What is...

[ocean733]

baby food

 

[virgovictoria]

I can suggest foods that are up there~~> blueberries, salmon, spinach (uncooked), pine nuts, egg whites, oranges, yogurt, fibrous whole grains (anything unprocessed), EVOO, garlic, cow, other berries, other leafy greans, seeds, ripe tomatoes.....

 

[Lilypad]

...the best possible food to eat to make one healthy?

Be specific. I can already feel the coming.

Green tea and brown rice

 

[Nanny Pam]

Keeps lead in the pencil, little known fact

I hope he has someone to write to.

 

[mAlice]

I hope he has someone to write to.

 

[virgovictoria]

Keeps lead in the pencil, little known fact

I don't have the heart to break it to him, Kwillia.... He still salutes the Colonel at the KFC....

 

[kwillia]

I don't have the heart to break it to him, Kwillia.... He still salutes the Colonel at the KFC....

 

[sockgirl77]

My favorite

 

[virgovictoria]

My favorite

Great advice

The Color Connection

Blue – and indeed the whole spectrum of colors found in fruits and vegetables – is a hot nutrition topic. According to Dr. Joseph, co-author of a new book on the subject entitled The Color Code, “It’s hard to go wrong if you fortify your diet with colorful foods. Almost every one of them is loaded with disease-proofing compounds.” One of the real benefits of “thinking color” in connection with healthy eating is its simplicity. According to another co-author of The Color Code, Anne Underwood, writing in the September issue of Health magazine, “A diet that’s rich in the vast spectrum of colorful fruits and vegetables is the latest (and possibly easiest to accomplish) nutrition advice coming from experts.”

The importance of eating a variety of colorful fruits and vegetables every day is a message that’s being promoted by a number of organizations involved in helping Americans maintain healthy lifestyles. “Colorful fruits and vegetables have proven health-promoting, disease-fighting benefits,” said Produce for Better Health Foundation President Elizabeth Pivonka, R.D., Ph.D. “The national 5 A Day program will be turning its attention to color as a quick and easy way to help consumers think about variety, which is central to good nutrition. It’s important to think color every day, because beautifully colored blue/purple, green, white, yellow/orange and red fruits and vegetables provide the beneficial vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals needed to stay healthy and fit.”

 

[BuddyLee]

Now the kicker, how in the heck do you get 5 servings of fruits and vegies a day?

 

[sockgirl77]

Now the kicker, how in the heck do you get 5 servings of fruits and vegies a day?

Apple slices, blueberry pie, a few glasses of juice, tomato on your sammich. :shrug:

 

[BuddyLee]

Apple slices, blueberry pie, a few glasses of juice, tomato on your sammich. :shrug:

1 slice of tomato equals one serving?

 

[sockgirl77]

1 slice of tomato equals one serving?

I dunno. Google fruit servings.

 

[BuddyLee]

I dunno. Google fruit servings.

Hmm...half a cup of juice equals one serving. I can do that, at least.

 

[virgovictoria]

Now the kicker, how in the heck do you get 5 servings of fruits and vegies a day?

I would have a problem if I had to limit it to 5 servings a day... But, these eating habits didn't develop over night either...

 

[sockgirl77]

Hmm...half a cup of juice equals one serving. I can do that, at least.

Make yourself a Screwdriver or two or three.

 

[Nickel]

Hmm...half a cup of juice equals one serving. I can do that, at least.

Pour yourself a tall glass, and you have at least two servings. Then, like SG said, have a slice of pie, or a salad...some apple dappers might work too. :shrug:

 

[BuddyLee]

I would have a problem if I had to limit it to 5 servings a day... But, these eating habits didn't develop over night either...

I'm lucky if I even get 1/4 of one serving in a day by accident.

 

[BuddyLee]

About one handful they say.

This site works out pretty good. http://www.5aday.gov/index.html

 

[sockgirl77]

I'm lucky if I even get 1/4 of one serving in a day by accident.

Don't you work at a damn grocery store. Walk your skinny ass over to the produce section and chomp into an orange. Better yet, walk over to your favorite section and open a can of coconut soda.