Wellness

[SeaMaiden]

http://www.msn.com/en-us/health/nutrition/30-worst-foods-for-your-heart/ss-BBp2SsB

[sidsmom]

White rice?  

Naaaaa.

Yes, brown is better, but white rice is not considered 'bad for your heart' food.  What most people put ON the white rice is probably bad for your heart, but alone, nope.

I can go for days eating nothing but white, Jasmine rice, fruit, beans & veg...anywhere from 2-6 cups of cooked white rice per day.   Trim, fit, healthy.  Love my carbs! #Starchivore

[Goldengate8361]

I hope that no one takes this list seriously.....it's not correct. It was probably put together by an 18 year old Intern! Many inaccuracies!

[sidsmom]

Other than a couple, the list is pretty much spot on. 

Canned vegetabels

Restaurant soup

Cold cuts

Tomato sauce

Frozen meals

Vegetable juice

Capers

Ketchup

Cottage cheese

Frozen pies

Ice cream

Fried chicken

Margarine

Biscuits

White rice

Blended coffee

Chinese takeout

Cinnamon rolls

Bacon

Sausage

Bouillon cubes

Potato chips

Diet soda

Cheese

Pizza

French fries

Steak

Fruit juice

[Still Raining]

Did you see this morning that David had fried, chocolate, cheese-cake on?  Showed how to make it.  I thought at first it was a joke, but no.

Could we add that to the list?

[MarieIG]

 Salt is my downfall.  If we had a saltlick in the backyard, I'd probably be out there with the deer licking it.  I'm going to have to make an effort to cut back.  

[Rachb]

Cottage cheese? I'm surprised at that one.

[SeaMaiden]

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@Rachb wrote:
Cottage cheese? I'm surprised at that one.

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@Rachb

  It is the sodium laden cottage cheeses that are  99% of the ones on the market.  I buy my low sodium  cottage cheese from Safeway( Lucerne brand) which is an unsalted cottage cheese. I just add herbs and sometimes a bit of salt substitute to make it more palatable.

 People do not realize how much salt we are use to to make foods taste good to us. Another example is V-8 juice or tomato juice. It is full of salt and if you buy it salt free or low sodium it does not taste very palatable at all unless you spice it up.  

Most of the foods on the worst list are  full of sodium.  If people only knew this and cut back on these foods it would make a huge difference in our health for the better. The American taste bud LOVES SALT. 

[violann]

Almost every single one of these are PREPARED foods, so lots of salt, refined sugar and flour, so OF COURSE they're going to be on a "no-no" list.

Commercial white rice has been stripped of almost every nutrient (except white refined starch) that natural rice starts out with.

As I occasionally point out, not all of us who are seeking to improve our health are in agreement about how to get there.

Even if I thought that eating pounds of white rice had improved MY health, I'd NEVER suggest that every human on earth would be healthier if they ate as I do. WE ARE ALL DIFFERENT,  and each of us has an obligation to do right by him or herself.

I WOULD SAY that it is my personal experience that eating a diet of highly processed packaged foods can make healthy eating MUCH harder unless one is an eagle eyed label reader.

[sgraham30]

It's ridiculous how much salt is in prepared foods. I still buy some prepared foods but I read the labels & check salt, fat, etc. I buy mostly fruits & veggies,fresh & frozen, organic when possible. I don't buy canned fruits/veggies, but I buy organic canned beans, I make sure to rinse them well before I use them.  (before anyone says anything about BPA in the cans, the manufacturer has it right on the can that the can is BPA free. For anyone who's interested, it's the S&W brand that Costco carries) 

Costco carries an organic vegetable broth that I buy often, I use it for a soup base when I make soup. A one cup serving has 540 mg of salt, the soup recipes that I use call for 32 oz. I use 16 oz of filtered water, & 16 oz of the broth, I have 50% less salt that way, but I still have the flavor. If I need to, I bump the taste up using seasonings: 1/4 tsp cumin if I'm making a zucchini soup,1/4 tsp pumpkin pie spice if I'm making butternut squash/apple soup.