Stay away from pro-inflammatory foods, which accelerate the aging process. A simple rule of thumb is to consider the following: If it contains flour, and/or sugar or other sweetener, it will be pro-inflammatory. Sugary, starchy foods are poor choices and will not only pack on excess pounds, they will make you look older than your years.

• Bagels
• Breads, rolls, baked goods
• Candy
• Cake
• Cookies
• Cereals (except old fashioned oatmeal)
• Cornstarch
• Corn bread, corn muffins
• Corn syrup
• Crackers
• Croissants
• Doughnuts
• Egg rolls
• Fast food
• French Fries
• Fruit juice—choose the fruit instead
• Fried foods
• Flour
• Granola
• Hard cheese (except for feta and grating cheeses, such as Romano and Parmesan)
• Honey
• Hot dogs
• Ice cream, frozen yogurt, Italian ices
• Jams, jellies and preserves
• Margarine
• Molasses
• Muffins
• Noodles
• Pancakes
• Pastry
• Pie
• Pita bread
• Pizza
• Pasta
• Popcorn
• Potatoes
• Pudding
• Relish
• Rice
• Sherbet
• Shortening
• Snack foods, including: potato chips, pretzels, corn chips, rice and corn cakes, etc.
• Soda
• Sugar
• Tacos
• Tortillas
• Waffles

Good foods to eat: Get Dr. Perrcone's list!