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With so many options of different foods to eat in this modern age certain items are simply harmful for your body. BeLiteWeight recommends that you do your very best to avoid, or at least minimize, the consumption of these core detrimental foods and chemicals.

#1 Simple Carbs & Sugar

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#2 Trans Fat / Partially (Or fully) Hydrogenated Oils

eggs beef jerky cheese avocado butter healthy snacks weight loss surgery before after photos beliteweight gastric sleeve bariatricHydrogenated (and partially hydrogenated) oils are preservative substances that should be liquid at room temperature but through some sort of chemical process are made to be solid. These oils are one of the frightening reasons for why clogged arteries and heart disease is so common in the US.

#3 MSG

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#4 BHA & BHT

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#5 Sodium Nitrate

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#6 Sodium Benzoate / Benzoid Acid

eggs beef jerky cheese avocado butter healthy snacks weight loss surgery before after photos beliteweight gastric sleeve bariatricSodium Benzoate and Benzoid Acid are both naturally occuring but when mixed and stored with Vitamin C they form a chemical called Benzene which is known to cause a number of cancers. Look out for these in your Vitamin C juices!

#7 Potassium Bromate

single-simple-bread-roll-1631979-1279x853Found in white breads like Wonderbread, Potassium Bromate is banned in almost every other 'industrialized' country because of its known link with a number of different cancers. You really shouldn't put it in your body!

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Cites to Info

http://www.livescience.com/36206-truth-potassium-bromate-food-additive.html

http://www.livestrong.com/article/488257-the-dangers-of-sodium-benzoate/

http://my.xfinity.com/slideshow/news-DangerousIngredients/3/

http://www.foodrenegade.com/msg-dangerous-science/