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Foods are considered "Unhealthy foods" if they:
• Provide empty calories – typically all fried and sweetened foods
• Don't have enough fiber – all bakery and processed foods which are made of refined products.
• Take nutrients from your body and leave you more nutritionally deficient than before you ate them – caffeinated or carbonated drinks that draws calcium from bone.
• Do damage to your body in one or more ways – foods containing hydrogenated fat like margarine, that converts to trans fat after being heated to a high temperature or re-used, is the culprit for causing obesity, hypertension and heart diseases.
Unhealthy Foods to Avoid include canned soups, baked products, refined cereal meals, donuts, vegetable and non-veg fries, fatty and fried snacks, Genetically Modified Foods, hydrogenated fats and Trans-fats, ice cream and frozen desserts, processed and refined foods, processed cheese products, sausages, hot dogs, cured meats, and luncheon meats, soda pop and other artificial beverages, etc.
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"Empty Calories" are the calories from solid fats and added sugars in foods and beverages. They add to total calories, but provide no vitamins or minerals. Allowing too many can fill your child up without supplying the nutrients they need. Empty calories can also add more calories than they need.
Some examples of empty calories are:
The sugars or sweeteners in soft drinks, fruit punch, candies, cakes, cookies, pies, and ice cream.
The solid fats in cookies, cakes, pizza, cheese, sausages, fatty meats, butter, and stick margarine.
Some foods – such as milk, yogurt, and cereals – provide important nutrients, but they can also contain some empty calories. For example, sweetened yogurt and sweetened breakfast cereals contain added sugars. Whole milk and cheese contain solid fat. Look for food choices that are low-fat, fat-free, unsweetened, or with no-added sugars.
- See more at: http://www.choosemyplate.gov/prescho....Xv0jxqoY.dpuf
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