Agatha Achindu on Healthy Everyday Meals: MyFoxATLANTA.com
Updated: Monday, 14 Mar 2011, 9:58 AM EDT
Published : Monday, 14 Mar 2011, 9:58 AM EDT
With obesity and diabetes on a persistent rise, we know you're trying to make better choices when it comes to the foods you eat. And sometimes that means going from yummy to yucky. But it doesn't have to. Natural foods expert Agatha Achindu talked about how to make subtle changes without sacrificing taste or convenience.
Foods to AVOID:
Foods with 10 ingredients or more. Wholesome foods tend to have very few ingredients because they only contain ingredients that are essential to making that product. For example, organic peanut butter should contain peanuts many list a lot of other unnecessary ingredients that serve as stabilizers, sweeteners and preservatives so the food can outlive your kids' childhood. Bread should contain about 5 or 6 ingredients, HFCS(see below) should not be one of them.
- High fructose corn syrup (HFCS)
- Enriched and bleached flour (be careful because it may say "whole grain" or "wheat" on the package. it's not necessarily 100% wheat flour)
- Trans fats/hydrogenated vegetable oils
- Artificial colorings
- Saturated fats
- High-sugars/refined sugars
- High sodium (we should not consume more than 2 grams/2000mg of sodium per day)
- Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)
- Sodium nitrate
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