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In this new millenium, how smart you are will be seen by all—by how healthy you are!

The more nutrient dense a food is, the more functional that food is... and the smarter you are for eating it.

Eating empty calorie foods has an extremely high price to pay... down the road of life. Unfortunately, most calories consumed in America are empty calories (sugar & refined food products). In this new century, how intelligent you are will be seen by all — by how healthy you are. An indispensable habit of health is consuming nutrient dense food. In general nutrient dense foods are:

      • Whole Grains & Whole Grain Products
      • Fruits and Vegetables
      • Seeds & Legumes
      • Fats & Oils
      • Herbs & Spices
      • Meats, Fish & Poultry

Yes, you can eat some empty calorie foods — just for pleasure — just because your taste buds enjoy them — and just because you associate those foods with fun. But, try to restrict empty calorie foods to one day a week or less. Empty calorie foods include:

      • Sodas
      • Refined Flour Noodles
      • Cakes and Pastries
      • Potato Chips
      • Bread, Rolls and Jam

Easy to prepare, nutrient dense foods

We don’t supply recipes yet, but probably will in the future. In the meantime, here’s some quick suggestions for nutrient dense foods that you can easily make up ahead of time and count on when you’re in a big hurry:

  • Hard boiled eggs
  • Sandwiches on whole grain bread
  • Beans & peas added to salads
  • Cottage Cheese
  • Protein Shakes
  • Cucumber / Tomato Salad
  • Potato Soup

Counterfeit nutrient density.

In today’s world, we have some foods masquerading as nutrient dense when really they aren’t. For example, hydroponically grown vegetables look tempting, but there isn’t that much food value because they’ve been grown from water and a very few basic minerals.

For maximum nutrients we want food farmed from mineral rich soils. We want wild meat instead of farmed meat, as in venison, ocean fish and duck versus, beef, fish from fish farms and chicken.

Just focus on nutrient dense.

Eating foods is a very good idea, but eating exclusively raw foods is not. Many vegetables are more nutritious, even more edible when cooked. Many fruits are especially delicious when cooked. Meats are not safe unless thoroughly cooked. Visit our Tips on Cooking page for more information on when to cook and when not to cook.

Eating meats sparingly is a very healthy practice, if your heredity, work load and environmental factors permit.

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