Top foods to include in your diet

[DevaMajka]

What are the top 3-5 foods that you think everyone should include in their diets, based on the nutritional profile. It's time for us to expand our diet horizons even more, and I need some direction!

We are fond of nearly all produce, so chances are, if you recommend it, we'll like it.

[Sol_y_Paz]

Right now daily I try to eat fresh asparagus, fresh spinach, a whole small apple, and lots of homemade tea and water.

[sophiesgrandma]

broccoli
spinach
peppers
apples
blueberries
wild salmon
almonds, walnuts, etc.
olive oil-green, virgin first cold pressed
beans
Oh thats more than 3-5, sorry.

[Drummer's Wife]

Not sure based on nutrition, necessarily, but for me (and what I like eating) I'd say the top 5 are:

raw almonds
baby spinach leaves
pink lady apples
green chai tea
coconut oil

and plenty of water, of course.

[WorldsBestMom]

Vegetables: Lettuce, Cabbage, Pumpkins
Legumes: beans, peas: black eye peas
Fruits: orange, apple, grapes
Milk
Chesse
Fish

[bep]

avocados
tomatoes and spinach
broccoli
almonds, walnuts

[basje]

avocados
flax seeds
dates
cashew butter
lentils
barely and wheatgrass juice
miso
shitaki mushrooms
kale
grapefruit
blueberries

[Drummer's Wife]

Oh, avocados. I have to eat those at least a few times a week. Can't believe I didn't include them. That and green chiles.

[Magelet]

grass-fed butter
grass-fed eggs
seaweed/sea veggies
dark leafy greens
fermented veggies like sourkraut or real lactofermented pickles (good kosher pickles are LF)

[Sayward]

kale
sea vegetables
coconut oil
avocados
fermented foods
high-mineral herbal infusions (nettle, alfalfa, oatstraw)

[sunnygir1]

sea vegetables
something fermented (kimchi, saurkraut, pickles, yogurt, kefir, kombucha, etc.)
something orange (yam, squash, carrot, etc.)
leafy greens (kale, collards, chard, etc.)
legumes (lentils, beans, etc.)

[fruitfulmomma]

I don't think there is any specific food that *everyone* needs to incorporate into their diets. I do think the SAD is woefully lacking in good fats and fermented or cultured foods.

Five foods that I really like are butter (REAL butter, not margarine or other substitutes), bacon, chocolate (higher quality, very dark - I like Green & Blacks 85), cultured sour cream, and good cheese. If you can afford the grass-fed stuff, all the better.

[julie80]

Here's my 5...

avacados
blueberries
wild salmon
olive oil
spinach

and a bonus!

pineapple

Thanks to everyone for all of the ideas.

[caiesmommy]

Our 5:

greens-kale or spinach our top choices(mmm homemade kale chips and green smoothies)
olive oil-I could drink the stuff
fermented foods-organic miso
water
root veggies-I think thats the Canadian/Irish coming out in me. My family NEEDS potatoes/carrots/beets/sweet potatoes

I CAN'T BELIEVE I FORGOT THE BASES OF PRETTY MUCH ALL OF OUR MEALS

onions,garlic,ginger and chilis!!! My list is really now complete

[DevaMajka]

Great ideas!!

We already eat lots of spinach, apple, bell peppers, beans/lentils, and tomatoes. We do good on kale, broccoli, wild salmon, oranges, winter squash, and carrots


I'm going to focus on increasing some of these:
fresh asparagus (which we love but is often expensive)
blueberries (same)
nuts
coconut oil
Cabbage (which is cheap- yay!)
pumpkins
avocados
flax seeds (I use ground flax in baking- maybe that's enough?)
sea vegetables
collards
pineapple
dates

[Bettercare]

Hi...DevaMajka,...

Here's is my list of food that you can include in ur diet which will help in lowering the cholesterol and protect your heart

1. Oatmeal, Oat-bran and High fiber food.
2. Fish and Omega 3 Fatty acids
3. Walnut, almond
4. Olive oil
5. Foods with added plant sterols or stanols