High Glycemic Foods: Avoid These to Lose Fat

High glycemic foods cause obesity in children and need to be avoided by all of us who want to lose weight! Many of these foods are consumed regularly by children in the form of fruit juice drinks and fruit snacks like fruit roll ups. You will get a spike in your blood sugar with these high glycemic foods and especially the juices made from them. Overweight children don't know any better so we need to guide them.

Fruits to Avoid

Vegetables to Avoid

beets	carrots	parsnips	potatoes
instant mashed potatoes	potato chips	French fries	pumpkin
rutabaga	squash	winter turnips

Fruit and Vegetable Juices to Avoid

beet juice	carrot juice	prune juice	watermelon juice
white and red grape juice

Avoid juices made from any high glycemic fruits or juices sweetened with high glycemic sweeteners.

Most fruit snacks like fruit leathers and fruit roll ups are best avoided. Fruit roll ups are commonly given to children these days. The idea may be that they are a healthier alternative to candy. The problem is they are still very high glycemic. If a child is overweight these should be avoided. Childhood obesity is on the rise and one of the reasons is all of the commercial, high glycemic foods aimed at the children's market."

Fruit Snacks

Jams and Jellies

Avoid if they contain corn syrup, sucrose, maltodextrins, dextrose or any other high glycemic ingredients.

Nut Butters

Jif peanut butter, creamy and extra crunchy	Jif Sensations, chocolate silk and apple cinimon	Simply Jif, creamy	Laura Scudder's reduced fat, smooth
Peter Pan, creamy, crunchy, reduced fat	Reese's, creamy	Skippy, creamy, creamy peanut butter spread, super chunk	Smuckers Goober grape jelly and peanut butter

All the commercial nut butters are usually loaded with high glycemic ingredients and other additives. Again, it's the commercial nut butters below that are marketed to children and are highly appealing to children because they are so sweet. There are many good nut butters on the market so there is no reason to buy these. The ones at the natural foods stores can be eaten sparingly.

Bad Fats and Oils

These are the saturated fats to avoid as much as possible unless you are a vegetarian. You will get plenty of omega-6 fats if you eat meat, cheese and eggs. Because the essential fatty acids (the omega- 3s) are a very important part of your eating plan be sure to read Good Fats, Omega-3 Sources. Don't be tempted by the margerines or any type of synthetic fat. Read the labels. A small amount of butter may be eaten after you have reached your goal weight.