Stay away from pro-inflammatory foods, which accelerate the aging process. A simple rule of thumb is to consider the following: If it contains flour, and/or sugar or other sweetener, it will be pro-inflammatory. Sugary, starchy foods are poor choices and will not only pack on excess pounds, they will make you look older than your years.
- Bagels
- Breads, rolls, baked goods
- Candy
- Cake
- Cookies
- Cereals (except old fashioned oatmeal)
- Cornstarch
- Corn bread, corn muffins
- Corn syrup
- Crackers
- Croissants
- Doughnuts
- Egg rolls
- Fast food
- French Fries
- Fruit juice—choose the fruit instead
- Fried foods
- Flour
- Granola
- Hard cheese (except for feta and grating cheeses, such as Romano and Parmesan)
- Honey
- Hot dogs
- Ice cream, frozen yogurt, Italian ices
- Jams, jellies and preserves
- Margarine
- Molasses
- Muffins
- Noodles
- Pancakes
- Pastry
- Pie
- Pita bread
- Pizza
- Pasta
- Popcorn
- Potatoes
- Pudding
- Relish
- Rice
- Sherbet
- Shortening
- Snack foods, including: potato chips, pretzels, corn chips, rice and corn cakes, etc.
- Soda
- Sugar
- Tacos
- Tortillas
- Waffles
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