you. Listen to your body to find the perfect diet that makes you healthy.
Here's a post I made about other deadly foods, Pesticides and Foods Containg Deadly Bromine
All fast food is to be avoided completely because you never know what is in it. Check out this link, you will never eat fast food again!
It is easy to think food is healthy because of the often deceptive labels and advertisements. You must learn how to read the labels to understand what you are eating. For example, "healthy," "organic," "natural," "veggie" and "soy" are just some of the buzzwords that are used to fool you into thinking what you are about to eat is nutritious, when the truth is just the opposite. The only way to know for sure is to read the ingredients and if there's a word in the list of ingredients you don't understand, chances are its a preservative of some sort and its not healthy for you.
I have several food allergies, that include soy and gluten (wheat), and I avoid these foods to the best of my ability. It is especially important to avoid those foods you may be allergic to, to prevent an auto-immune response, which can trigger a relapse in people with MS.
I eat meat, but I avoid red meat (a link to an interesting read) and pork because they are high in fat and are hard to digest. I also don't eat fish because mercury is present in most fish. In fact, fish is considered dangerous for a fetus in utero. So if its dangerous enough to cause mercury poisoning in unborn children, why would you continue to eat it? Mercury and or heavy metal poisoning is very dangerous. In fact, symptoms of heavy metal toxicity are the same as MS! Check out this link, to see the dangers of mercury in fish.
My protein intake is limited to chicken, turkey (poultry), whey and yogurt.
Another food to avoid is soy. It's not healthy...it has phytoestrogens which are cancer causing. Soy comes in many forms such as hydrogenated oil, vegetable oil, canola oil and margarine. If you aren't sure if something has soy, after the listing of ingredients there are typically food allergies which are listed on the product, so look to see if it says soy. Oils and fats that are healthy are flax, coconut, butter, safflower, sunflower and olive.
Here's is an example of where to find the allergy content on food:
I highly recommend detoxing your system by fasting for at least 24 hours. Afterwards, slowly start introducing foods into your diet. For example, you may want to begin by eating only vegetables and rice at first. Do this so you can see how your body handles these foods. Then introduce beans, but remember some people are allergic to legumes such as beans. If your body doesn't feel good with the food you have introduced, stop it immediately.
No matter what, avoid preservatives (which are found in boxed, packaged, pre- cooked and cooked foods), soy, red meat, pork and saturated fats. Don't fry any of your food. Try to keep a low fat diet. This is essential to being healthy.
In short, shop in the produce, meat, and dairy section of the grocery store. If you want cookies, pastries or cake its best to make it from scratch and use substitutions to keep it healthy, such as honey, molasses, rice flour, coconut oil, safflower or sunflower oil, fruit or dried fruit and baker's cocoa. Natural cocoa is good for you, but chocolate is not.
Nuts are an excellent source of vitamins and minerals, however very high in fat. Only 24 almonds are considered one serving and are approximately 17 grams of fat. So its very easy to eat too many and consume too much fat. I recommend half of a serving or 12 almonds. Packaged nuts may contain soy and salt. All natural nuts are best, so make sure to read the ingredients to check. Same idea applies to avocados which are very healthy and full of vitamins, but a serving is a small slice of the avocado.
I've been asked if coffee is okay...I drink it, and love it. However, caffeine can cause shakes and tremors to become worse. If you shake from drinking coffee I highly advise you to stop. I feel as though coffee has a bad reputation, but it's high in antioxidants, which are good for you. There are no long term side effects associated with caffeine. Short term side effects are shakes, nervousness, headache, withdrawal and dehydration. Therefore I feel caffeine is okay in moderation with plenty of drinking water throughout the day.
Consider your source of water, is it healthy? Tap water is fine when its filtered and spring water (not purified water such as Aquafina) is the best.
Organic and grass fed are the most healthiest foods to buy. However, I can't afford this, so I don't eat it.
The best form of salt is iodized sea salt. I recommend iodized because iodine is necessary for the cells in your body and helps prevent goiter or hypothyroidism. However, the salt which is added to foods, such as chips, usually has no iodine and isn't good for you. I do recommending even removing this salt temporarily to your diet and slowly introducing it into your body, to see how you react with it.
These foods to avoid are only guidelines because everybody is different. What works for me, may not work for you. Listen to your body to find the perfect diet that makes you healthy.
Here's a post I made about other deadly foods, Pesticides and Foods Containg Deadly Bromine
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