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Best Healthy Food to Lose Weight

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You need healthy food to lose weight. But recent research may provide some clues as to why we might eat healthy food in the right portions, but never lose weight or even gain weight.

Just doesn’t seem fair, does it?

Lately, the media has highlighted a new reason why Americans, especially children, are overweight and can’t seem to lose that weight, even if they are eating healthy food. It’s because of Obesogens. Great name. Makes you feel fat and guilty before you even start.

The good news is, we only need to make small adjustments to our healthy eating plan to stay healthy and avoid Obesogens.

Here’s what you need to know to make your own healthy choices.

obesogen, Photo courtesy PhotoXpress.com,

What is an Obesogen?

An obesogen is a natural or synthetic chemical that is an endocrine-disruptor. Simply put, these chemicals disrupt the function of hormonal systems and metabolism, leading to weight gain. Obesogens enter our bodies different ways:

• Natural hormones found in soy
• Hormones given to animals
• Plastics in food and drink packaging
• Ingredients added to processed food
• Pesticides sprayed on produce, The average American is exposed to 10-13 different pesticides everyday.

How Obesogens work:

• Mimick human hormones such as estrogen
• Misprogramming stem cells to be fat cells
• Possibly alter gene functions

6 Easy Ways to Eliminate Obesogens from your Healthy Diet

1. The Dirty Dozen: Buy these foods organic

2. The Clean Fifteen: OK to buy conventional

3. Eliminate high fructose corn syrup from your diet

4. Toss out plastic containers labeled 3, 6, 7 on the bottom.

5. Drink milk that is organic or rBST free

6. Eat organic or grass fed beef

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