18 "Healthy" Foods I Will NEVER Eat Again

So a few months ago, I wore a continuous glucose monitor for three weeks. And the reason was because I was trying to figure out what was happening with my blood sugar. I was trying to get my cholesterol under control and I read a book called The Glucose Revolution. You guys have all heard this. If you missed the video, I'm gonna link to it down below. But one of the most interesting things about wearing a continuous glucose monitor to see when your blood sugar is spiking or when it's flat was that you got to understand certain foods that you thought were healthy actually completely wreck your body in terms of insulin and blood sugar. And when I stopped eating these things, all of a sudden, boom, the body fat just fell off me. And up until this point, I thought, oh, it's because I'm older and my metabolism, bullshit. It was because I was eating things that were spiking my insulin level. But it's not just insulin. There's some other foods that I personally feel are almost like caloric traps that a lot of people fall into or they think, oh, it's healthy or it's labeled as no fat or whatever and you eat it or it's low carb and you eat it. And you're like, why can't I lose weight? Today, guys, I'm gonna go over my list. Number one is oatmeal. Regular oatmeal, totally cool. Instant oatmeal, totally bad. I used to eat a ton of instant oatmeal because I thought, oh, it's oatmeal and so it's good. Well, it also has a ton of sugar and things that aren't amazing. Regular oatmeal, however, is great. Even if it's the Quick Oats, it's still basically a oat, which has a lot of fiber. It also has a lot of carbohydrates. Now, something else to understand. I am not anti-carbohydrate, not at all. What I'm anti is insulin spikes and sugar spikes. I feel better when I'm eating around 150 to 200 grams of carbohydrates a day. You eat carbohydrates that have a low glycemic index like oatmeal or sweet potatoes or barley, your blood sugar basically stays pretty flat. It doesn't spike, all right? Certain carbohydrates like fruit juice, all right, they're gonna spike your insulin and your blood sugar instantly because it's got a super high glycemic index, all right? It's basically referring to what happens to your body from a blood sugar and insulin perspective. When your blood sugar is high, your insulin needs to be deployed in order to basically get that blood sugar regulated. Protein bars, I stopped eating them. These, even though they're technically natural and they only have a few ingredients, these things would actually increase my blood sugar. Even though these don't because they've got sugar, alcohol, it doesn't mean it's metabolically good for you and I found that when I was eating these, I was craving them and so by cutting these out, it actually helped me basically get my sweet tooth under control. I've also been reading a lot more about the downsides to some of these bars and a lot of these ingredients, even though they don't have technically calories, again, it's not that it doesn't affect your body. All the fruit, that is my wife. She loves fruit. I don't eat fruit anymore and it was something that I would eat every morning. I'd be like, oh, but an apple's healthy but I saw what would happen with my blood sugar. Now, the truth is because it does have fiber, the fruit, it is technically better than just eating a candy bar or a tablespoon of sugar but the same thing happens to your body in terms of insulin and blood sugar. It spikes it, all right? Like I said, the fiber is important but for me, it just didn't matter. Juices, smoothies, all those healthy green drinks that are kind of delicious, never. For me, never because again, it's just straight up sugar. Pasta, I don't do it. Even though something like the Carbadium is better for you because literally it has 24 grams of dietary fiber, I just don't really love the taste and it's one of those things where if I'm gonna splurge and I'm gonna eat something that technically I probably shouldn't whether or not it's like pizza or pasta or something to that effect, I wanna enjoy it. And so for me, even though like this is healthier, I just don't think it tastes very good and so I will avoid things like this. The low-carb tortillas, again, even though it does have more fiber, I just stopped eating them because I found that certain foods are trigger foods for me and when I have one, I want another and then I would typically have it with like a low-fat piece of cheese which is something else I just wanna bring up. Typically, when you find something that is low-fat, what they're doing is removing the fat and increasing the sugar content and for me, I would rather eat the fat than the sugar which is something else that I basically stopped doing and that is stopped obsessing about low-fat and this is something that even though I knew, right, healthy fats, good fats, I would find myself avoiding foods that had fat when the truth is that all fat was not created equal. Saturated fat, not great for you, not good for cholesterol but the unsaturated fat that is found in nuts, in legumes, in salmon, in fish, in avocados, in avocado oil, in olive oil, this stuff is not only beneficial, it is amazing for your body. Dairy, I've stopped eating dairy. Not that I don't love dairy, I love dairy. I just don't eat it because it doesn't agree with me. Cottage cheese, I think, is amazing. It's low caloric, it has a ton of protein and typically it is low carbohydrates. Even if it is low fat, the carbs aren't bad, all right? Yogurt, this is another trap for a lot of people. Plain Greek yogurt is great. You wanna sweeten it with maybe a protein shake or some fruit, I think that's fine but again, the fruit will spike your insulin level. Honey, something else. A lot of people think, oh honey, it's natural. It doesn't mean it's not affecting your insulin level or your blood sugar. I don't do honey. The sweetener I use now is called monk fruit and the beautiful thing with monk fruit, it doesn't affect your insulin or your blood sugar. It has a sensation of sweetness or a taste of sweetness in your mouth but that's where it stops. A lot of the artificial sweeteners that you're using, it actually does have an impact on your blood sugar and your metabolism. And so even though it's like no calorie, it doesn't mean that it's good. Brings me to something else I don't drink and that is zero calorie drinks. Whether or not it's diet sodas or it's energy drinks, I don't drink them. If I'm gonna have caffeine, it's gonna be coffee. I personally like the taste of black coffee. A lot of people don't. If I wanted it sweet, I would add a little bit of monk fruit. I personally don't like the taste of stevia. Stevia is the other option in terms of basically tasting sweet without impacting your metabolism or your blood sugar or glucose. Organic junk food. Just because it's an organic cookie doesn't mean that it's good for you or healthy, all right? Vegan. Another thing that guys get all like, oh, it's vegan. Well, there's this stand at the Marietta Square on weekends that sells all this vegan food and it's delicious. The reality is that it is super calorically dense. It doesn't mean, again, that it doesn't have an impact on your body, all right? I also have cut out soy. I don't drink or eat any soy because of testosterone levels. I also have cut out beer because of the hops. I also have tried to limit, greatly limit my alcohol consumption. One of the big myths is like one or two glasses of wine is good for you. No, any amount of alcohol is toxic for your body. Just wanted to get that out of the way. One of the most interesting things that I learned when wearing a glucose monitor was what happens to my body when I drink alcohol. I thought, okay, I'm gonna have a glass of wine. It's gonna spike it. It actually did the opposite. It reduced my blood sugar and the reason I found out after doing a little chat GPT research is that when you consume alcohol, your liver, which is normally regulating blood sugar, releasing insulin and all that good stuff, goes into action to get the toxic chemical, the alcohol, out of your system. That's what it focuses on and so for me, my blood sugar would always crash after a glass of wine, which I found very fascinating. The bottom line is this. Zero alcohol is ideal. Something else that I stopped eating is the nut butters. Peanut butter, almond butter and here's the deal. Not that it's bad for you and that's the other thing. Nothing in moderation is technically bad for you, all right? I'm just telling you what I stopped eating and the peanut butters, it was just too much of a trigger. I would go in there a few times a day and just have a scoop of peanut butter. I loved it, right? And what happened is all of a sudden, I've increased my calories by 800 and if you were trying to lose body fat, the key is be in a caloric deficit and if you eat a bunch of whole foods, low sugar, all right, you're gonna have a lot easier time and so instead, I started actually grabbing this. It has no saturated fat and it works great in a smoothie or a shake or peanut butter or a Ninja Creamy. These are amazing. The PB2, it basically is like powdered peanut butter without all the saturated fat. I always thought I was like the healthiest dude ever when it came to my food and over the course of the past few months, I've learned a lot about food. I've also learned a lot about my body and what actually happens when I eat certain things. I've also dug a little bit deeper into some of the ingredients and what it actually does, if it's good or bad, regardless of if it's like no calorie or not and for me, it's been very eye-opening. There are a lot of things that people would consider to be healthy that I won't eat or I don't eat anymore. I'm not saying not to and that's the other thing. It's all about moderation. Fat is not bad. Carbohydrates are not bad. Certain fats are better than others. The good fat, the omega-3, better than the saturated fat. You know, the sugars that you're gonna get from a sweet potato are better than say just straight up fruit juice in my opinion because of what it does to your insulin level. The more fiber a carbohydrate has, the better it's gonna be for your body and the more stable your blood sugar but the bottom line is if you want pizza, life is too short not to have pizza but again, it's all about moderation. What about you? What is something that people think are healthy that you know you shouldn't eat? Down below, let me know.