Seven Foods You Should Never Eat: This Week on AOL Health

Most of us try to do our due diligence when it comes to eating right, especially as the year quickly draws to a close. But it's not just about keeping calorie and fat counts down to combat winter weight gain. Choosing fresh foods that are minimally processed and free of additives is often just as important for keeping health in the new year, especially when it comes to certain foods that are notoriously unsafe. For example, root vegetables, such as potatoes, absorb herbicides, pesticides and fungicides that wind up in the soil and, eventually on your plate. Potatoes have gotten such a bad rap over the years that even potato farmers grow a special pesticide-free crop for their own personal use.

Here, Aol Health presents the top seven foods that even experts won't eat. Find out what the bisphenol-A expert refuses to eat, or which products the cancer researcher won't keep in his refrigerator. While we don't recommend you ban these foods from your diet, it's an eye-opening look at how we process certain products and how it affects the people who have an insider's view.

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