{"id":247057,"date":"2024-03-15T20:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/the-8-foods-nutrition-experts-think-you-should-avoid\/"},"modified":"2024-03-15T22:15:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T22:15:41","slug":"the-8-foods-nutrition-experts-think-you-should-avoid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/the-8-foods-nutrition-experts-think-you-should-avoid\/","title":{"rendered":"The 8 Foods Nutrition Experts Think You Should Avoid"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Diet plays a big role in health. The foods that we put into our bodies have an impact on our brains, hearts, guts, immune systems, skin, and so much more. But while some foods have a positive effect (hello, nutrient-dense plant-based whole foods), when consumed to excess, others aren\u2019t so good. Eating too much saturated fat, salt, and sugar in processed foods and sweet treats can increase the risk of chronic diseases, including heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and certain types of cancer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-center\">jump to the list<\/p>\n<p>Right now, Americans aren\u2019t getting enough of the good stuff, research suggests. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, just one in 10 adults in the US are eating enough fruits and vegetables. And many of us are relying too much on the not-so-good stuff. The Western Pattern Diet (similar to the Standard American Diet) is high in fried foods, processed&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vegnews.com\/vegan-health-wellness\/unhealthy-foods-to-avoid\"target=\"_blank\">Read the full article originally published at vegnews.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diet plays a big role in health. The foods that we put into our bodies have an impact on our brains, hearts, guts, immune systems, skin, and so much more. But while some foods have a positive effect (hello, nutrient-dense plant-based whole foods), when consumed to excess, others aren\u2019t so good. Eating too much saturated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":247058,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[386],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.0 (Yoast SEO v20.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The 8 Foods Nutrition Experts Think You Should Avoid - Republic of Green News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/vegnews.com\/vegan-health-wellness\/unhealthy-foods-to-avoid\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The 8 Foods Nutrition Experts Think You Should Avoid\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Diet plays a big role in health. 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