Want To Know The Two Foods That Make You Fat? One May Shock You

By Author: Rick Fenney
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We all know how bad high fructose corn syrup and trans fats are for us, so I'll spare you yet another lecture on those... Instead, read on to see a couple foods that may shock you that they may be piling on the fat.

The first of these fat building foods that is falsely believed to be healthy is wheat products... this includes most breads, cereals, bagels, muffins, pasta, crackers, and so on.  Believe it ir not, this list includes "whole wheat" inThe 2 foods that are the most fattening that I'm going to talk about in this article will probably blow you away... these 2 foods are falsely assumed to be "healthy".  It is usually a surprise to people when it is recommended they eliminate these foods from their diet. the category of this fattening food.

Did you know that a large percentage of the population has some degree of intolerance to the gluten in wheat and some other grains? Full blown celiacs are the most sensitive to it, the majority of the population was never meant to eat large quantities of wheat, but most people don't realize this..  The human digestive system has never adapted to large amounts ...
... of wheat in the diet.
Wheat was introduced into the human diet only in the last couple thousand years, and it has NEVER been in such large quantities until the last 80-100 years.  This is a small amount of time in comparison to the original diet that the human digestive system developed over several hundred thousand years eating a hunter-gatherer diet of meats, fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds.

When people eliminate wheat from their diet for 2-3 weeks to see if they start to feel better and lose weight, this almost always makes a HUGE difference.  On many occassions, they not only start losing body fat at a much more rapid rate, but they also finally rid themselves of indigestion and headaches that has plagued them for years.  Often even skin problems vanish when eliminating wheat from the diet.

The 2nd example of the worst fattening foods that shocks many people because it is thought to be "healthy" is -- fruit juice. 
Don't get the wrong idea, I'm not an anti-carb advocate per se... most fruits are VERY healthy for us. But we were NOT meant to remove the juice from the rest of the fruit and only drink the high calorie sugary mixture and leave behind the fiber and other beneficial components of the fruit.

By only drinking the juice of fruits (orange juice and apple juice being 2 of the worst culprits in the western diet), you are not getting the appetite satisfying effect of the fiber in the fruit, and you're left craving more carbs.  Also, the fiber in whole fruit helps to slow the blood sugar response when eating whole fruit compared to fruit juice.

Bottom line... too much fruit juice makes you fat.  On the contrary, eating whole fruits with all of the fiber helps you maintain a balanced and healthy diet and provides high nutrient density (as long as the rest of your diet is whole unprocessed foods as well).
Rick is a former professional athlete (NFL football) and fitness and nutrition expert based on his years of hands on conditioning and healthy eating while training for his profession.

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