Quotes About Nutrition

There are numerous terrific books on juicing, complete with recipes. One I like is The Complete Book of Juicing by Dr. Michael Murray, with a foreword by Jay Kordich, aka "The Juiceman." Noni

Pomegranate Juice

Blackstrap molasses has a long and storied tradition as a health food and a remedy for all sorts of ailments. One of the most popular legends

Arugula: Loaded with minerals and antioxidants. Delicious cruciferous vegetable that helps protect us against toxins, especially xenohormones (hormone disruptors in pesticides, plastics, pollution, etc.), and helps us detoxify. Protects us against cancer. Loaded with indole-3-carbinol. Tastes great raw or cooked. 10.

Dump It: Sugar As we've said throughout this book (see chapter 4), sugar is a far worse threat to your heart than fat ever was.

Dump It: Processed Carbohydrates Processed carbs include almost any carbohydrate food that comes in a package: cereals, pasta, bread, minute rice, you name it. These foods are almost always high-glycemic, meaning they quickly and dramatically raise your blood sugar

Sesame Seeds/Sesame

Dump It: Excessive Omega-6 Fats Vegetable oils (corn, canola, and soybean) are mostly made up of pro-inflammatory omega-6 fats, and you should reduce (not necessarily eliminate) your consumption of them while increasing your consumption of anti-inflammatory omega-3 fats.

When you sauté food, try substituting monounsaturated fats such as olive oil and macadamia nut oil for high omega-6 oils such as canola or soybean.

Whenever possible, use olive oil, sesame oil, or macadamia oil.

Fast Action Plan: Eat wild salmon twice a week.

Fast Action Plan: Eat berries three (or more) times a week.

Fast Action Plan: Eat cherries two (or more) times a week.

Because the preparation of garlic is critical for it to release its health-providing benefits. If you were, for example, to swallow a garlic clove whole—not that you'd want to—not much would happen. The garlic clove has to be crushed, or chopped, the more finely the better, for the compounds to interact. Allicin

Peaches are my idea of a nice, generic fruit. Maybe they're not the nutritional superstar of the fruit community, but they sure meet all the requirements of a healthy food. Low calorie, 1½ grams of fiber, small but measurable

Pineapple This delicious fruit not only looks healthy, but also it smells healthy. And most important, it is healthy. How can

Okay, honest answer: What's the first thing you think of when I say "prunes"? Half the people I know think of shuffleboard courts, retirement colonies, and their ancient relatives sipping prune juice for "regularity." But truth be told, this is one

Raisins are known as "nature's candy." According to natural-foods expert Rebecca Wood, if you were to take 4 pounds of grapes and remove most of the water, you'd be looking at 1 pound of raisins. Wood also points out one of the good things about

Since the raisins are basically concentrated grapes, they are believed to have the highest pesticide residue of any fruit. Which would be a good reason to go organic. Raisins

Raspberries Raspberries deserve a place of honor on the healthy foods list if for no other reason

Watermelon Watermelon owes its claim to fame as one of the world's healthiest foods to three facts: One, its high water content (about which more in a moment); two, its high

Cows are not meant to eat grain. It causes them to become acidic and also creates meat that is high in inflammatory omega-6 fats and low in beneficial anti-inflammatory omega-3s.

Grass-fed beef, however, is, forgive the pun, a whole different animal. Because grass is so rich in nutrients, the fat of grass-fed beef is richer in anti-inflammatory, heart-healthy omega-3s

Cocoa is loaded with compounds called flavonoids, which are also found in cranberries, apples, strawberries, onions, tea, and red wine, placing chocolate in excellent company. There are more than 4,000 of these flavonoids in the plant kingdom. In plants, flavonoids provide important protection like shielding from environmental