5 foods you shouldn't eat after turning 30

Unhealthy food is unhealthy at any age. But after we turn 30, our bodies become progressively less able to tolerate junk food. As you approach middle age, your risk of developing certain disease also increase. 
Diet plays a huge part in the prevention of cancer, diabetes and heart diseases; so eliminating some of the bad stuff As Soon As Possible, greatly increase your odds of staying healthy. Following are 5 foods you should never eat after turning 30.

1. Favored yogurt - The flavored varieties have a boatload of sugar in every serving - as much as 47 grams of it. That’s more added sugar than anyone should have in a whole day. The American Heart Association puts the guidelines at 38 grams/day for men and 25 grams/day for women. Instead buy plain or Greek yogurt and mix it with fresh or dried fruit at home to actually get the nutritional benefit of the fruit.

2. Farmed fish - Unfortunately, up of 80 percent of the fish you’ll find at the local market is farmed fish. But you really want to avoid it because farmed fish are so overcrowded that they eat each other’s faces. They are fed a diet of antibiotics to compensate, as well as food dyed specifically to tint the fish in a way that makes it look healthy. Fresh fish is always a better call for good seafood.

3. White bread - Maybe as a kid, white bread was the only kind you’d eat. But you’re a grown-up now and white bread is essentially nutritionally void. The bleached white flour spikes your blood sugar and features almost none of the vitamins and minerals present in whole wheat. White bread also has less fiber than whole wheat and trust us - you need more fiber as you age to keep your digestive system chugging along.   

4. Fruit juice - when juice is extracted from fruit, all the beneficial fiber is left behind. Most commercial juices have sugar, way beyond what is present in the fruit itself. They are also often pasteurized, which means that any heat-sensitive nutrients are destroyed before the product even hits store shelves.

5. Store backed goods - Home baked goodies are so much better than store bought because you can enjoy them fresh from the oven, without the slight chemical after-taste of preservatives. Commercially produced baked goods rely on hydrogenated oils to keep their products looking fresh for weeks. At home, you can control the ingredients and are most likely to use way less sugar and butter.

This list represent a mere fraction of the poor food choices available on the market today. Though it takes a bit longer to buy only whole foods and make everything from scratch, think  of it as adding more time to the end of your life. 

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