So what foods do you go out of your way to deliberately avoid?

[Electronic Dave]

You're making me hungry, Electronic Dave. Fatal me jumping on to this thread I guess.

Its too late now! Give in to the cravings! I'll be rustling up the above pasta again later...nice

 

[Gee]

Asparagus, dirty stuff!

 

[Nitefly]

Asparagus, dirty stuff!

Asparagus is lovely!!

It's so strange how people's tastes differ. I don't really like the taste of most vegetables and will only eat them if served - even then I will simply refuse to eat peas.

I don't understand how some people don't enjoy coffee... or anchovies omnomnom

 

[Bennie-Mac]

Ill try to avoid white bread and rice, purely because im some sort of reverse racist.

I also avoid tomatoes and beetroot but thats just because im racist against their taste. Invading my taste buds and stealing the tasty food's jobs!

 

[mistercrabb]

Silly in what way? white bread constitutes empty calories, it's refined to the point where anything the body can utilise is removed, refined sugars and grains just put a toxic load on the body, nothing silly about wanting to avoid this.

Silly, in that the 'toxic load' is nothing your body can't cope with and unless you eat white bread constantly you aren't going to notice a difference.

 

[Flare]

Diet Coke, Coke Zero, etc. I refuse to drink any of that muck, full fat all the way!

 

[Ciphon]

I've recently taken on a much healthier diet, and I feel a lot better for it. I used to consume hideous amounts of cheese and not really care about what I was putting into my body...

Over the last few months I've been avoiding:

crisps
cheese
white bread (although I've done this for years)
processed foods
fizzy drinks
beer (never was a massive fan anyway)
cakes
chocolate and chocolate bars

I've been eating much more fruit and veg (normally get my 5-a-day in now), and have been exercising more frequently (3-4 times a week). This is all part of a personal choice, I'm not doing it to please anyone else - I like the fact that I'm trying to be all round healthier.

Oh, and just to lower the tone...

pasties

lol... Gay

 

[kwerk]

Chocolate is good for you, at least dark chocolate. So is coffee.

 

[Gustov]

Didn't expect this thread to take off like this!

 

[Gustov]

Chocolate is good for you, at least dark chocolate. So is coffee.

Coffee good for you?

 

[Nitefly]

Chocolate is good for you, at least dark chocolate. So is coffee.

Well... not too sure about that...

Both are tasty though!

 

[Ciphon]

Chocolate is good for you, at least dark chocolate. So is coffee.

Yeah, we don't tend to have dark chocolate in the flat - so I just avoid it all together.

When you say coffee - what do you mean by that?

I used to drink a lot of costa's / starbucks, but have cut them out as well. I only really like them when they have a syrup in them, which isn't healthy!

 

[Nitefly]

I used to drink a lot of costa's / starbucks, but have cut them out as well. I only really like them when they have a syrup in them, which isn't healthy!

Putting syrup in a coffee is like putting tomato ketchup on lobster, shame on you

 

[Irish_Tom]

Celery is pretty much the only thing I don't like the flavour of.

 

[kwerk]

Yeah, we don't tend to have dark chocolate in the flat - so I just avoid it all together.

When you say coffee - what do you mean by that?

I used to drink a lot of costa's / starbucks, but have cut them out as well. I only really like them when they have a syrup in them, which isn't healthy!

I just keeping reading new stuff about how it's good for you, it can protect against alzheimers, parkinsons, cancer, heart disease.

One recent study comes from Finland where researchers followed about 1,400 coffee drinkers for more than two decades. Researchers found one group seemed to benefit the most: the people who'd been drinking three to five cups of coffee a day in their 40s and 50s.

"They had about a 65-to-70-percent reduced risk of developing Alzheimer's disease in their 70s," says Huntington Potter, a neurobiologist at the University of South Florida. Potters says effects held up even when researchers controlled for things such as cardiovascular disease, which can influence the risk of dementia.

Just google coffee health benefits.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7837800/Tea-and-coffee-reduce-heart-disease-risk-study-suggests.html

 

[Ciphon]

I just keeping reading new stuff about how it's good for you, it can protect against alzheimers, parkinsons, cancer, heart disease.



Just google coffee health benefits.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7837800/Tea-and-coffee-reduce-heart-disease-risk-study-suggests.html

But by coffee, I assume you mean black coffee? I'd much rather have a green tea in all honesty! Never been a fan of black coffee, and doubt that I ever will be.

 

[Django x2]

Milk, dairy in general (bar eggs, but then they aren't really dairy)
Bread (any)
Sugar (any bar natural sugars found in fruit)
Anything I can't pronounce (ingredient wise)
Tea / Coffee
Fizzy Drinks
Roast potatoes
pasta
rice
beans
basically, anything that isn't natural. If it's been processed in any way, ditch it.

Lost 10lbs in 28 days on this diet

 

[Craig1981]

Diet Coke, Coke Zero, etc. I refuse to drink any of that muck, full fat all the way!

Ironically enough I actually prefer those to the regular kind. To me it tastes just as sweet and none of the teeth rotting action!

 

[Mark A]

I try to avoid having too many Monster energy drinks. Love them but they cant bee good for you, so try not to have too many.

Also, not on topic but I avoid all fish and anything even close to it, such as prawn cocktail crisps for example. Not 100% sure why, but ive not eaten any since I was very young. Can't even bring myself to use Worcester sauce as it has anchovies in the ingredients and I ike the taste of it. Had to substitute it for hendersons relish lol.

 

[Django x2]

Lunch:
Can of tuna mixed with mayonnaise and mustard
cucumber and some carrots

This (plus the milk) is not very good for you at all. Grab a real tuna steak and note the colour difference between that and what you pull out of the tin