there's a good chance that you're eating some foods every single day that are
absolutely horrible for your overall health so that's why in this video
we're gonna call out some very common foods that most people are eating on a daily basis
hey wellness warrior it's dr zyrowski and the fact is is that many of the common foods that
we are trained from a very young age to eat are unfortunately wildly unhealthy for us so we're
gonna look at the top 10 foods that you may be eating and what i want to do too is talk about
some reasonable ways that you can stop eating these foods and move to something a little bit
healthier okay because that's the key with healthy eating is not just giving up everything that you
love but finding healthy alternatives so that you can still enjoy your overall lifestyle so let's go
ahead and dive in with our first one and that's going to be cereal okay now i don't know about
you but i grew up eating this stuff regularly and many people still do i mean if you go into
the grocery store coming from a household now that does not eat cereal for the most part when
you walk down that cereal aisle at the store it's unbelievable how many different options are there
so it is a huge breakfast food for many people now unfortunately many kids are starting their
day off and adults i should say kids and adults are starting their day off and they're going
throughout their entire day with this food as the first thing that they eat every single morning now
why is cereal so bad so a couple things first of all they're typically made from corn and soy and
wheat so you get this huge load of grains and this isn't like a healthy ancient grain right this is a
very very unhealthy genetically modified probably lots of pesticides in there if you were to test
it lots of really bad grains that you really don't want to be eating so that's the first problem with
it but it gets worse most of these are filled with very very cheap sugars like high fructose
corn syrup okay and typically if you look at most breakfast cereals it's not just one type of sugar
it could be up to five to ten different types of sugar in just one box of cereal and so we
have to watch out for that and the other thing that you're typically going to find in there
is lots of different fillers and also dyes okay so when you look at cereal not only is it like it is
the core nutritional quality of it horrible but it also has synthetic chemicals in it in many cases
too so this is no way to start your breakfast you know looking to something like eggs or a healthy
yogurt is a great way to start your day in in fact if you have um if you're an adult the best way to
start your day is through intermittent fasting and just get breakfast all together but for kids you
got to look to those healthier options now there are healthier cereals out there healthier cereals
typically will be sweetened with like allulose they'll be sweetened with
just more natural types of sweeteners like stevia you're also going to find that most of them are
going to be along the lines of being more whey based okay so a lot of your keto cereals are
really based off of a whey protein versus being a corn or soy or wheat based cereal so anyway
go ahead and take a look at some of those more natural ones a lot of the ones that are labeled
keto are going to be the go-to's when it comes to choosing a healthier cereal so next on our
list is going to be another food that many people love and that is chips okay now when we look at
chips we have to understand well a lot of people love them a lot of people love the crunch right
now i know that growing up like eating chips with lunch was such a standard thing
in my family when it came to you know unpacking your school lunch you'd pull out a baggie of chips
and even if you were you know uh grown up you would maybe get a little bag of chips you would
have with a sandwich or something along those lines and so why are chips so bad so first of
all lots of ingredients i mean if you look at the ingredients of doritos for instance
it's really awful right but furthermore one of the things about chips is that it's fried in bad oils
okay so you're eating typically a corn based a gmo corn based chip and then on top of that
it's fried in a really unhealthy oil so what can you do well first of all there actually
are healthier options of chips out there okay believe it or not they do exist and what you
want to do is look for ones that are fried in like avocado oil something that has a high
heat point on it so that you're not consuming all those bad oils when you consume the chip okay so
obviously not a health food but on the same hand like there are better options so look for those
better options out there but in general stay away from them next on our list is going to be juice
okay now there's two different types of juice we want to concern ourselves with first of all
there's going to be your typical you know fruit juice right where it's like an orange juice or
an apple juice and maybe it's 100 organic and some really good stuff right the problem with is
with it is that you're just consuming way too much sugar you're literally pulling all the sugar out
of that fruit and you're consuming it all in one glass and not only are you pulling it from
one piece of fruit but typically if you have a glass of fruit juice you're pulling it from like
four or five pieces of fruit so it's just this huge huge dose of sugar and it's not
something that you would naturally find out in nature like you you don't just go and you know
you would eat five apples maybe but you'd have a lot of fiber and a lot of other benefits from it
but you wouldn't just be pulling all the sugar from it so anyway it's not a good thing to do
now beyond that one of the problems with many of the juices out there is they are literally just
water some sort of food dye and then some sort of corn syrup and flavoring okay so they're not even
juice at all there was this juice i walked into a store one time and it was literally like you know
a dollar fifty for this whole gallon of some juice i thought how in the world cause they
can even make it that cheap right it didn't even make sense well the fact was is it wasn't juice
at all it was literally just a jug of chemicals and so many people are buying this they're giving
it to the kids pretty awful stuff so in general drink water if you want something sweet if you
crave something sweet have a piece of fruit next on our list is gonna be a sandwich okay
now this is something that is uh just a very very typical lunch for so many people
and think about the breakdown of a sandwich you have two pieces of typically white bread right
and then on top of that you're going to have some mayo that is full of a bunch of hydrogenated oils
you also have some processed meats and who knows maybe some lettuce maybe some cheese
something along those lines but for the most part it is a wildly unhealthy meal and this is
a very stereotypical meal for many people you go and lunchtime you pull a sandwich out of
your lunchbox or maybe you go to a sandwich place to eat and so it's a really unhealthy
meal and it's not something that you should make a habit of you know if you are going to look for
healthier lunch options i mean one of the things that tends to work very well is just warming up
some leftovers from a healthy dinner the night before and so that's one of the things that we
see as a best practice is if you're looking to eat a healthy lunch just have some of your leftovers
and stick with that because it's going to be a safer way to go next on our list is going to be
a pretty obvious one and that is soda and energy drinks okay and i also want to throw in there
diet soda because many people think well okay i get what you're saying dr zyrowski all that that
soda has all of that sugar in it well yeah it is loaded with sugar it also is loaded with a lot of
you know colorings and things of that nature but the other problem is that when you try to get away
from the sugar and you go towards the diet side of things the diet sodas have been linked to cancer
i know that's a big argument for many people that like oh you know these crazy people say that you
can't drink diet soda i'll drink diet soda all day long no it's linked to cancer it is 100 and so you
don't want to be drinking that stuff either now if you're a big soda person you like the bubbles
and all that there are a lot of just very lightly flavored sparkling waters that you can drink there
are also even some sodas out there like stevia flavored sodas there's all kinds of options out
there okay don't think that it's like coca-cola or bust right coca-cola or just drink water all
day that's that's not that's not um reasonable to think that way there are plenty of healthier
options available definitely just look for them you will find them i know that where i live pretty
much any grocery store carries healthier options so you don't have to get away from soda altogether
and this is important because some people might say well why would you promote going to some of
these other options because for some people those other options are the saving grace that keeps them
off of the nasty stuff right some people have the hardest time going cold turkey and just quitting
the soda but if they have a better option to go to they're completely fine with it so look for those
better options and stick with them french fries is the next thing that people consume regularly
not good for you at all and this really speaks to a broader issue and that's why i included
french fries into this topic because first of all you're looking at a starchy food that is fried in
a hydrogenated oil okay so obviously bad oils not the best thing to eat as far as the potato not
the best thing to eat in bulk all the time but the other big problem with it is that when you
think about going to restaurants in general most restaurants are going to be using these really low
quality oils and frying your food in them so make sure that you aren't going out and buying fried
foods i mean pretty much any chinese restaurant any food place that is frying most of their foods
are going to be using these garbage oils and the fact is is that it's the only way affordable for
them right if you're going to go and you know fry an avocado oil or coconut oil it can be a little
bit costly now here's the thing is if you wanted to actually go and make some like sweet potato
french fries at home using avocado oil that's a lot better option right so there's some
options that you can go and and move towards if you're really craving those french fries but
you know the typical places fast food restaurants and things of that nature that have french fries
those are those are places you want to stay away from next on our list is going to be yogurt okay
another huge favorite okay now you heard me say at the beginning well don't eat all those garbage
cereals but you could go and eat something like yogurt the fact is is that yogurt actually can be
very healthy but it also can be very unhealthy at the same time many of the yogurts that are in the
grocery store store are going to be loaded with artificial flavors they're going to be loaded
with tons of sugar not good for you okay they even pull the fat out of a lot of them which is
also making them unhealthy for you as well you want to go full fat when you buy yogurt so here's
the things yogurt can be really unhealthy so you want to stay away from all that stuff
start reading the labels and when you go to buy yogurt buy yogurt that's plain that's full fat
that is coming from grass-fed cows that's coming from sustainably raised animals we want to make
sure that we're always buying very good quality dairy because dairy can be healthy it also can
be wildly unhealthy and that's why some people go and they get stuck in the middle like should i use
dairy or should i not well first of all if you're sensitive to dairy stay away from it all together
and you'll know if you're sensitive because you're going to eat it and get an upset stomach you get
a lot of bloating it isn't going to sit well with you so avoid it all together however if
you're okay with dairy and your body handles it fine then you can utilize it just make sure
you're using the healthier stuff if you want to put something a little bit sweet in it put
some fruit in it put some healthier options that you have right in your kitchen into the yogurt
versus getting the not nasty stuff from the store i mean you could put honey in it as well
so lots of good options there just make sure you're staying away from the low quality stuff
that is going to be a detriment to your overall health now the next food on our list and this is
kind of a category okay and this is gluten free and once again i bring this particular category
up because it speaks to a bigger problem so many people are trying to eat healthy one of the things
that they do is they go to the store and they buy gluten-free foods they also are looking
for things little labels that would be you know indications that the food is healthy like non-gmo
all-natural right we look for a lot of these little labels but the fact is is that most
of these little labels have no weight or bearing behind them at all they don't really mean anything
these people don't have to really adhere to anything by putting that label on it just it's
just slick marketing okay so we want to make sure that we're avoiding buying foods that just have
goofy marketing labels on them that we make that will make us think that they're healthy
now the topic of gluten-free foods the reason that they're bad in many cases is because you're
typically pulling gluten out of the food and then they're place replacing it with a whole bunch of
other really bad ingredients and so i often say well yeah you may be
somebody who has celiac disease so you have to avoid gluten or you're just doing it for health
purposes which is a very good idea to do but the problem is when you buy all these different
gluten-free foods in order to make them taste good they fill them full of sugars and really
low quality flowers as well and so a lot of the gluten-free foods are high high glycemic foods
and so you trade a gluten sensitivity problem for a diabetes problem not a good idea so make sure
that you're avoiding a lot of the gluten-free foods as well otherwise make sure that you're
reading the label so you truly understand what you're buying there next on our list is going to
be coffee creamers okay coffee creamers are something that many people are using every
single day but the fact is is that when you look at the coffee creamers in most stores like it's
not pretty they are pretty awful in fact they're loaded with lots of sugar and the sugar that's in
them is typically in the worst forms like high fructose corn syrup which is going to be a huge
detriment to your liver but also you're going to find that they're loaded with artificial flavors
and then the worst of all of them is the ones that are actually made from hydrogenated oils literally
it's not even a cream at all they call it a creamer but it doesn't have anything to do with
real dairy it has everything to do with putting seed oils into these things in plant-based oils
and they're really unhealthy highly inflammatory it's going to drive your omega-6s through the roof
and cause inflammatory issues in your body so we want to avoid those creamers make sure that if
you're going to use cream you're using just a good healthy regular creamer buy organic when possible
get a two creamer whenever possible and make sure that you're just making better choices just like
we talked about yogurt or if we talk about eating cheese or any of the other dairy products we want
to make sure that we're always making good dairy choices otherwise stay away from it all together
because it's horrible for you if you're just getting run-of-the-mill dairy products next on
our list is going to be plant oils okay so when you get salad dressings or many of these other
foods out there they're going to be loaded with a lot of these plant oils these plant oils are
in the way of soybean oil corn oil and they're awful for you the fact is is that they're high
in omega-6 like we talked about with the coffee creamer they drive inflammation in the body
they cause a lot of problems long term they're linked to a lot of health concerns they're a lot
linked to brain issues and so what we want to do is make sure that we're avoiding these plant oils
at all costs and most foods are stuffed with them once again we start looking at food and we kind
of dissect why are they putting these different ingredients in there some of them are very cheap
right if you want to keep the margins high and you want to keep the cost low what you have to do is
you have to fill this food with a whole bunch of garbage ingredients and for the average person
who doesn't know any better they will be duped by it but you won't be because you know better now
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