I know everyone has different nutritional requirements, but there must be some foods, or more specifically, some ingredients which should be avoided at all costs. When grocery shopping im sure all of you check out the nutritional breakdown and ingredients. Would be nice to put together a list:
High Fructose Corn Syrup
I would argue that no food is contra-indicted; barring any allergies and sensitivities.
As for foods which are avoided 99% of the time, I would like to throw in elaidic acid (Hydrogenated Olive Oil, the ‘bad’ trans fatty acid)
Pre-emptively, I have no clue what the 1% situation for said compound would be; I just always apply the first sentence to everything.
wheat (gluten) - i’m biased
partially hydrogenated anything
[quote]silverhydra wrote:
I would argue that no food is contra-indicted; barring any allergies and sensitivities.[/quote]
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Instead of creating lists, people would be better served by learning more about nutrition and then exercising common sense with their food selection.
[quote]BMellow wrote:
I know everyone has different nutritional requirements, but there must be some foods, or more specifically, some ingredients which should be avoided at all costs.[/quote]
From a health perspective, not necessarily a bodybuilding perspective, Michael Pollan’s An Eater’s Manifesto: In Defense of Food gets into this type of info:
Though I’ve heard mixed reviews on Pollan’s recent Food Rules.
Dr. Jonny Bowden’s 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth would also be a good resource.
Sorry it’s not quite “listable”, but between those two, you should be able to figure out some of the best and un-best food choices around regardless of goals.
[quote]Chris Colucci wrote:
[quote]BMellow wrote:
I know everyone has different nutritional requirements, but there must be some foods, or more specifically, some ingredients which should be avoided at all costs.[/quote]
From a health perspective, not necessarily a bodybuilding perspective, Michael Pollan’s An Eater’s Manifesto: In Defense of Food gets into this type of info:
Though I’ve heard mixed reviews on Pollan’s recent Food Rules.
Dr. Jonny Bowden’s 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth would also be a good resource.
Sorry it’s not quite “listable”, but between those two, you should be able to figure out some of the best and un-best food choices around regardless of goals.[/quote]
Great stuff Chris.
Instead of the bad, look to the good. Emphasize the good things and you’ll be doing well for yourself. People react differently to different things. Some fatty acids raise one person’s cholesterol while not another person’s. Some people are intolerant to dairy of soy; others thrive on the stuff. It’s all up to your individual physiology, and unfortunately a single solitary list will not apply across the board for all people.
Power Foods is a good article:
As is 8 More Power Foods:
I also have a great coffee table book called The 100 Best Immunity Boosting Foods (I think). It’s a great reference to have sitting around.
[quote]BulletproofTiger wrote:
Great stuff Chris.
Instead of the bad, look to the good. Emphasize the good things and you’ll be doing well for yourself. People react differently to different things. Some fatty acids raise one person’s cholesterol while not another person’s. Some people are intolerant to dairy of soy; others thrive on the stuff. It’s all up to your individual physiology, and unfortunately a single solitary list will not apply across the board for all people.
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great stuff tiger
right on the dot with each person, err i mean individual is individual or unique
like i heard, a person should never stereotype anyone or anything, food included
for some people vicodin knockouts them out and for others it doesnt do shit
High Fructose Corn Syrup[/quote]
It’s just sugar. If you throw this out throw out all sugars. Hydrogenated oil is a bigger problem imo. MSG and artificial anything rub me the wrong way.
[quote]BMellow wrote:
High Fructose Corn Syrup[/quote]
So why exactly do you fear High Fructose Corn Syrup? Is it because of the fructose? If so, you really need to look past the name. HFCS is almost always either 42 percent fructose, or 55 percent fructose. So yes, this means that sometimes Sucrose does in fact have MORE fructose than HFCS, which is 50 percent fructose. Honey has 49% fructose, and invert sugar has 45% fructose, so basically HFCS-42 has a low amount of fructose compared to other sugars. Fructose isn’t bad, EXCESS fructose is bad.
Check it out, brah…
Fructose is not so good for you from a physique standpoint, not only that, high fructose corn syrup is bad for you regardless. Besides that, I have yet to see a label with HFCS that didn’t have some other god awful ingredients in it.
In keeping with OP…
Soybean oil, soy protein and canned tomatoes (not really an ingredient). Tomatoes are alright if they’re in a glass container, but the lining of metal cans has BPA, a xenoestrogen. The acid in the tomatoes will pull the BPA from the lining into your food.
7 Foods the Experts Won’t Eat: http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/health/the-7-foods-experts-wont-eat-547963/
Tmuscle thread on it: Forums - T Nation - The World's Trusted Community for Elite Fitness
[quote]silverhydra wrote:
I would argue that no food is contra-indicted; barring any allergies and sensitivities.
As for foods which are avoided 99% of the time, I would like to throw in elaidic acid (Hydrogenated Olive Oil, the ‘bad’ trans fatty acid)
Pre-emptively, I have no clue what the 1% situation for said compound would be; I just always apply the first sentence to everything.[/quote]
You seem like a pretty bright kid, intuitive, humble and wise beyond your years. (I believe I read you were under 21.)
Keep it up, you will go places in life…
/hijack e-BJ…
Carry on.
[quote]HK24719 wrote:
[quote]silverhydra wrote:
I would argue that no food is contra-indicted; barring any allergies and sensitivities.[/quote]
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Instead of creating lists, people would be better served by learning more about nutrition and then exercising common sense with their food selection.[/quote]
While I’m being emo:
I like a lot of your posts too man
[quote]Chris Colucci wrote:
From a health perspective, not necessarily a bodybuilding perspective, Michael Pollan’s An Eater’s Manifesto: In Defense of Food gets into this type of info:
Though I’ve heard mixed reviews on Pollan’s recent Food Rules.[/quote]
if it comes through your car window it isn’t food. i think that was like #43? i like his book =)
my one suggestion is to never eat sliced white onions with mustard and horseradish. it’ll kill you (plus, there will be less for me =))
[quote]i0like0dags wrote:
Check it out, brah…
Fructose is not so good for you from a physique standpoint
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You’re missing the point. HFCS has fructose in it, but just because it says “high fructose” doesn’t make it any worse than any other sugar. Like I said, and then this article said, “table sugar” (sucrose) has even MORE fructose in it than HFCS. So why are you afraid of HFCS and not sucrose?
[quote]Eielson wrote:
[quote]i0like0dags wrote:
Check it out, brah…
Fructose is not so good for you from a physique standpoint
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You’re missing the point. HFCS has fructose in it, but just because it says “high fructose” doesn’t make it any worse than any other sugar. Like I said, and then this article said, “table sugar” (sucrose) has even MORE fructose in it than HFCS. So why are you afraid of HFCS and not sucrose?[/quote]
It’s the name brah, the name! Lookit, High FRUCTOSE corn syrup, there’s no fructose in sucrose, phonetically!
To end on a non-douche note; it’s one of those things we learn as kids from our oh-so-educated society. HFCS = Bringer of all evil, don’t question it. Yet, Sugar is Sugar, are you too ‘health-conscious’ to have a bit of sugar?