Are there any foods or drinks you actively try to limit or avoid for health concerns

sxt

I have kicked bacon and sausage to the kerb, including my beloved mcmuffin meal. See ya later pal

Scorpion Sting

Never been a big fan of peppers.

HalloweenJack

Whiskey, not a fan of what it does to me.

stimpson

Heroin

corner of hells

Dog food , I try and avoid it.

OldMrBrennan83

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wakka12

Im 21 so I'm trying to put off being very healthy til like late twenties when it starts to matter more. Im reasonably healthy now, eat plenty of fruit and veg, exercise plenty, but I probably drink a bit too much and i think ill just almost completely limit red meat and any takeaways from my diet after that too

Lady is a tramp

I have been told nightshades aren't good for psoriasis, so I am supposed to avoid potatos, chilis, peppers, tomatos, etc. All the good things.

I don't, though. Life's too short! My psoriasis mightn't look pretty, but it doesn't actually hurt me, so I'm okay with it hurting other peoples eyes! I can live with that.

punisher5112

Avocados... Who the fook eats these and what is even more bizarre is putting them on toast.

One thing I have completely gone off is coke and hookers it was costing way too much and rotting me teeth.

dudara

I don't drink soft drinks, never have, even as a kid I didn't like them.

I also don't eat wheat, it causes my stomach acidity to flare up. So I keep it as a real treat item

There are other things like celery and green peppers that I don't eat cause I just don't like the tastte

bee06

Anything with sugar

pumpkin4life

I used to be fat. So I cut out/significantly reduced carbohydrate consumption. So anything with a large amount of carbs I don't eat/drink.

As a result I lost the weight, with no calories in/calories out stuff.

quadrifoglio verde

Ready made meals. Not for health reasons but because I can whip up something tastier in the time it takes to buy and heat up said ready meal

I eat everything in moderation. So real butter, chocolate, red meat etc are all in my diet.
Yes they might increase risks of certain cancers, but you only get one life and I'm here to enjoy it.

Not worry that real butter on my toast knocks a year off my life.
That year comes at the end when you're in a nursing home, the last of your friends to be alive, not in your twenties.
If it's tasty, it's going in my mouth 😊

osarusan

Fast food in general. I would prefer to make my own chips or burgers, much nicer and less unhealthy too. It has been. Along time since I ate something from McDonalds or burger king or KFC.

But I am still eating food I like, so the food that I like and would love to eat every day, but choose not to eat/to cut down on for health reasons, is bread.

Corkgirl18

Fast food and takeaways I'd eat maybe once every 2-3 weeks now.
I've swapped all white carbs for brown/wholewheat alternatives.
Soft drinks and energy drinks are awful things so I'd rarely drink anything like that now.
Everything else in moderation.
I do need to tackle my sugar consumption though

osarusan

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

That year comes at the end when you're in a nursing home, the last of your friends to be alive, not in your twenties.

There is a great cartoon on the net somewhere- two old lads in a hospital room, wizened and with tubes sticking out of them, with one saying to the other something along the lines of, "these are the years we gave up drinking and smoking for".

AllForIt

Yes. Sugar particularly. Starchy carbs secondly, at least not daily. I'd rather drink alcohol in moderation, lets say once every week or two than consume either of the aforementioned regularly. It works for me insofar as I can drink from time to time and not put on weight.

D3V!L

Gluten !! I gave it up and lost loads of weight ........... in my wallet :pac:

SEPT 23 1989

You have only one run at.this life

Wine women and song

wakka12

You're right, but only certain types of red meat. Most red meat we see in supermarkets is highly processed though and thats very unhealthy, what I meant is i want to limit that kind of red meat mostly.
Fish and chicken always just seem lighter and healthier to me anyways ,though.

Cortina_MK_IV

Bread and processed cereals. Also never one for soft drinks.

whoopsadoodles

Not completely. Everything in moderation and all that.

I won't use processed oils at home and try not to eat things with "hidden" sugars like cereals, yogurts or cheap peanut butter. No issue with blatantly sugary things like a biscuit or cake on occasion though.

spock.

Pizza.

pew

Cucumber, I am badly allergic. I also avoid cheese lately too

buried

Vodka. Sends me into the black lodge.

punisher5112

whoopsadoodles wrote: »

Not completely. Everything in moderation and all that.

I won't use processed oils at home and try not to eat things with "hidden" sugars like cereals, yogurts or cheap peanut butter. No issue with blatantly sugary things like a biscuit or cake on occasion though.

Biscuit or cake!!!!!! Is there anything to be said for another mass.

Lucyfur

Limit salt, or at least try to. I fecking love it.

I don't buy any nice breakfast cereals cos i adore them but they're full of sugar.

I'm breastfeeding an allergy baby so so far me and her are completely dairy, chickpea, sesame and peanut free.

whoopsadoodles

Lucyfur wrote: »

Limit salt, or at least try to. I fecking love it..

I need to increase my salt intake because of low blood pressure!

Lucyfur

whoopsadoodles wrote: »

I need to increase my salt intake because of low blood pressure!

Ohhh maybe that'll get them off my case...

whoopsadoodles

punisher5112 wrote: »

Biscuit or cake!!!!!! Is there anything to be said for another mass.

You know what you're getting with biscuit and cake. You're getting sugar and fat and wheat, you know you're getting it so it's grand, you cam choose to eat it in moderation.

Hidden sugar is far more of an issue "i just had a strawberry yogurt" = "i have no idea I've just eaten 7 teaspoons of sugar"

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Lucyfur

punisher5112 wrote: »

Biscuit or cake!!!!!! Is there anything to be said for another mass.

In fairness, hobnobs are practically a health food and many cakes have fruit in them. Be grand.

Comfreycream

whoopsadoodles wrote: »

You know what you're getting with biscuit and cake. You're getting sugar and fat and wheat, you know you're getting it so it's grand, you cam choose to eat it in moderation.

Hidden sugar is far more of an issue "i just had a strawberry yogurt" = "i have no idea I've just eaten 7 teaspoons of sugar"

(No multi quote on touch )

Yes, Sugars are deadly as is white bread. What we need to be careful is this organic lark. It's fake. A money making machine. For proper organic it must be certified and generally is found in Polish shops & health food stores like Evergreen.

Dravokivich

I've never been one to be fearful of individual foods or ingredients. There's some stuff I don't like and I don't eat that, solely as a matter of taste. I just focus on my overall intake of food. Whatever it may be.

CFlat

corner of hells wrote: »

Dog food , I try and avoid it.

Why, does it make you fell rough?

Wabbit Ears

Anything with Palm Oil, Common in a lot of chocolate spreads and similar products.

Its low grade oil filler with huge calorie value, no taste advantages to it and is incredibly destructive ecologically as a cheap cash crop.

corner of hells

Lady is a tramp wrote: »

I have been told nightshades aren't good for psoriasis, so I am supposed to avoid potatos, chilis, peppers, tomatos, etc. All the good things.

I don't, though. Life's too short! My psoriasis mightn't look pretty, but it doesn't actually hurt me, so I'm okay with it hurting other peoples eyes! I can live with that.

I'll see your psoriasis and raise you my eczema and vitiligo.

corner of hells

CFlat wrote: »

corner of hells wrote: »

Dog food , I try and avoid it.

Why, does it make you fell rough?

When I go out for walk I get the urge to piss on every lamppost

KKkitty

Packet soups. I make my own now and put in what ingredients I like. Tastes way nicer too.

AllForIt

Lucyfur wrote: »

Limit salt, or at least try to. I fecking love it.

I don't buy any nice breakfast cereals cos i adore them but they're full of sugar.

The nonsense fad of limiting salt is actually so inaccurate.

It's the food one puts salt on that is causing the problem.

I only put salt on meat especially beef which makes it really tasty which draws out the flavor. Actually salt has a flavor onto itself.

It's the stupidly named 'hidden' salt that is bad simply because your not aware it's there. Same with 'hidden' sugar. But that's what happens when you eat junk food and is what happens when one is completely unaware of what one is eating.

Lucyfur

AllForIt wrote: »

The nonsense fad of limiting salt is actually so inaccurate.

It's the food one puts salt on that is causing the problem.

I only put salt on meat especially beef which makes it really tasty which draws out the flavor. Actually salt has a flavor onto itself.

It's the stupidly named 'hidden' salt that is bad simply because your not aware it's there. Same with 'hidden' sugar. But that's what happens when you eat junk food and is what happens when one is completely unaware of what one is eating.

Unfortunately my husband's heart disease isn't a nonsense fad

And I meant limiting the salt I put on my food.

buried

KKkitty wrote: »

Packet soups. I make my own now and put in what ingredients I like. Tastes way nicer too.

Nice! What do you make or what ingredients do you like to use? I always mean to do this myself but I too lazy

I'm addicted to those packet soups. They're grim stuff lol

OldMrBrennan83

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buried

Packet soups are the devil. If I have a pack and no boiling water I'd probably attempt to smoke it

meeeeh

I avoid raw garlic and processed meat laced with garlic because it's very heavy on my stomach.

I might have Chinese take away couple of times per year and the same for fast food but that's because I don't overly overly​ like it. I don't eat many biscuits or ice cream for the same reason but I make that up with chocolate or crisps. I eat plenty of rubbish (cured meats,white bread and pasta) and I also eat a lot of good food prepared from scratch. Basically I mostly eat what I like.

Ush1

I've Crohn's so anything fibery or that would produce gas eg beer, popcorn, brown bread

whoopsadoodles

Ush1 wrote: »

I've Crohn's so anything fibery or that would produce gas eg beer, popcorn, brown bread

Popcorn is probably my only intolerance. I still eat it, just not on occasions where a tight dress will be worn in the following few hours!

uch

Ush1 wrote: »

I've Crohn's so anything fibery or that would produce gas eg beer, popcorn, brown bread

Ah go way out of that, producing Gas is one of the funniest things that menfolk love to laugh at

I can't eat meringue, it's awful. I never knew I didn't like it til my wedding when we had Baked Alaska for dessert.

uch

I can't drink that aul water stuff, makes me sick, has to be Rum or I can't continue

KKkitty

buried wrote: »

Nice! What do you make or what ingredients do you like to use? I always mean to do this myself but I too lazy

I'm addicted to those packet soups. They're grim stuff lol

Get whatever veg you like and dice them up as small as possible. I use diced potatoes to help thicken the soup so throw everything in together in a deep enough saucepan. Add salt and pepper for seasoning. As little or as much as you wish. I also use one whole onion diced too. Bring to a boil and simmer for a few minutes. Use a stick blender or food processor to blend it til you get the consistency you prefer. You can add fresh cream and add a garnish if you want. It seems like a lot of effort but it's worth it.

Rumpy Pumpy

I try and avoid processed carbs. Not a zealot about it, but very little bread, pasta, pizza etc. My potato consumption has gone up as a result. Spuds are f?cking wonderful.