Read Labels Carefully
Read nutrition labels carefully. Know what is in your food and what you are eating. Two things to try to avoid and you will find in most packaged foods are Partially Hydrogenated Oils and High Fructose Corn Syrup. Both of these ingredients are terrible for your body. They are chemically processed ingredients that your body does not digest and utilize properly and should be avoided as much as possible. Also, try to avoid dyes, colors, and foods high in sodium, sugar and fat. See list below for some of the worst food additives to avoid.
Try to find packaged foods that do not contain these ingredients. Look for items in the ingredients list that you can recognize and identify as a food, spice, herb or natural flavoring. If you cannot say or recognize many of the ingredients on the list it is best to avoid.
List of ingredients to avoid:
- Partially Hydrogenated Oils and Trans Fat
- High Fructose Corn Syrup
- Food Dyes (Blue #1 and #2, Red #3 and #40, Yellow #6 and Yellow Tartrazine)
- Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)
- Sodium Sulfite
- Sodium Nitrate/Sodium Nitrite
- Artificial Sweeteners
- BHA and BHT
- Sulfur Dioxide
- Potassium Bromate
