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1. Orange Juice from the Grocery Store

Unless you squeeze orange juice from fresh, (hopefully organic) oranges, you aren't getting enough nutrition from the juice you are consuming. Store-bought OJ contains the same amount of sugar as a can of Coca-cola, and many times it is added sugar. Many OJ makers are also selling you 'natural' juice that isn't natural at all.

2. Whole Wheat Bread

If you are consuming whole wheat bread or other wheat products, it is likely you are one of 18 million Americans who have developed a gluten intolerance. There is no GMO-wheat on the market, but Big Ag wheat is nothing like its predecessor. You are really eating 'junk-wheat' full of pesticides and altered DNA. Normal gluten is a protein made up of the peptides gliadin and glutenin. It is found in many grains such as wheat, semolina, spelt, kamut, rye, and barley.

3. Gluten-Free Junk Foods

Skipping gluten? Great! But beware. Since food manufacturers realize more and more that people are now gluten intolerant, they have devised a whole slew of gluten-free foods, but they aren't all good for you. Many contain high levels of refined sugars, chemicals, and other un-fabulous ingredients.


4. Sugar-Free Products that Contain Agave

While its noble that you should try to ditch the refined sugar since it is toxic and basically as addictive to the body as crack cocaine, many foods labeled as 'sugar free' actually contain agave nectar that is loaded with unnatural amounts of fructose, and can spike your glucose levels.

5. Low-Fat Foods

You've got to hand it to the food industry, they are experts at fooling the public into eating food that isn't actually beneficial. When the 'low fat' craze began over a decade ago, people tried to consume fewer fats as a way to stay in better shape, but little did we know that many foods advertised with this label were worse than we would ever think. While the fat is reduced, guess what they replaced 'fat' with to keep your foods tasty? Sugar - and loads of it.

6. Sports Drinks for Athletes

While it is true that fitness nuts and professional athletes alike burn loads of glycogen and lose precious electrolytes when they sweat their way through a tough workout, sports drinks are not the answer for replenishing them. Many sports drinks contain as much refined sugar as soda.

7. Vegetable Oils Containing too many Omega 6s

Many vegetable oils on the market are called 'heart healthy,' but this is a complete lie. For over 4-5 million years of hominid evolution, people's diets were abundant in seafood and other sources of omega-3 long chain fatty acids (EPA & DHA), but relatively low in omega-6 seed oils. Anthropological research suggests that our hunter-gatherer ancestors consumed omega-6 and omega-3 fats in a ratio of roughly 1:1. It also indicates that both ancient and modern hunter-gatherers were free of many modern inflammatory diseases, including heart disease, cancer, and diabetes, which are the primary causes of death and morbidity today.

8. Fake Butter (Margarine)

That's right, it is time to go back to real, organic, grass-fed butter - not margarine! Margarine is made by heating a very cheap vegetable oil that is already damaged to extremely high temperatures (creating free radicals), strong pressure is applied, and the hydrogen is forced into the structure of the oil to make it solid.

9. Low Carb Foods

Have you tried the Atkins diet and failed at losing weight? It shouldn't be a big surprise when you realize what is in many of this company's foods as well as others in the industry promoting the 'low-carb' diet.


10. Vitamin Water

It even sounds healthy, but Coca-Cola's Vitamin Water is one of the biggest marketing scams ever invented. Even the company's own lawyer admits this fact.

by Christina Sarich