It’s easy to get confused about which foods are healthy and which aren’t. You generally want to avoid certain foods if you want to lose weight and prevent chronic illnesses

Foods that you may think are healthy for you might actually be bad for your health. For instance, carb-dense foods trigger inflammation in your guts; processed meats are not only bad for your stomach but are linked to heart disease and stroke.

Below are some foods that you should start avoiding because of their detrimental effects

Most pizzas: Pizza is one of the world’s most popular junk foods. Most commercial pizzasare made with unhealthy ingredients, including highly refined dough and heavily processed meat. Pizza also tends to be extremely high in calories.

Unhealthy fats: Three types of dietary fat are linked to inflammation and thus contribute to excess belly fat: Trans fats, saturated fats, and omega-6 fats. It is found in packaged foods (trans fats), processed and high-fat cuts of meat, full-fat dairy, some candy (saturated fat), corn oil, grape-seed oil, soybean oil, safflower oil, sunflower oil (omega-6 fats).

Processed meat: Processed meats are very high in calories and saturated fats. It’s not only bad for your stomach, but it can also lead to heart disease and stroke. Processed meats are very difficult for many people to digest. They can sit in the intestines for longer because they are difficult to break down. They don’t contain any fiber so they aren’t good for digestion. Found in:Cold cuts, hot dogs, ground meats

Fried foods: Fried food tends to overwhelm the stomach, resulting in acid reflux and heartburn. It takes the body much longer to digest fried foods due to their high fat content.

Natural and artificial sweeteners: Sugar alcohols, low-carb sweeteners naturally found in some foods and added to others, are also dangerous. They don’t easily pass through our cell walls, so gut bacteria digest them, which can cause gas and bloating. Found in:Some fruits (apples, blackberries, nectarines, peaches, pears, and plums), vegetables (cauliflower, mushrooms, and snow peas), artificial sweeteners (isomalt, mannitol, polydextrose), sugar-free foods.

These aforementioned food classes are detrimental and the following are the reasons why you should avoid them

• Being overweight or obese.
• Tooth decay.
• High blood pressure.
• High cholesterol.
• Heart disease and stroke.
• Type-2 diabetes.
• Osteoporosis.

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