5 worst and best foods / drinks?

kingtut

Ok so just curious as to what in people's opinions are the best and worst 5 foods to have when you are trying to diet or eat healthy?

In my opinion the following strikes me as being healthy however I am only starting with the dieting so I'm probably completely wrong.

Best:
1 Eggs
2 Water
3 Pasta
4 Tuna Fish
5 Chicken (skin off)

Worst:
1 Any fried food
2 Sugar
3 Crisps / Sweets
4 Fizzy drinks - Coke / Sprite etc.
5 Cheese

PeakOutput

besides the cheese in your bad list you seem to be fairly spot on

kingtut

PeakOutput wrote: »

besides the cheese in your bad list you seem to be fairly spot on

Cheese is good? Any particular type?

Can you tell me whether roasted vegetables are good? I love them, and am happy to have them with no oil or anything....Mushrooms, onions, peppers, garlic (for flavouring only), Zuccini, carrots, parsnips......

Also when cooking chicken what is the healthiest way? In the oven with no oil? Wrapped in foil maybe. I'm thinking of starting to make my own soup with just water and various vegetables...do you think this is a good idea? Thanks for your help.

An Citeog

kingtut wrote: »

Cheese is good? Any particular type?

Can you tell me whether roasted vegetables are good? I love them, and am happy to have them with no oil or anything....Mushrooms, onions, peppers, garlic (for flavouring only), Zuccini, carrots, parsnips......

Also when cooking chicken what is the healthiest way? In the oven with no oil? Wrapped in foil maybe. I'm thinking of starting to make my own soup with just water and various vegetables...do you think this is a good idea? Thanks for your help.

Cottage cheese is good. The others aren't really the best but they definitely wouldn't be included in a list of the 5 worst foods.

There's no problem with roasting vegetables either and oils such as olive oil are essential as part of a balanced diet. Try and add some/a lot of green vegetables to your diet aswell.

As for chicken breasts, there are plenty of ways to cook them. Personally, I like to marinade them in a bit of olive oil, maybe a squeeze of lemon juice, some garlic, black pepper, sometimes a little bit of grated ginger (be creative!) and then I cook them in the oven in foil parcels (3-5 at a time).

As for the soup, go for it. There are plenty of recipes online for making healthy vegetable soups eg. broccoli. Basically, pick some healthy foods that you like and get creative with them. Try different combinations and see what appeals to you. The stickies in this forum have a wealth of information about the types of food you should be looking to eat and to avoid.

rubadub

I would take pasta off your list. Wholemeal pasta is Ok but still fairly processed. I would put oats and broccoli (as mentioned) on the list. You do not have to just make porridge with oats, I make pancakes, coat chicken, and have yet to make biscuits with them.

As for fried food, depends on what it is cooked in and how much, I fry chicken in tiny amounts of butter. I have read the veg oils are not great to fry in.

I would have milk and nuts on the good list. Do not equate high calories with "bad", and low calories with "good". Nuts are high in calories per 100g, yet still good for you. I eat low fat/high protein cheese which I consider OK.

I consider whey protein "just another food", since it is part of my diet, I like the taste and mix it with several things. It is great for dieting since it satisfies your hunger a lot.

jayoo

Good when on bulk.
peanut butter
homemade brown bread Mmmmmm
honey
whey
pasta
all lean meat
fish
all veg
all fruit
soya milk
all milk
eggs
natural yogurt
plain popcorn and honey for a sweet tooth treat
nuts of all varities
oats, which can be preblended into powder, and can be added to yougurt along with a spoon of whey
green tea
mulit vitamin
vit c
whey protein, not essensitial, but very handy for after gym workout, with a spoon of glucose and some of your prebklended oats
Pancakes, which can be made from whey, blended oats, eggs milk, add bit of honey and bring to work and eat at lunch time.
cheese
jam on your peanut butter sandwiches, need that insulin spike
sugary tea when eating protein snack, it yum and helps spike insulin
home made pizza, using healthy brown bread base, blended tomato,chilli,pepper and onion sauce, and lean meat on top yum yum yum
seeds, if u fing them hard to eat then blend the bastards and throw them into other foods
brown rice

Killme00

Crisps are the devil. Avoid like the plague.

PeakOutput

kingtut wrote: »

Worst:
1 Any fried food

also i think you can fry 'healthily' just use olive oil or no oil at all(dont know if that still counts as frying but hey it uses a frying pan). is george foremen considered frying? thats pretty healthy too i think. deep frying now is anothing kettle of fish altogether

i say take cheese off the list because i love it and i think i can reach all my goals with it in my diet

fizzy drinks defo i used to work 10 hour shifts and would drink so much coke i started running and made one change to my diet which was change coke for water and i lost about a stone

Jonny303

try coconut oil for frying if u need something.

is quite high in kcals but because id say i used to more than 2-3g when doing a steak or a stirfry

whats the deal with natural yogurt?

just reading jonny wilkinsons book there, according to him, 13 chicken breasts and 1kg of natural yogurt were polished off one day (with breakfast) while rehabing from a neck injury. now i love my chicken and all....but 13?

kingtut

Firstly thanks to everyone who replied. A few responses for people:
Tonight I plan on having 1 chicken fillet, 2 boiled eggs, some lettuce, tomato and cucumber with no dressing (or I was thinking of having 1 chicken fillet and some roasted veg). Are these good ideas?

An Citeog wrote: »

As for chicken breasts, there are plenty of ways to cook them. Personally, I like to marinade them in a bit of olive oil, maybe a squeeze of lemon juice, some garlic, black pepper, sometimes a little bit of grated ginger (be creative!) and then I cook them in the oven in foil parcels (3-5 at a time).

I love this idea thanks. Would you eat the 3 -5 chicken fillets in one meal? Or do you just reheat them as required...

An Citeog wrote: »

As for the soup, go for it. There are plenty of recipes online for making healthy vegetable soups eg. broccoli. Basically, pick some healthy foods that you like and get creative with them. Try different combinations and see what appeals to you. The stickies in this forum have a wealth of information about the types of food you should be looking to eat and to avoid.

Thanks, regarding soup is it ok to use stock cubes? Or if not what kind of flavouring would be good...I was planning on throwing all the veg / chicken or whatever into a pot of water and then 'blitzing' (whisking up etc) when done...

rubadub wrote: »

Do not equate high calories with "bad", and low calories with "good". Nuts are high in calories per 100g, yet still good for you. I eat low fat/high protein cheese which I consider OK.

but surely more calories means you put on more weight? sorry for asking silly questions I'm new to all of this...

PeakOutput wrote: »

fizzy drinks defo i used to work 10 hour shifts and would drink so much coke i started running and made one change to my diet which was change coke for water and i lost about a stone

was your 1 stone lose purely by switching to water or was it combined with exercise also? did it take long for you to lose the stone? is diet coke any good do you know? I like fizzy drinks and am more than happy to have sparkling water but not sure if it is good for me... I guess I like the fizzy feeling in my mouth lol sounds weird I know.