Bottom 10 Supermarket Foods People Should Avoid If You Are Pre- Or Type 2 Diabetic

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Chicago, Illinois October 12, 2006 Center for Science in the Public Interest publishes worst foods list.

Becoming overweight or obese is a precursor to a pre or Type 2 diabetes prognosis.

That's why most doctors, on diagnosing a diabetic condition, immediately prescribe weight loss, cholesterol and blood pressure control for their patients.

The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), A Washington D.C.-based non-profit organization, has recently published a list of its Ten Foods You Should Never Eat.

These ten foods, cited as unusually high in calories, sodium and cholesterol content, are often viewed by consumers as 'healthy' or 'nutritious', but should be avoided by diabetics and everyone in general.

This list includes:

· Pepperidge Farm Original Flaky Crust Roasted Chicken Pot Pie. Containing more than 1,000 calories per pie, 31 grams of saturated fat the CSPI calls this an 'artery crust' builder containing far more than a day's allotment of Tran's fats.

· McDonald's Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips. Weighing in at 630 calories and "11 grams of artery clogging fat" and 1,550 mg of sodium, these healthy-appearing burger alternatives are worse than having a Big Mac.

· The Cheesecake Factory's 6 Carb Cheesecake. On a low carb Atkins diet? This won't help. Referred to as a 'factory reject', this low carb cheesecake has 610 calories and 29 grams of saturated fat (1 ½ days worth), making it, what the CSPI calls "an 8 ounce prime rib for dessert."

· Dove Ice Cream. 300 calories and 9 to 13 grams of saturated fat per tennis ball size scoop is what the CSPI reports, putting it in the same health threatening league as Ben & Jerry's and Haagen-Dazs.

· Mrs. Fields Milk Chocolate & Walnuts Cookie. Tipping the health scales at 300 calories per cookie and saturated fat levels greater than a 12 ounce sirloin steak, CSPI suggests consumers walk away from this one.

· Starbucks Venti Strawberries & Crème Frappuccino Blended Crème. Called a 'milkshake', it has over 770 calories and 19 grams of fat in it, CSPI calls it "the nutritional equivalent of a Pizza Hut Personal Pan Pizza that you sip through a straw.

· Burger King king size French fries have 600 calories and three-quarters of the daily maximum of heart rending fat. The "Coronary King."

· Campbell's Red and White label condensed soups have a half day's worth of sodium content
· Hershey Swoops chocolate candy contain 200 calories, 7-8 grams of fat and 4 teaspoons of sugar in each 6-Swoop pack

· Haagen-Dazs Mint Chip Dazzler packs 1,270 calories and 38 grams of fat or two days worth in one Dazzler. CSPI refers to it as "a portable T-bone steak with Caesar salad and baked potato with sour cream.

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