Diabetic dieters often complain that losing weight is one of the hardest things they’ve ever done. Many say they’ve tried every fad diet or latest medically-proven way to lose weight, yet they lose little and sometimes get sick.

With so much bad advice going around, Kevin Trudeau, author of the New York Times best-selling book, Natural Cures, and late night spokesperson seen everywhere, offers suggestions for losing weight and become healthier by closely reading the ingredient list on food packaging.

Here are 10 things the author says should be avoided, if you want to lose weight on your diabetic diet, without giving up your health:

#1 Don’t eat anything you can’t pronounce

Trudeau’s belief is that if you can’t pronounce the ingredient, it is a harmful chemical. He believes that big food companies have lobbied the government to allow chemicals to be accepted as "all-natural", allowing them to pass off low cost, deleterious ingredients as good for you.

#2 MSG

Monosodium Glutamate, also known as MSG, is often found in prepared foods. Trudeau warns that you should stay away from this ingredient because it makes you fat, increases your appetite and is dangerous and deadly.

#3 Aspartame

Aspartame, also known as NutraSweet, is found in many foods and beverages today. Trudeau believes that it makes you fat, increases your hunger, causes depression and leads to PMS and migraines.

#4 High Fructose Corn Syrup

This one is particularly dangerous for diabetics. High fructose corn syrup or HFCS is more calorie dense than sugar and robs your body of chromium, a trace mineral that helps regulate healthy blood sugar levels. Diabetics should try to avoid consuming this product.

#5 Hydrogenated or Partially Hydrogenated Oil

This ingredient, also known as a trans fat, has gotten a lot of bad press lately. It’s a dangerous ingredient in many foods, currently being removed or banned by cities or states because of its dangerous side effects. Found in many foods, diabetics should try to keep this out of their diets.

#6 Sugar

Trudeau notes that sugar is bad enough by itself for its high caloric content. But also states that most sugars contain harmful chemicals used in the growing and processing of sugar cane that are bad for your diet and health.

#7 Natural and Artificial Flavors

Trudeau points out that because foods are so heavily processed, they lose their natural flavorings. Depleted of most nutritional value, processed foods and beverages require chemical additives (he believes cause you to become hungrier when you consume them) that mask these nutritionally depleted foods.

#8 Palm Oil

Referred to as a "deadly oil" it’s cheap for manufacturers to add to your food, but has deadly effects on your body.

#9 Sucrose-Splenda

A new sugar substitute, not unlike NutraSweet, Trudeau believes it to be deadly and make you fat.

#10 Enriched Bleach Wheat Flour and Enriched Bleached White Flour

Contains no fiber, depleted of most nutritional value and chemically processed, this ingredient has little food value left in it, when it arrives on your store shelf.

Most nutritionists recommend that when shopping to stay in the outer ring of the store. This ‘fringe’ area is where most of the nutritious food products, such as produce are found.

Once consumers delve into the inner aisles, they become overwhelmed with processed food and beverage that’s loaded with MSG, HFCS, Sucrose-Splenda, and other harmful, fattening ingredients.

For diabetic dieters, it’s best to stay on the supermarket fringe area for healthier, weight reducing food.