Take Responsibility for Your Health, as U.S. Healthcare Reform Evolves Coverage May Become Tiered – Foods to Avoid
Baby boomers and individuals with chronic illness or obesity related diseases, even those experiencing these conditions who are in their 40’s please take heed. The U.S. healthcare system of the near future may begin to tier coverage based on age, history of chronic illnesses, and obesity levels in an effort to curb escalating costs. This can be accomplished by providing satisfactory levels of coverage to the public but limiting coverage for the more expensive treatments associated with obesity related diseases, chronic illness, and the those experienced by the elderly.
If you want a good quality of life into your 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s going to your doctor and being treated with drugs for years is not the answer. Save drugs for emergencies, they are of incredible value for curing infections, certain cancers, and a host of other diseases. They are also very valuable as an intermediate treatment method to help avoid or survive a life threatening occurrence such as a heart attack.
However, long term exposure to pharmaceutical drugs and especially when multiple drugs are used in conjunction creates its own problems. Drugs are generally toxic to the system and different drugs have been found to have adverse reactions to one another. This leads to further illness requiring more drugs, a good deal for big pharmaceutical companies but a dangerous downward spiral for your health.
Too many people in our society look to their medical professionals for the quick fix (a pill) to their ailments or if things get out of control they will accept more drastic solutions out of necessity like surgery or more complex treatments (i.e. cancer treatments). Then more drugs and a return to their lifestyle that created the problems to begin with.
This is not the solution! Our healthcare costs are expected to rise significantly over the next decade. Large numbers of retiring baby boomers and a massive increase of obesity related illnesses will continue to drive costs up. Some form of European socialized healthcare may be implemented to reign in rampant corporate profit maximization and other related costs. But under this type of healthcare, coverage will suffer for those who are the greatest burden on the system.
The only real long term solution available to us is to change our lifestyles, and this means first and foremost the way we eat. US food manufacturers are producing foods that refined and processed with decreasing nutritional value and saturated with addictive levels of salts, sugars, fats, simple carbohydrates, and a myriad of preservatives and additives. If it comes in a box, package, can, plastic bag (frozen foods), etc. it is probably unhealthy. That means we must get used to reading labels and understanding what they mean. Below is a preliminary list of foods to avoid.
| Fast Food – Avoid period! This should be limited to a treat once every couple of weeks at most. Never as a source of meals. Excessive amounts fats, sodium, sugar, and additives. Prolonged fast food = obesity |
| Packaged Food – The staple of American diet. Primarily processed and refined foods high in fats, salts, sugars, preservatives, and additives. Lacks nutrients. Another of the primary reasons for obesity. |
| Canned Food – high concentrations of sodium and other artificial preservatives and additives |
| Boxed and microwavable Food – Again processed and refined high in fats, salts, sugars, preservatives, and additives. Little nutrient value, microwaves kill the rest |
| Foods fried / cooked in oil – high in cholesterol |
| Snack foods – Chips are laden with salts, trans fats, and acrylamide which can lead to increase levels of cholesterol, heart disease, stroke, and cancer. Candy/chocolate bars usually deep fried and are heaped in sugars. Cakes & pies (see baked goods below) |
| Alcoholic Drinks – Highly acid forming, destroy good bacteria in digestion, long term liver damage |
| Soft Drinks – 3 table spoons of sugar or more, lots of caffeine, sulphites (allergic reactions), artificial food colors. Known to cause weight gain, diabetes, tooth decay, and dehydration from caffeinated drinks |
| Diet drinks – Actually worse then soft drinks. The artificial sweeteners |
| Fruit drinks – high in calorie dense sugars i.e. fructose and glucose – increase obesity and affects height of children |
| Caffeine – leads to headaches, nervousness, insomnia, fatigue after spike, lack of concentration |
| Coffee – see caffeine, can also cause dehydration |
| Tea – see caffeine, can also cause dehydration (exception is Green Tea) |
| Cow Milk – causes body to produce mucus, sinusitis, and migraines |
| Cheese and Yogurt, Ice Cream from Cow Milk – causes body to produce mucus, sinusitis, and migraines, constipation |
| Ice Cream / Frozen Desserts – loaded with sugars and additives (see cow milk) |
| Chocolate – high in sugar and contains caffeine (see cow milk) |
| Eggs – high in cholesterol |
| Jellies, Jams, Preserves – high in sugars and additives |
| Syrups – Almost all – high in sugars and additives |
| Baked Goods (cakes, cookies, pastries, biscuits) – high trans fats, additives, corn syrup, preservatives and artificial flavors commercial baked goods – more trans fats than any other food, hydrogenated oils |
| Donuts – refined sugar and flour, artificial flavors and partially hydrogenated oil that’s loaded with trans fats. |
| Processed and refined wheat / grains – simple carbohydrates constipation |
| Cereals – kids cereals are loaded with sugar and simple carbohydrates. high fructose corn syrup, and mostly refined grains |
| Soy Products – thyroid issues |
| Meat – high concentrations of growth hormones. Excessive consumption can lead to obesity, heart attack, constipation, and some forms of cancer. Seek out grass feed lean cuts. |
| Luncheon Meats / Hot Dogs – processed meats contain large amounts of sodium and additives. Sodium nitrite (can lead to cancer) |
| Fish – Some fish have Mercury contamination |
Foods that are Refined and Processed can lead to:
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| Foods High in Salts – cause excess water retention, high blood pressure and obesity (use sea salt) |
| Foods High in Processed White Sugar – fructose, sucrose, and dextrose – empty calories – no nutritional value, can cause dental decay, obesity, extreme fatigue, can lead to diabetes and feeds cancer cells (stick with glucose i.e. fruits) |
| Foods High in Fats – Avoid saturated fats and trans fat that can cause obesity, heart attack, cancer, and AMD (vision loss) |
| When reading labels for ingredients try to avoid the following: |
| Artificial Sweeteners |
| Artificial Flavors |
| Artificial Colors |
| Color Additives |
| Preservatives |
| High fructose corn syrup |
| MSG |
| Sulfites |
| Sodium Benzoate |
For a complete list of foods to avoid please visit any of the first three links listed below
Eliminate or at least reduce microwave use. AC microwaves alter many of the minerals, vitamins, and nutrients and the body cannot absorb these altered compounds. Eating micro waved food for long periods can cause immune system deficiencies, memory loss, lowered concentration, emotional instability, and can even decrease intelligence.
Avoiding the aforementioned foods can be difficult. They have become the foundations of our American diets, and are almost unavoidable in our grocery stores and restaurants. Many of the additive and preservative compounds are difficult to find on labels hidden behind terms like artificial or natural flavors and contains no preservatives. There are also misleading connotations like “fat free” but then the food is saturated with sugars, or “sugar free” but contain potentially more harmful artificial sweeteners. Finally, and I speak from my own personal experience, many of these foods, especially those that taste the best or are American staples are considerably addictive. This statement is being supported by research being currently conducted at a number of universities. One doesn’t realize how addictive until they try to stop eating them. I had considerable difficult weaning myself off fast foods and processed packaged food, and salty snacks and caffeine have proven near impossible.
Exercise is the second half of the equation and absolutely critical. A minimum of 12 minutes per day of continuous exercise provides numerous health benefits. The exercise does not have to be strenuous but should increase the heart and respiratory rate. Exercise at least five or six time week if possible. Benefits of exercise include helping keep weight off, combat chronic illnesses, boost energy levels, assist in deeper more restful sleep, muscle strengthening, bone density, improve moods, and excellent reliever of stress. Humans have engaged in varying degrees of exercise throughout their existence, it has only been over the past half century that many have become as sedentary.
Finally is you smoke, STOP SMOKING PERIOD.
http://www.basic-keys-to-natural-health.com/Unhealthy-Foods.html
http://www.ariseandshine.com/Cleanse28Guide.pdf
due to the busy schedules from work, most people would just prefer to eat on fastfoods _
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