Sexy Forever: How to Fight Fat After Forty (44 page)

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Authors: Suzanne Somers

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HEALTHY FATS

Oils
 
Olive oil—this should be your staple; extra virgin is best
Grapeseed oil
Flaxseed oil
Mayonnaise—best made from light olive or grapeseed oils
Dairy Fats
 
Butter
Crème fraîche
Cream
Sour cream
Cheese
 
Asiago
Havarti
Bel paese
Hoop
Blue
Jarlsberg
Boursin
Limburger
Brie
Mascarpone
Buffalo mozzarella
Monterey jack
Camembert
Mozzarella
Cheddar
Muenster
Colby
Parmesan
Cottage cheese (full fat)
Pecorino Romano
Cream cheese
Provolone
Farmer
Queso blanco
Feta
Ricotta
Fontina
Roquefort
Goat
String
Gouda
Swiss
Gruyère
 

CARBOHYDRATES

Detox: Up to 3 servings per day

Level 1: Up to 4 servings per day

Level 2: At your discretion

Beans

A serving equals ½ cup cooked.

Adzuki
Kidney
Anasazi
Lentils
Black
Lima
Black-eyed peas
Mung
Cannellini
Navy
Fava
Pinto
Garbanzo
Red
Great northern
Split peas
Green peas
White

Whole-Grain Products

These include breads, bagels, crackers, hot cereals, cold cereals, or pasta made from these whole grains. A serving equals 1 slice of bread, ½ bagel, 1 rice cake, or ½ cup cereal, pasta, or rice.

Amaranth
Oat
Barley
Pumpernickel
Bran
Quinoa
Brown rice
Rye
Buckwheat
Spelt
Kamut
Whole wheat
Millet
Wild rice

Nonfat Dairy Products

A serving equals ½ cup.

Nonfat cottage cheese
Nonfat sour cream
Nonfat milk
Nonfat soy milk
Nonfat rice milk
Nonfat yogurt
Nonfat ricotta cheese
Whey protein

Carbohydrates with Healthy Fats

These foods are listed here because they contain a combination of Carbohydrates with Healthy Fats. You will treat them as Carbohydrates.

Avocados—½ avocado

Cocoa—unsweetened, ¼ cup

Coconut—½ cup, fresh or dried, unsweetened

Liver—2 ounces

Low-fat and whole milk, cottage cheese, ricotta, yogurt—½ cup

Nuts—about 10

Olives—about 10

Soy—about ½ cup (organic only, no GMO)

VEGETABLES AND HERBS

A serving of vegetables equals 1 cup raw or ½ cup cooked. Eat at least 6 servings per day.

Alfalfa sprouts

Artichoke

Arugula

Asparagus

Bamboo shoots

Basil

Bean sprouts

Beet greens

Bok choy

Broccoli

Brussels sprouts

Cabbage

Cauliflower

Celery

Chervil

Chicory greens

Chives

Cilantro

Clover sprouts

Collard greens

Crookneck squash

Cucumber

Daikon

Dandelion greens

Dill weed

Eggplant

Endive

Escarole

Fennel

Garlic

Ginger

Green beans

Horseradish

Jicama

Kale

Kohlrabi

Leeks

Lettuce

Boston or Bibb

Frisée

Green leaf

Iceberg

Limestone

Red oak

Romaine

Mushrooms

Mustard greens

Okra

Onion

Parsley

Peppers

Bell

Cherry

Chile

Pepperoncini

Pickles (except sweet)

Purslane

Radicchio

Radish

Rhubarb

Rosemary

Sage

Salsify

Sauerkraut

Scallions

Shallots

Snow peas

Spinach

Sugar snap peas

Swiss chard

Tarragon

Thyme

Tomatillo

Tomato

Turnip

Turnip greens

Water chestnuts

Watercress

Wax beans

Yard-long beans

Yellow beans

Zucchini

FRUIT

A serving equals 1 medium-size piece of fruit, or about ½ cup. I recommend 2 to 3 servings per day. It’s best not to eat fruit after dinner, except berries.

Apple

Apricot

Asian pear

Berries

Acai

Blackberry

Blueberry

Boysenberry

Cranberry

Currant

Elderberry

Gooseberry

Maqui

Mulberry

Ollaberry

Raspberry

Strawberry

Cherimoya

Cherries

Crabapple

Fig

Grapefruit

Grapes

Guava

Kiwi

Kumquat

Lemon

Lime

Loquat

Lychee

Mandarin orange

Mango

Melons

Cantaloupe

Casaba

Crenshaw

Honeydew

Orange fleshed

Sharlyn

Watermelon

Nectarine

Orange

Papaya

Passionfruit

Peach

Pear

Persimmon

Pineapple

Plum

Pomegranate

Prickly pear

Pomelo

Quince

Star fruit

Tamarind

Tangerine

SKIN CARE
INGREDIENTS TO AVOID

As you know now, it’s not just what you eat that can increase your toxic burden. This is a partial list (yes, partial! Frightening, isn’t it?) of the chemicals and toxins to avoid rubbing on your face or body. Look for clean products without these ingredients.

1,2 hexanediol

acetamide MEA

acrylates copolymer

AHAs

alcloxa

aldioxa

alkyl benzoate

alpha arbutin

alpha hydroxy acids

aluminum glycinate

aluminum hydroxide

aluminum oxide

aluminum powder

amino-guanadine

aminomethyl propanol

aminopropyl ascorbyl phosphate

ammonium alum

ammonium laureth sulfate

ammonium lauryl sulfate

ammonium polacrylate

AMP

artificial colors

avobenzone

babassuamidopropalkonium chloride

behenalkonium chloride

behenamidopropyl hydroxyethyl

dimonium chloride

behenoxy dimethicone

behentrimonium methosulfate

benzalkonium chloride

benzethonium chloride

benzophenone

benzyl PCA

betaine

BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole)

BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene)

bis diglyceryl polyacyladipate-2

bismuth oxychloride

boron nitride

bronopol

bumetrizole

butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane

butylene glycol

butylparaben

C 11-15 pareth 12

C 12-14 olefin Sulfonate

C 12-15 alkyl benzoate

C 12-15 alkyl lactate

C 12-15 alkyl octanoate

C 13-14 isoparaffin

capryl isostearate

carbomer

Carbowax (polyethylene glycol)

carmine

castor oil/IPDI copolymer

CDE (cocomide DEA)

ceramide 2, 3

ceresin

certified colors

ceteareth 2-100

ceteareth 5-20

cetearyl ethylhexanote

cetearyl isononanoate

cetearyl methicone

ceteth-20 phosphate

cetrimonium bromide

cetrimonium chloride

cetyl betaine

chlorphenesin

cocamide betaine

cocamide DEA

cocamide MEA

cocamide MIPA

cocamidopropyl PG-dimonium chloride

cocamidopropyl PG-dimonium chloride phosphate

cocamidopropylamine oxide

cochineal

coco betaine

coco phosphatidyl PG- dimonium chloride

cocoamphocarboxyglycinate

cocodimonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed rice protein

colloidal minerals

colloidal silver

copolymer

corn glycol

cyclomethicone

cyclopentasiloxane

cyclotetrasiloxane

diazolidinyl urea

dicaprylyl carbonate

dicaprylyl ether

dicetyldimonium chloride

diethanolamine (DEA)

dihydroxyacetone

diisopropyl dimerate

dimethicone copolyol

dimethicone crosspolymer-3

dimethyl capramide

dimethyl oxobenzo dioasilane

dimethyl phenyl 2-butanol

dimethylpolysiloxane

dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate (DSS)

dipalmitoyl hydroxyproline

dipentaerythrityl

dipentaerythrityl hexahydroxystearate/hexastearate/hexarosinate

dipolyhydroxystearate

dipropylene glycol

disodium EDTA

disodium laureth sulfosuccinate

disodium oleamido succinate

distearate 75

disteardimonium hectoride

DMDM hydantoin

EGMS

emu oil

ethoxydiglycol

ethoxydiglycol oleate

ethyl acetate

ethyl diglycol (polyethylene glycol)

ethyl methoxycinnamate

ethyl vanillin

ethylene glycol

FD&C colors

fragrance, synthetic

fullerenes

germaben

Germall

glycereth-26

glycereth-7 cocoate

glyceryl isostearate

glyceryl polyacrylate

hexadecanol

hexahydroxystearate/hexastearate/hexarosinate

hexylene glycol

homosalate

human placental protein

hydroquinone

hydrotalcite

hydroxyethyl acrylate/sodium acryloyldimethyl taurate copolymer

hydroxyethyl soyamide

hydroxypropyl polysiloxane

imidazolidinyl urea

iodopropynyl butylcarbamate

IPDI

isoceteth-20

isocetyl isostearate

isohexadecane

isopentyldiol

isopropyl methylphenol

isopropyl myristate

isopropyl titanium triisostearate

kojic acid

lactamidopropyl trimonium chloride

lactic acid

lauramide MEA

laureth-7

laurethsulfosuccinate

lauryl amidopropyl betaine

lauryl glucoside betaine

magnesium aluminum silicate

magnesium myristate

MEA-containing ingredients

melanin

Methoxycinnamate

methyl gluceth-10

methyl glyceth-20

methyl glycol

methyl propanediol

methyl soyate

methylchloroisothiazolinone

methylisothiazolinone

methylparaben

methylsilanol mannuronate

microcrystalline wax

mineral oil

myristic acid

myristyl alcohol

myristyl ether sulfate

myristyl lactate

myristyl myristate

nitrocellulose

nonoxynol 10

nylon-12

octinoxate

octisalate

octocrylene

octyl dodecyl neopentanoate

octyl methoxycinnamate

octyldecanol

octyldodecanol

olefin sulfonate

oleth 2-50

oleth-3-phosphate

oleyl betaine

oleyl oleate

oxybenzone

PABA (para-aminobenzoic acid

panthenyl ethyl ether

panthenyl triacetate

para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA)

parabens

paraphenylenediamine

Parsol

PCA-ethyl cocoyl arginate

pearl powder

PEG (polyethylene glycol)

PEG-6 caprylic/capric glycerides

PEG-7 glyceryl cocoate

PEG-10 sunflower glycerides

PEG-20, 100 stearate

PEG-35 (stearate) castor oil

PEG-40 hydrogenated castor oil

PEG-55 propylene glycol oleate

PEG-120 methyl glucose dioleate

PEG-150 distearate

PEG-150 pentaerythrityl tetrastearate

pentaerythrityl distearate

pentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate

pentaerythrityl tetrastearate

pentasodium pentetate

pentylene glycol

petrolatum

phenyl-butyl-nitrate

phenylbenzimidazole-5- sulfonic acid

phenyltrimethicone

phthalate

placental protein

polaxamer 335

polyacrylamide

polybutene

polyethylene glycol (PEG)

polyglyceryl-10 behenate/eicosadioate

polyglyceryl-2 dipolyhydroxystearate

polyglyceryl-3 diisostearate

polyglyceryl-3 polyricinoleate

polyglyceryl-3 ricinoleate

polyglyceryl-4 isostearate

polyimide 1

polyisobutene

polypropylene glycol

polyquaternium 7, 10, 11

polysilicone-11, -15

polyvinylpyrrolidone

potassium alum

potassium C12-13 alkyl

phosphate

potassium iodide

potassium myristate

PPG-30

Propanediol

propyl gallate

propylene carbonate

propylene glycol

propylene glycol alginate

propylheptyl caprylate

propylparaben

providone (polyvinylpyrrolidone)

PVP/VA copolymer

quaternium-15

ricinoleylpropyl PG-dimonium chloride phosphate

salicylic acid

silica dimethyl silylate

silica silylate

silver citrate

simethicone

soapstone (talc)

sodium acrylate

sodium bisulfite

sodium C14-16 olefin sulfonate

sodium cetearyl sulfate

sodium coco-sulfate

sodium cocoyl sulfate

sodium erythorbate

sodiumfluoride

sodium hydroxymethylglycinate

sodium isostearoyl lactylate

sodium laureth sulfate

sodium lauryl glucosideoxyacetate

sodium lauryl sulfate

sodium lauryl sulfoacetate

sodium methyl oleoyl taurate

sodium myreth sulfate

sodium PEG-7 olive oil carboxylate

sodium polyacrylate

sodium sulfate

sodium sulfite

sodium trideceth sulfate

sorbitan isostearate

soyamide DEA

soyamidopropalkonium chloride

squalane

stearamidopropyl dimethyl amine

steardimonium

steardimonium chloride

steareth-2, 20, 21, 100, etc.

stearoxytrimethylsilane

styrene-PVP copolymer

sulfated castor oil

synthetic fragrance

talc

tallow

TEA-carbomer

TEA-lauryl sulfate

tetrahexyldecyl ascorbate

tetrahydroxypropyl ethylenediamine

tetrasodium EDTA

thiotic acid

tin oxide

tri alkyl citrate

tribehenin

triclosan

tridecyl neopentanoate

tridecyl salicylate

triethanolamine (TEA)

triethoxycarpylysilane

trihydroxystearin

trimethylsiloxysilicate

trisodium EDTA (tetrasodium EDTA)

tromethamine stearate

tropolone

ultramarines

urea

vanillin

wheat germamidopropyl betaine

wheat germamidopropyl dimethylamine

zinc pyrithione

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