To say these are foods is most likely an insult to what real food actually is. Maybe it’s better to call these items “food like things”. If someone consumes these foods, the fat gaining affect is long and dramatic. (lasting for weeks in the body) Not to mention that disease in the body occurs when nutrition is absent and these “food like things” really destroy what nutrition stores you may be holding.

On top of that, these “food like things” have little (if any) nutrition to offer the body in the first place. Basically these items often take more nutrition away from the body than they provide and that’s exactly why the body is afraid of such items. This fear reaction is easily tested for, when these items are consumed, in the form of hormonal changes relating to the body’s fight or flight system. Many people understand that a mugger is a threat or a dog attack is a threat yet not many understand that the body is as (or more) afraid of you sticking poison in your mouth than almost anything else.

The hormonal fear reaction to junk food is massive and that fear is imprinted on each cell in the body. That fear reaction can also easily affect the person’s mental well being in the form of depression, anxiety, insomnia, paranoia, jealousy, rage and temper control issues etc. Activation of our fight or flight system, regardless of source, will be reflected in our mental and physical well being.

These fight or flight hormones (stress hormones) are also responsible for the metabolic shift toward fat accumulation and water retention. When you consume junk foods or food like things, they really scare the body and with that the body secretes hormones that increase fat gain and water retention. The body is also very efficient…so when it turns on the production of these fat gaining stress hormones, it lets that machinery run for a while just in case you consume that same junk food over and over again. If these junk foods are consumed on a regular basis the body just starts to save time by leaving this fat production system on all the time.

That means that fat gaining hormones are permanently produced and dumped into the bloodstream constantly, in anticipation of the person’s poor eating habits. Studies also show the fat gaining hormone production can increase when a person even thinks of eating junk food, just so the body has time to prepare before the attack begins. I’ve heard many people say, “sometimes I just think of the cake and I start gaining!”. That’s not too far off the mark given how the body can adapt to chronic ingestion of poor quality food choices.

These hormones also block fat burning. No one is crazy enough to dig a hole and fill it at the same time and the body is not crazy enough to burn fat and produce it at the same time either. The body uses fat cells as little holding tanks for the dangerous components of the food like things you eat. When the liver is clear the fat cells dump the toxins into the blood stream but if the liver is backed up, the fat cells just keep on growing and multiplying. So basically extra weight is stored toxins. People aren’t fat, they’re toxic.

The food like things I see that cause the most weight gain and therefore the biggest stress response in my clients are (in no particular order) 1) margarines and commercial salad dressings made with corn/soy/canola/cottonseed/sunflower/safflower oils 2) potato chips/french fries 3) liquid sugars like pop/iced teas/commercial fruit juices/milk and milk products/sugar laden soy/rice or almond milks 4) diet pops and zero calorie/flavored liquids 5) cookies/cakes/crackers/candies/pastries/commercial chocolate bars 6) donuts/bagels/muffins 7) all restaurant chain fast food items 8) microwaved popcorn and all microwaved foods 9) most breakfast cereals and 10) all chemical medications. (medications are straight toxins and people do place them in their mouths and eat them……..so they make the list)

The real truth lies in finding someone who consumes any of these items on a regular basis and taking a look for yourself. People who consume these items on a regular basis will be fatter and more sick than the average person and even though they may say it’s genetic etc…it’s not……..it’s what their eating. As soon as someone stops eating these foods on a regular basis, the weight and disease will go away.

The body owns the truth and never lies. The body speaks it’s own language. It’s cry for help comes in the form of weight gain, pain and disease. We just have to learn how to listen and respect what our bodies are trying to tell us.

As a bonus you can click here to watch a complete lecture on how what we eat determines what emotions we feel in a day.