Healthy Food List

Lists Take the Guessework Out

What helps me when life gets a little hectic (and this is a great practice all the time) is to keep a list of "healthy foods" in your kitchen cupboard. You can post this list on the fridge.

A list is a great way to keep on track. All the foods found below also have positive effects in preventing cancer. Whether you are eating grains, for example, or veggies, all of the food groups generally provide their own specific nutritional value, but all foods help to boost the immune system.

Remember that these are only guidelines, and that you do not have to keep all of these items. It's helpful to have healthy options available. This also makes grocery shopping quicker and easier.

Spices and Seasonings

• Garlic
• Onion
• Ginger
• Miso
• Pure soy sauce
• Sea salt
• Tamari
• Turmeric
• Umeboshi paste

Tip: Onions, garlic, and ginger rouse the body's antioxidant mechanisms.

Grains and Pulses

• Barley
• Buckwheat
• Bulgur wheat
• Brown rice
• Couscous
• Millet
• Muesli
• Oats
• Whole wheat pasta
• Sprouted grain breads
• Wheat bran
• Wholemeal breads
• Black-eyed beans
• Chick-peas
• Lentils
• Haricot beans
• Kidney beans
• Lima beans
• Mung beans
• Peas

Nuts and Seeds

• Almonds
• Brazil nuts
• Nut butters
• Pecan nuts
• Pine nuts
• Poppy seeds
• Pumkin seeds
• Sesame seeds
• Sunflower seeds
• Walnuts

Tip: When shopping for nut butters, avoid additional ingredients. Simple is better-- and healthier.

Packaged Foods

• Dried unsulphered fruits, such as dates, raisins, sultanas, apricots and prunes
• Extra virgin olive oil
• Honey
• Hummus
• Klamath Lake blue-grean algae
• Linseed oil
• Liquorice (not the candy!)
• Oily fish, such as mackeral, salmon, sardines, tuna, herring and eel
• Rapeseed oil (canola)
• Sauerkraut
• Seaweeds, such as nori, laver, arame, wakami, kelp and kombu
• Spirulina
• Tahini
• Tofu
• Tempeh
• Whole apple cider vinegar

Tip: Dried fruits are a usefull source of energy and are packed with vitamins and nutrients, including vitamin C, beta carotene, potassium and iron. Fresh is always better though.

Fruit

• Apples
• Appricots
• Bananas
• Blueberries
• Blackberries
• Black currants
• Cantelope melons
• Cherries
• Figs
• Red grapes
• Gooseberries
• Grapefruit
• Grapes
• Kiwi fruits
• Lemons
• Limes
• Peaches
• Pineapples
• Mangos
• Nectarines
• Oranges
• Rasberries
• Red currants
• Strawberries
• Watermelons
• White currants

Tip: Switching it up is healthy! Eat a variety of fresh fruits.

Vegetables

• Asparagus
• Aubergines
• Avocados
• Beetroot
• Brocoli
• Broad beans
• Brussel sprouts
• Cabbages
• Carrots
• Cauliflower
• Celery
• Kale
• Onions
• Parsnips
• Potatoes
• Pumpkin seeds
• Shiitake mushrooms
• Spinach
• Squash
• Swedes
• Sweet potatoes (yams)
• Red, orange, yellow and green peppers
• Tomatoes
• Turnips

Tip: Dark green vegetables are rich in folates and contain vitamin E, which strengthens the immune system.

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