There are several broad food groups that you should try to avoid:

God has listed specific foods that we should and should not eat in Leviticus 11 (as well as in Deuteronomy 14).

• Do the dietary laws in the Old Testament apply to us today?

In addition, any foods that have been changed from the way God created them will be detrimental to your health.

Commercially processed foods

• Why is Processed Food So Bad? (One reason here)
• Why Junk Food is So Tempting...
• Dangers of Genetically Engineered Foods

• The Double Danger of High Fructose Corn Syrup
• Sugar-Free Blues
• Sugar: The Sweet Thief of Life
• Replacing Refined Sugars with Natural Sugars

• Lower Your Grains & Lower Your Insulin Levels
• A Beginner's Guide to Carbohydrates
• Wheaty Indiscretions

• Know Your Fats
• Trans Fat:  What Exactly Is It, and Why Is It So Dangerous?
• Surprise!  Saturated Fat Really Is Good for You!

• The Great Con-ola
• The Oiling of America

• What Started Pastuerization?
• What is Processed Dairy?
• Microbe-Phobia Is Destroying Our Food
• Milk:  It Does a Body Good?

• The 6 Dangers of Common Beef (and How to Avoid Them)
• What Is a Factory Farm?
• Pastured Poultry
• Don't Be Chicken of the Egg

• You Are What You Eat -- Grains
• Sprouting Off About Grains
• Enzymes in Food
• Enzymes:  The Key to Longevity

• High-pesticide Residues
• Surprising Health Benefits of an Organic Diet

• Soft Drinks:  America's Other Drinking Problem
• The Truth About Caffeine

• Water
• Environmental Toxins

• Vitamin Primer
• What the Industry Does Not Want You to Know
• Ascorbic Acid Is Not Vitamin C

• Redefining "Organic"
• How to have a healthy home environment

• The Hidden Dangers of Microwave Ovens

Wow! Did you read all those links? Congratulations! You are now well on your way to understanding good health!

Which are the worst? Where should you start? If it were me, I'd start in this order:

1. Commercially processed foods
2. Hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated fats
3. Refined Sweeteners
4. Pasteurized, homogenized milk products

If you conquer these top four villains, you'll have eliminated the majority of unhealthy foods from your diet. The other problems can be replaced more easily at this point.

Go to your cupboard with a permanent black marker. Put a big X on any food product that contains something harmful for you. Read all labels! You probably can't afford to go "cold turkey" and eliminate all those foods from your cupboards today. If you did, you'd have nothing to eat for supper, then you might be tempted to eat out at McDonalds! However, after you mark each harmful substance, you'll begin to be disgusted by your own pantry -- a very healthy first step toward being motivated to eat right!

Continue to Step Two