Health Zone: Foods to eliminate from your life

Junk food: Just say NO!  This is because they contain empty calories and chemicals. Indeed, teenage girls eating lots of junk food may be at a higher risk of breast cancer, a study claims.

Lead researcher, Sandra Haslam, of Michigan University, says, “Our findings show the culprit is the fat itself rather than the weight gain. Meanwhile, junk foods are addictive because they are filled with flavour-enhancing chemicals that are rewarding to the addict. Chemicals like monosodium glutamate, high-fructose corn syrup, and aspartame are all highly-addictive.

MSG excites the brain so much that it causes neurological brain damage; but because it tastes so good, people keep eating it. Again, junk foods affect memory! The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition reveals that healthy people who ate junk food for five days in a 2011 study had impaired reaction times, while they also gained unwieldy weight. Worse, one fast food meal will have all of the calories you need for a whole day!

•Do you want beautiful skin? Cameron Diaz won her battle with acne by giving up junk food, The Sun reports. “I used to live on processed fast food. I drank a ton of soda and ate greasy, cheesy foods constantly.” says Diaz, who is considered one of the most beautiful women in the world.

•Diet soda: You think you are being smart by drinking diet soda, but this also causes weight gain. This is because it contains more empty calories and health destroying additives.  Worse, obesity is on the rise due to diet soda! The University of Texas Health Science Centre study found that drinking two or more cans a day increased waistlines by 500 per cent.  And a General Dentistry study notes that it erodes your teeth as much as much as crystal meth when drinking large quantities.  Eleven-year Harvard Medical School study of more than 3,000 women reveals that you risk kidney problems due to artificial sweeteners in the soda when drinking more than two sodas a day.

And a 2012 study found that strokes and heart disease increased with a diet soda every day.

Solution: Drink more water or fresh juice, lemon water, cold herbal fruit tea sweetened with stevia or a healthy punch made with sparkling mineral water.

Source: care2.com