There is a lot to be made in the health and fitness industry. After all, it brings in billions and billions of dollars each year.

Unfortunately, a lot of what is marketed as healthy to the public in reality is NOT healthy at all. In fact, a lot of these products actually decrease health.

Thus, without further delay, here are some food items to stay away from:

1. Fancy juices: How convenient it is to simply start drinking some juice while thinking that you are doing something good for your health. Unfortunately, most juices are simply sugar-laden anti-oxidant-stripped formulations. You are much better off sticking with fruits.

2. Energy pills: You see, energy pills stimulate your sympathetic nervous system, the part of your body responsible for fight or flight responses. And when you over stimulate this system with energy pills, you can end up with adrenal fatigue or chronic fatigue. As a side note, energy pills are very harsh on your digestive system.

3. Horse pills: Whenever choosing a multivitamin, strive to get one that has no more than 100% daily value for any given nutrient. Anything more and you could end up with toxic levels of a nutrient, especially if you take other supplements.

4. Cereals: There are a couple good cereals out there, but the majority of them are simply boxes of crunchy sugar. In fact, one study showed that endurance athletes were able to exercise longer by NOT eating cereal before a workout.

5. Sugar sticks: By sugar sticks I mean energy bars. You see, most energy bars are simply sticks of sugar. Just read the label and the nutrition facts and you will see for yourself what I’m talking about. While convenient, make sure you don’t fall prey to the sexy advertising.

If you really want to maximize your health, stick to whole foods which have the most bio-available forms of nutrients, vitamins and minerals. The above foods can simply not compete with the power of natural food.

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