{"id":77,"date":"2009-04-22T08:06:43","date_gmt":"2009-04-22T08:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/yourcharmedlife\/2009\/04\/healthy-eating-made-easy.html"},"modified":"2009-04-22T08:06:43","modified_gmt":"2009-04-22T08:06:43","slug":"healthy-eating-made-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/yourcharmedlife\/2009\/04\/healthy-eating-made-easy.html","title":{"rendered":"Healthy Eating Made Easy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let’s review the components of a charmed life. It’s a life characterized by:<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n
C<\/span>onfidence<\/div>\n
H<\/span>ealth<\/div>\n
A<\/span>bundance<\/div>\n
R<\/span>adiance<\/div>\n
M<\/span>agnanimity<\/div>\n
E<\/span>quanimity<\/div>\n
D<\/span>elight<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
This post deals with the second charmed-life requirement: health. I want to share with you\u00a0“The Nutrient Density Line” that\u00a0<\/span>comes from one of the best books on nutrition ever
\nwritten, in my humble opinion: Eat to Live: The Revolutionary Formula for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss<\/a><\/i>, by Joel Fuhrman, MD<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
, with a foreword by Mehmet Oz, MD<\/a>. With all the controversy out
\nthere about what to eat, this is a simple way to see how to get more bang for
\nyour buck or, in this case, the most identified phytochemicals, antioxidant
\nactivity, and total vitamin and mineral content per calorie.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Quoted from Eat to Live:<\/i><\/p>\n

Highest nutrient density = 100 points\u00a0 <\/span>—\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Lowest nutrient density = 0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"1<\/span><\/p>\n

100 – Raw leafy green vegetables (darker green has more
\nnutrients) – e.g., romaine, leaf lettuces, kale, spinach, parsley<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\u00a097 – Solid green vegetables (raw or steamed, fresh or
\nfrozen) – e.g., artichokes, asparagus, Brussels sprouts, cucumbers, peas,
\nstring beans, zucchini<\/p>\n

\u00a050 – Non-green non-starch vegetables – e.g., beets, onions
\ntomatoes, yellow and red peppers, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, cauliflower<\/p>\n

\u00a048 – Beans\/legumes (cooked, canned, or sprouted) – e.g., red
\nkidney beans, chickpeas, pinto beans, soybeans, lentils, lima beans<\/p>\n

\u00a045 – Fresh fruits – e.g., apples, apricots, bananas,
\nberries, citrus, melons, mangoes, pears, peaches, pineapples, plums<\/p>\n

\u00a035 – Starchy vegetables – e.g., potatoes, yams, butternut
\nsquash, acorn squash, parsnips, pumpkins, turnips, sweet corn, carrots,
\nchestnuts<\/p>\n

\u00a022 – Whole grains – e.g., barley, buckwheat, millet, oats,
\nbrown rice, wild rice<\/p>\n

\u00a020 – Raw nuts and seeds – almonds, cashews, macadamias,
\npecans, pine nuts, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds<\/p>\n

\"1<\/p>\n

\u00a015 – Fish<\/p>\n

\u00a013 – Fat-free dairy products<\/p>\n

\u00a011 – Eggs; wild meat and poultry<\/p>\n

\u00a08 – Red meat<\/p>\n

\n

\u00a04 – Full-fat dairy products<\/p>\n

\n

\u00a03 – Cheese<\/p>\n

\n

\u00a02 – Refined grains (i.e., white flour)<\/p>\n

\n

\u00a01 – Refined oils<\/p>\n

\n

\u00a00 – Refined sweets<\/p>\n

\n

\u00a0(I keep this stuck to my fridge with a magnet that quotes St. Ignatius Loyola: “Go forth and set the world on fire.”)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

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