Food To Avoid

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Fitness trainer Rich Barretta believes in eating healthy, well-balanced meals but doesn't believe in trend or fad dieting. "Any diet out there that restricts you from either fats, proteins, carbs—one or all three—is generally not a good diet to be on," Rich says. "You want to find the delicate balance. You should focus more on a lifestyle based on what's reasonable and what you really need to do to get from point A to point B." Rich takes a closer look at four foods to avoid in order to make a major difference in your body from a health and appearance standpoint.

Avoid Processed Foods

Stay away from fast food and frozen meals, Rich says. Even though some frozen dinners may be low in calories—about 350 or less—the quality of the food is unhealthy, he says. "You're trying to get yourself healthy and looking good and feeling good, and you're pouring pure garbage into your body," Rich says. "You will lose weight, but that doesn't mean you're going to be very healthy and look better. You're just going to be a deconditioned, unhealthy person."

Limit Alcohol

Try to reduce the amount of alcohol you're consuming and how frequently you're consuming it, Rich says. "If you have one or two glasses a week, that's not going to be the problem," Rich says. "But if you're drinking three or four nights a week, you have to really look at yourself and say, 'I'm putting a lot of alcohol, which is not healthy for me, and a lot of extra calories into my body late night.' And usually what happens is that you start drinking alcohol and you start to overeat. One problem leads to another."However, having a glass of red wine is actually healthy, Rich says. "A glass of red wine as an antioxidant is good for you," he says.

Avoid Fried Foods

Regardless of whether it's fried in trans fat, olive oil, peanut oil or canola oil, fried foods have a lot of saturated fat, Rich says. "Have it baked, have it grilled or have it broiled," he says.

Avoid Eating Carbohydrates at Night

If you're eating carbohydrates, such as rice, potatoes, bread or cereal, at night, your body won't have enough time to metabolize the calories, Rich says. "It won't be carbohydrates when you wake up in the morning—it'll be fat in your hips and thighs or in your stomach," he says

Safe Plastic Water Bottles

This is from: http://trusted.md/blog/vreni_gurd/2007/03/29/plastic_water_bottles


To be certain that you are choosing a bottle that does not leach, check the recycling symbol on your bottle. If it is a #2 HDPE (high density polyethylene), or a #4 LDPE (low density polyethylene), or a #5 PP (polypropylene), your bottle is fine. The type of plastic bottle in which water is usually sold is usually a #1, and is only recommended for one time use. Do not refill it. Better to use a reusable water bottle, and fill it with your own filtered water from home and keep these single-use bottles out of the landfill.

Unfortunately, those fabulous colourful hard plastic lexan bottles made with polycarbonate plastics and identified by the #7 recycling symbol, may leach BPA. Bisphenol A is a xenoestrogen, a known endocrine disruptor, meaning it disturbs the hormonal messaging in our bodies. Synthetic xenoestrogens are linked to breast cancer and uterine cancer in women, decreased testosterone levels in men, and are particularly devastating to babies and young children. BPA has even been linked to insulin resistance and Type 2 Diabetes.

For more of the science on the effects of BPA on our endocrine system etc. see these studies: Environmental Health Perspectives Journal. Nalgene, the company that manufactures the lexan water bottles also makes #2 HDPE bottles in the same sizes and shapes, so we have a viable alternative. Order one at Nalgene.

Unfortunately, most plastic baby bottles and drinking cups are made with plastics containing Bisphenol A. In 2006 Europe banned all products made for children under age 3 containing BPA, and as of Dec. 2006 the city of San Franscisco followed suit. In March 2007 a billion-dollar class action suit was commenced against Gerber, Playtex, Evenflo, Avent, and Dr. Brown's in Los Angeles superior court for harm done to babies caused by drinking out of baby bottles and sippy cups containing BPA. So, to be certain that your baby is not exposed, use glass bottles.

Check the recycling numbers on all your plastic food containers as well, and gradually move to storing all food in glass or ceramic.Store water in glass or brass if possible, and out of direct sunlight.

Ok... so the types of plastics to be avoided are: No 1 n 7

Tapi.. bila baca kat sini http://www.plasticsinfo.org , lain plak citer nyer.. if before aku baca n dpt email cakap takleh guna plastic bottle utk guna isi air dalam peti ais... kat site tu cakap boleh pulak... the email is just a hoax... pulakkk..iskk.. mana satu nak caya nih??