Thursday, July 10, 2008

Article I found: Eat this stuff.

11 healthiest foods you probably aren't eating


(FYI: I already eat some of these: Pomegranate juice, cabbage, Cinnamon, blueberries. But not all at once.)



I'm not a big fan of "superfoods." I think there are a lot of foods that are super, and I think that most of them are easily accessible to the vast majority of people. Focusing on one funny-sounding food as a nutritional miracle does a disservice to the more common fruits and veggies we eat every day.

So I'm thrilled that the NYT Well Blog made a list of 11 healthy (but not uncommon) foods that we aren't eating, and that, for the most part, everyone will recognize the foods on the list.

Not only will you recognize them, but you'll probably even be able to get them at your local grocer. The idea behind lists like this is that we all should be eating a wide variety of foods, to ensure that we're getting the proper vitamins and minerals. So every time you add a new food to your palate, you're also adding a new source of good nutrition.

So here's the list:

  • beets
  • cabbage
  • Swiss chard
  • cinnamon
  • pomegranate juice
  • prunes
  • pumpkin seeds
  • sardines
  • turmeric
  • frozen blueberries
  • canned pumpkin

What about you? Is there a healthy food you aren't eating? Check out the gallery below for foods you ought to embrace.

Gallery: Color your diet with these fruits and veggies

ApplesBroccoliOrangesBlueberries

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

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Joyce and Frank Joranko

Anonymous said...

justtrying to find out who ou are tyd
Joyce and Frank Joranko

tydwbleach said...

Oh HI!!!!

Oops I am so used to no one posting on my blog it is ME!!! yes I went to camp with your son, Tim. I will send your granddaughter another message...

tydwbleach said...

My mom was a DZ in 1955