Foods
to Reduce or Avoid for Better Health
Although
all of these foods can be used for specific health purposes, they contain
certain elements that are strengthening and others that are toxic.
Therefore, they have an extreme effect on the body's energy balance and
are generally best avoided.
Animal
products
Eggs
Poultry
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Red meat (beef, lamb, pork)
Wild game
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Dairy
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Butter
Cheese
Cream
Ice cream
Kefir
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Margarine
Milk (buttermilk, skim milk)
Sour cream
Whipped cream
Yogurt
|
Fats
|
Lard
or shortening
Processed
vegetable oils
|
Soy
margarine
|
Fish
Red-meat
or blue-skinned fish, such as
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Bluefish
Salmon
Swordfish
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Tuna (though raw- meat tuna may be
served occasionally with tamari soy sauce and a garnish of grated daikon or
mustard)
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Nuts
|
Brazil
Cashew
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Hazel
Pistachio
|
Processed
foods
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Canned food
Chewing gum
Frozen food
|
Instant food
Polished (white) rice
Refined (white) flour
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Foods
processed with
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Additives
Artificial coloring
Chemicals
Emulsifiers
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Preservatives
Sprays or dyes
Stabilizers
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Stimulants
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Alcohol
Coffee
Commercially dyed teas
Ginseng
|
Herbs
Spices
(cayenne, cumin, etc.)
Stimulating aromatic teas (herb, mint,
etc.)
Vinegar, except grain vinegar
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Sweeteners
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Carob
Chocolate
Corn syrup
Fructose
Honey
|
Maple syrup
Molasses
Saccharine and other artificial
sweeteners
Sugar (white, raw, brown,
turbinado)
|
Tropical
or subtropical fruits and beverages
|
Artificial beverages (soda, cola, etc.)
Bananas
Coconut
Figs
Grapefruit
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Kiwi
Mangoes
Oranges
Papayas
Prunes
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Vegetables
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Asparagus
Avocado
Bamboo shoots
Beets
Curly dock
Eggplant
Fennel
Ferns
Green and red peppers
Green zucchini
Okra
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Plantain
Potato
Purslane
Shepherd’s purse
Sorrel
Spinach
Sweet potato
Taro
(albi)
Tomato
Yams
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