10 Super Foods you should eat... and 10 foods to avoid.

[bobweaver]

Eat healthy, Democrats! We must be healthy and strong in order to fight the right. Before you forward this to any Republicans, reverse the lists so that they will eat the bad stuff.

Courtesy of "Nutrition Action," a newsletter published by the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
http://www.cspinet.org/nah/

10 Super Foods You Should Eat:

Cantaloupe (Vitamins A, C)
Sweet Potatoes (Fiber, carotenoids, Vit. C, potassium)
Skim milk, or at most 1% milk (Calcium, protein, vitamins)
Kellogg's All-bran or Post 100% Bran (fiber)
Oranges (Vit. C, folic acid)
Broccoli (Vit. C, carotenoids, folic acid)
Whole-grain breads (Fiber)
Watermelon (Vit. C, carotenoids)
Beans (Rich in protein, fiber, iron, carbs. Low in fat)
Spinach or Kale (Vit. C, carotenoids, calcium, fiber)

(And to their list, I would also add:)

Sunflower Seeds (protein and vitamins)
Tofu (nearly fat-free protein source)
Blueberries (antioxidants, helps memory)
Wheat Germ (Vitamin E, protein)
Garlic (antispetic properties, lowers cholestrol)
Yogurt or milk with acidophilus (keeps intestines healthy)
"Quakes" rice cakes (low calorie and tasty)
Cranberry juice (prevents urinary tract infections)
Lemonade made from freshly squeezed lemon juice (bioflavonoids)
Peppermint tea (soothes upset stomach)
Green tea (antioxidants)


10 Foods You Should Never Eat:
(at least if you want to be and healthy)

Pepperidge Farm Flaky Crust Chicken Pot Pie (900 calories)
Chex Milk'n Cereal Bars (each bar has 13 grams of sugar and no fiber)
McDonalds McGriddles (one has 450 to 500 calories and 1000 mg of sodium)
Pizza Hut Big New Yorker cheese pizza (3,280 calories)
Mrs. Fields Milk Chocolate & Walnuts cookie (300 calories, 6 tsp. sugar)
Starbucks Venti Mocha Coconut Frappucino (710 calories, 26 grams fat)
Burger King french fries (King Size is 600 calories)
Campbell's condensed soups (loaded with sodium, buy their "Healthy Request")
Swoops candies (saturated-fat palm kernel oil)
Haagen-Dazs Mint Chip Dazzler (1,270 calories and 38 grams saturated fat)
Fettucine Alfredo - newsletter calls this a "heart attack on a plate"
Almost all deep fried foods including appetizers, "bloomin onion," etc.
Sodas are empty-calorie foods which serve no nutritional purpose.

Don't let the low-carb diet craze make you unhealthy! Sweet potatoes, rolled oats and whole wheat are healthy foods!

http://www.cspinet.org/nah/

[Maple]

1. If they're going to ban

Fettucine Alfredo, I ain't listening. :D

[Tempest]

3. Amen to that

I'll take my heart attack on a plate with garlic bread and lots of parmesan cheese.

[devilgrrl]

9. Make that 3 Fettucini Alfredo fans!!!!

Give up Fettucini Alfredo? F-U!

[donheld]

31. Give me the Fettucini Alfredo

life is a heart attack on two legs.

[Rowdyboy]

7. The same fools that called Fettucine Alfredo "heart attack on a plate"

also lists movie popcorn pure evil. Some people just need to get a life.

[Tempest]

11. Movie popcorn is evil

If drowned in butter substitute the way they do.

Leave out the butter substitute, and it's fine.


But as far as I'm concerned, movie popcorn is gross and nasty to begin with. I feel safer popping my own and bringing it with me.

[Maddy McCall]

74. Actually, I thought the problem was the popping oil...

which was coconut oil, which is highly fatty.

[Tinoire]

25. Me too lol...

Don't mess with my fettucine LOL!

[murray hill farm]

49. Nothing wrong with fettucine alfredo!!!

compared to a steak filled with chemicals and fat and maybe a little mad cow thrown in for good measure. pasta is health food in comparison....and soooooooooooooo good.

[bobweaver]

62. As long as you think there's nothing wrong with heart attacks and strokes.

[devilgrrl]

69. Yeah! If you eat Fettucini Alfredo 3 times a day 365 days a year!

I doubt very much that having fettucini alfredo once in awhile is going to kill you. Puh-leeze! :eyes:

[Jesus H. Christ]

2. Anything that advises to eat "superfoods" I'll ignore.

Especially if they recommend name brand products.

[bobweaver]

64. You'll believe scientists on global warming, but not on saturated fats?

[LuCifer]

4. What kind of beans?

Like Green Beans? Cuz that I already am on board with!

But I can't stand those fart-inducing, dry ass black beans! Feh!

Lu Cifer, RUMMY MUST GO!
http://www.LU13.TK
http://www.MidnightCalling.com

[bobweaver]

63. Well, they meant dry beans such as garbanzos, pinto, black, navy, kidney

[tridim]

5. Add avocados to you superfood list

I love milk, but I'm surprised it's on the list.. Everything I've read says cow's milk is horrible for you. The hormone thing. I think frozen pizza (and most other frozen foods) should be on the bad food list as well.

[WolverineDG]

24. try organic milk

supposedly, i'm allergic to milk & whenever i have regular milk, i do get some reactions. but with organic milk? nope. maybe i'm just allergic to all the crap they put in the cows (antibiotics, hormones, etc) that make the milk...

dg

[Undercover Owl]

71. milk

dairy is iffy in terms of health-value.

Soy milk is good, but has very little calcium. So, you can just avoid dairy and take calcium pills (or get calcium from green leafy vegetables such as spinach)

They (tabloids? I don't remember), say that hormones in milk are partially responsible for early menstrual onset in girls......eeeek!

[girl gone mad]

48. I'll second avocados.

Very good for youm and filling.

Also add: salmpn, nuts, tomatoes.

You can get hormone free milk. I buy Horizon (with the happy cows on the carton).

[KurtNYC]

6. The 3 worst according to my doctor

Pepperoni -- fat and grisle dyed red
Bacon -- fat and salt and nitrites
Frito Lay Bean dip -- lard, salt

to which I would add:
The Schlotsky's Deli Beef Reuben
33 grams of fat and 3,955 mg of sodium

and the Schlotsky's Deli "Large Original Sandwich"
58 grams of fat and 4,592 mg sodium and 1390 calories

[immoderate]

40. Last I heard,

they kind of let up on nitrites. They are important in disease prevention.

--IMM

[Undercover Owl]

8. good list.

tomatoes
cabbage, instead of name brand cereal for fiber
spirulina

[Tempest]

14. Who can afford tomatoes?

Damn things are almost $3 a pound now.

I stopped making my weekly salsa because of the price of tomatoes.

[China_cat]

18. Where do you live?

They just passed $5 here.

[Tempest]

22. $5 a pound???!!!

Damn, no more complaining from me.

I'm in Bakersfield, CA. There's some grown around here, but not much.

At the store yesterday they were $2.89 a pound, and no one was buying any. Most of them looked like they needed to be thrown out.

[China_cat]

26. $5.03 a pound last week at Harris Teeter

but then our milk is almost $4/gallon.

Worst thing about it? This is South Carolina for cripes sake.

[Tinoire]

27. Grow your own. They're the easiest thing to grow

you can even grown them on an apartment balcony. Just try to get organic seeds so you don't get Monsanto's crap. I plant a couple plants a year and have more tomatoes than I know what to do with!

[Tempest]

33. I can't even keep a cactus alive

I doubt I'll have any better luck with tomatoes.

Rocks and weeds (not the kind you smoke) are about the only thing I can grow.

[Tinoire]

41. Lol! Trust me... I'm as bad as you are

Honest... They were the first thing I ever grew... out in a pot on my balcony and I couldn't believe how well they did with so little care other than water...

$5/lb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;)

[girl gone mad]

50. Do you know of a good source for organic seeds?

I'm going to plant a garden this year.

[SmokingJacket]

57. I planted twenty-four tomato plants last summer.

I never want to see another tomato, I ate so damn many.

Until July! Then I suspect I'll be ready for some more...

[Djinn]

30. they're very easy to grow

if you only have a courtyard you can go with cherry tomatoes - taste a hell of a lot better than store bought ones as well

[MsAnthropy]

10. Will I live longer or will it just seem like it?

[Tempest]

13. You'll live longer

But you'll have no reason to live.

Give up Fettuccini Alfredo?

Not on anyone's life.

[MsAnthropy]

23. I agree! Why live longer if I have to eat that crap?

Give me a short life of continual pleasure!

[bobweaver]

60. Yes, you can follow the Bill Clinton diet, but do you really want to go

through what he had to go through this year?

[yellowdogintexas]

12. I would add tomatoes to the list, as more and more good stuff

is being discovered about their innate goodness.

I don't think this is a banning type of list, more like good advice from a nutrition source.

My favorite cold cereal is shredded wheat with bananas, but mostly I eat oatmeal, with a tsp of olive oil and a little brown sugar in it.

OH yeah another good for you food is cinnamon. It helps diabetics control their glucose, and appears to also help in LDL reduction.

I notice eggs are not on either list.

sorry to see the McGriddle, I suffered a massive addition to those this summer. LOL, my favorite thing at McD is breakfast anyway.

Heck, I knew the thing was toxic when I ate it the first time, it was a no brainer.

[WolverineDG]

28. olive oil?

hadn't heard that one, yellowdog. what's that good for? :) i put vanilla & cinnamon on my oatmeal (for the reasons you mentioned adding cinnamon to your diet).

dg

[yellowdogintexas]

36. olive oil is a monosaturate and elevates HDL the good

cholesterol in ratio to the LDL

[WolverineDG]

37. ah, gracias! n/t

[Left Is Write]

55. Cinnamon is good?

Well, hallelujah! I put put cinnamon on my daily oatmeal!

I love tomatoes too, and agree about their goodness.

(And I agree about McGriddles. I've only had them twice: once this past summer and once the summer before. I only allow myself to have them on vacation. But they are yummy!)

[Not_Giving_Up]

15. But I love McGriddles

I have a serious McGriddle addiction. I don't eat lunch if I have the McGriddle meal for breakfast though!

[Tweed]

70. That's a good call

McGriddles do rule!

[Historic NY]

16. Had me one of them pot pies last night........how can something that....

is so good be so bad. I did avoid going to the diner.

[Johonny]

17. Wow

That's the first time any being on the planet Earth ever described a rice cake as tasty.

[China_cat]

20. I was thinking the same thing.

I've eaten cardboard that had more flavor.

[SoCalDem]

32. When they first came out , I bought some and our Lab woulnd't even eat one

This was a dog who would eat gravel, when my sons "offered it to her" from their hands... She pushed that rice cake all over the house, and eventually hid it under a pile of newspapers...

They did get a ringing endorsement at our house :)

[paula777]

67. THAT is funny. Smart doggy

[Tinoire]

Lmao!

my ever-dieting sister swears that if you put a slice of lettuce, tomatoe and a little mustard on a rice cake and close your eyes, it tasts just like a hamburger.

Had to tell her she was really losing it ;)

[bobweaver]

42. Then you haven't tried Quakes (the BBQ flavor)

[China_cat]

51. Yes I have

bbq bar coasters.

[bobweaver]

59. No, they are way too small for that. I mean the Quaker Oats brand "Quakes"

[theHandpuppet]

19. Kale is delicious!

Though few people seem to eat it these days -- probably because they were served overcooked Kale with the consistency of slop. Kale greens can be served lightly boiled, steamed or even stir-fried (with pecans). For a big pot of kale greens I recommend a dash of crushed hot peppers, diced onion, some garlic if you prefer, and a good portion of low-fat margarine. Goya makes a passable artificial ham flavoring if you like a touch of meat taste with your greens. There are few foods more nutricious than kale, and kids should be introduced to such foods so they can cultivate a taste for them throughout their lives. Serve the Kale with hot cornbread, small whole potatoes with fresh parsley, some baked chicken and you have one great meal. Yum -- hillbilly food!

[China_cat]

21. Boerenkoel met wurst en spek

Kale combined with mashed potatoes, topped with a fat sausage and thick cut bacon. Make a well in the potato/kale mixture and fill it with bacon fat.

Anyone Dutch on the list will understand.

[mcscajun]

29. Balance = non-Instant Oatmeal and raisins in the morning...

...along with a cup of tea with honey. I like grating fresh cinnamon and nutmeg into that oatmeal, too. Cinnamon is Very Good for you.

Pepperoni Pizza and Coke later in the day. :) (Real pizza...not that frozen crap, not from Domino's or Pizza Hut either.)

Somewhere in there I'd actually be cooking real food...using fresh or frozen veggies...no canned, ever. I like dicing and slicing fresh food. It's a compulsion, what can I say?

I wouldn't eat a frozen pot pie or anything with a list of ingredients I can't identify, anymore than I'd eat tofu in any form.

Eat real food. Accept no substitutes.

[SmokingJacket]

58. Canned tomatoes are all right.

Vital for winter sauces. And to make a decent bean and rice dish.

[mcscajun]

68. Absolutely...I stand corrected.

Couldn't live without a decent pasta sauce in the winter. :)

[mhr]

34. Thanks For The List

eom

[jmowreader]

35. CSPI is the PETA of the food movement

I once attempted to find a national cuisine CSPI approves of. It didn't happen.

I'm shocked they could find 10 things for you to eat.

[superconnected]

38. you guys keep saying things like tomatos

and other good stuff and I guess you haven't read up on monsanto. You can thank the last 4 years bush cabinet for them not labeling how many genetically altered fruits and vegetables you are buying now. Some catagories have 70 percent. Many at least 30 percent.

I prefer to eat very healthy and won't be doing the alfredo crap.

My problem is with frankenfoods there isn't much healthy anymore. I'm a vegetarian and I don't want fish dna spliced in with my rice. Stanford University has released data on the genetically altered foods not being more healthy than natural, not producing more crop - in many cases far less, and taking far more pesticides to maintain the smaller crops they are getting.

There isn't an advantage that they could find for genetically altered food. They cite where it didnt' live up to what the companies said it would be.

That's what we're talking about here right? You guys mean STORE bought produce - at least most of you.

Perhaps you should really open your eyes to whose who in the Bush administration, because monsantos where many of them came from, and still support.

[elepet]

45. Have you tried Amy's?

No frankinfood, no preservatives, organic, and it tastes good.

[Pithlet]

56. They're good. And expensive.

I love their bean burritos.

[Comicstripper]

39. what about Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream

It's like an orgasm in your mouth (eeeeeew....less messy, I guess. tastier, too, probably.)
I seriously eat a bowl every night.
Of...the ice cream. Not the other stuff.

[bobweaver]

65. I think ice cream is beneficial due to the calcium and protein, just don't

overdo it. Small servings are the key on that kind of food.

[readmylips]

43. Lost 25Lbs in 3 Mos.

I received one of those Jenny Craig free offers for 2 weeks. I learned things I've forgotten. To lose weight, you must eat the amount of calories proportioned to your body mass and height. I was placed on 1200 calories a day to lose 2 pounds a week. Two pounds a week is what any human body will lose safely. Anything more than 2 pounds, it's only water and it's gained right back.

I thought 1200, I would starve. Jenny Craig is only about smaller portions and satisfying your body's nutritional need. When I started my nutritional diet, I did not exercise. Exercise makes me hungry. After losing 25 pounds, now I do my power walk, 20 minutes daily. I have learned how to eat smaller portions and don't need the Jenny Craig foods.

I eat my breakfast, 300 calories. Snack 50 to 100 calories. Lunch, 300 calories, another snack 50 calories and dinner, 300 to 400 calories. You must read all package calorie content until you get it in your head; I am allergic to eating more than 1200 calories daily.
I can't do Atkins because meat contains too much hormones, and my body (female) already makes hormones that help me get fatter. A low carb diet is good for me. I eat more vegetables, salads, fruits, grains and natural products.

[superconnected]

44. produce

I've been following the genetically altered food debate for years now. This link is good because it brings a lot of the info together - even the politics.

http://community-2.webtv.net/essentialhealth/BIOTECHNOLOGY/

[elepet]

47. Great link

very informative. one of the important issues generally overlooked, is the effect GE foods eaten by children and teenagers could have on their children and on future generations. That has obviously not been tested.

[lateo]

46. A bloomin onion has 3000 calories.

Yuck.

[Undercover Owl]

72. gross!

isn't 3000 calories almost a pound of body fat?
How about a bloomin onion + a thick pat of butter, and wash it down with a tall glass of egg nog ........3500 calories

[davis_islander]

52. Just be careful with cantaloupe...

The rind has been shown to carry and transmit the deadly hepatitis and salmonella viruses. If the rind has not been cleaned thoroughly, when cut, the knife carries the virus into the meat, contaminating it. Apparently, in the fields, the cantaloupe pickers do not have the best access to bathroom facilities and they just "go" in the fields. When you prepare cantaloupe, use a vegetable brush to scrub the skin thoroughly with HOT water and soap before you slice into it.

[Undercover Owl]

73. salmonella & hepatitis?

why? are they grown in feces?

[davis_islander]

75. Sometimes they are

Yes, like I said, the problem often stems from the fruit pickers defecating in the fields.

[Lefty48197]

53. Eat flax seed

every day.

[Left Is Write]

54. I'd add strawberries to the list too.

It's a good thing I eat good old fashioned oatmeal for breakfast almost daily! And that I love berries, oranges, spinach, broccoli, and green beans. Sorry...won't catch me eating a sweet potato, though!

On the "never" eat foods - I try not to say "never" about anything (except maybe the aforementioned sweet potatoes. :D). While I agree these are foods that should not be consumed regularly, an occasional treat of fettucine alfredo, a cookie, or a good root beer from time to time is not going to kill someone.

[Nikia]

61. Is it actually bad to eat high calorie foods?

If you are normal weight or lighter, have good vitals, and don't have any cardiovascular problems and eat enough goods foods too?
I just wondered. They always act like high calorie means unhealthy but not everyone needs to lose weight nor has health problems affected by fat and cholesteral intake. Is high calorie unhealthy for other reasons?

[bobweaver]

66. No, not in small quantities. It's the total calorie intake that matters in

weight maintenance. A small serving of a calorie-dense food such as cheesecake is not going to make that much difference in the grand scale of things. If you consume more calories in a day than you burn in that day, you gain weight. If you burn more calories in a day than you consume, you lose weight that day. It's the total calorie intake that matters in weight maintenance, not a one-time serving of a high-calorie food.