Specific Foods You Should Limit or Avoid

Thats unhealthy? Oh I know why! It has......bad stuff in it??

Some foods to avoid are any types of foods that are in the "other" category of the food pyramid. Foods high in saturated fats, trans fats, andsimple carbs should be avoided.

What saturated fats do to your body is that they raise your cholesterol. When you have high cholesterol, you are more prone to having a heart attack. Some examples of saturated fatty foods are mainly at fast food restaurants. The reason why this happens is because most of the products that they produce are drenched in oil, deep fried, or aren't the best meat.

Trans fats can also help to raise your "bad" cholesterol and lower your "good" cholesterol. Companies know that trans fat is bad for you, but they use this type of fat in their foods because its cheap and gives them the right taste and texture that they are looking for.

There are different types of carbs. There are good carbs and bad carbs..
also known as simple carbohydrates and complex carbohydrates. 
Complex carbohydrates are the ones that your body should be running off of; not simple carbohydrates. Simple carbohydrates ofter don't have as much nutrients in them as complex carbohydrates. Simple "carbs" give you a burst of energy then eventually makes your body have a crash. So in other words...a sugar rush. complex crabs have a lot more 
vitamins, minerals, and nutrients in them compared to simple carbs. The energy that comes from this type of carb last over 
a longer period of time. This is why athletes carbo-load before big games or runs. The body responds best to these types of carbs,and stores them in the body's energy tank. It eventually releases it little by little as your body needs it more.

Sources:

http://parentingteens.about.com/od/nutrition/a/badfood_habits.htm
http://www.briancalkins.com/simplevscomplexcarb.htm