Hi there everyone... Can anyone list most of the common foods that should be avoided in order to keep a healthy diet? And what do you think of having one cheat meal a day, let's say a pudding or a cake in the afternoon?

I try not to eat:
donuts
french fries
chips
pork ribs
or anything with large amounts of saturated or trans fats

I try to limit:
cake, cookies
ice cream
cheese
red meat
white bread
white rice
white potatoes
sugar

Here's what the experts recommend. Never eat the foods in this list (http://www.domesticgear.com/articles/tenfoods.html) or this list (http://www.cspinet.org/nah/10foods_bad.html)

I like to stay away from the following ingredients:

ANYTHING "enriched"
High fructose corn syrup
Partially hydrogenated oil

I carefully consume the following
fats
sugars

The grain products I consume are always "whole grain".

I heard a really cute saying today regarding meats. Eat more of things that swim or fly and less of things that walk.

That about sums it up for me.

I try not to eat:
donuts
french fries
chips
pork ribs
or anything with large amounts of saturated or trans fats

I try to limit:
cake, cookies
ice cream
cheese
red meat
white bread
white rice
white potatoes
sugar

Here's what the experts recommend. Never eat the foods in this list (http://www.domesticgear.com/articles/tenfoods.html) or this list (http://www.cspinet.org/nah/10foods_bad.html)

Wow! Thanks man, that was really helpful, I could really use that info... but, what if I eat once a day the food in your "TRY TO LIMIT" list, I hope it doesn't have much side effect, cause I really love bread and I'm kinda bored with whole wheat loaf, so sometimes I buy breads I see on the stall,... is that ok?

For me the general rules are :

o The less ingredients something has, the better.
o The more processed the food, the worse it is.

o Do not eat anything with trans fats (partially hydrogenated soybean (or other) oil, aka vegetable shortening, aka margarine).
o Try not to eat much of anything that has most of its calories come from processed sugars. (That includes cakes/cookies/candy/chocholate unfortunately.)
o Try not to eat food with high GI, unless it is for recovery after training. (White bread, white rice, potatoes, bleached/enriched flour, processed sugars.)
o Try not to eat too much sodium.

o Try to eat fruit every day.
o Try to eat vegetables every day.
o Eat whole grain breads (rye is also good), eat brown rice.

o Try not to eat too much saturated fats. This is mostly because they have lots of calories and they are not too helpful.