[Pretorian]

I've been thinking recently of how to squeeze a maximum of healthy stuff into 2500-3000Kk a day diet? ideas anyone?
Ingridients I've been thinking of:
- olive oil
-garlick
-- onions&chives
-- wild blueberries/blackberries
--cornish eggs
--honey
--rye bread
--cabbage
--apricot seeds/other nuts
--apples
--lemons
--green tea
--yogurts/kefir/cottage cheese/kumis
--other?
What would you add/substract?

[Prince]

--high fiber bread... I recently found a bread that is double fiber and has 5g fiber per slice.
--high fiber wheat bagels
--bananas
--strawberries
--pasta noodles
--carrots
--asparagus
--green beans
--green salads
--beans, legumes, grains
--fruit smoothies (use fresh or frozen fruit, some yogurt, and ice cubes. if you need more sugar, add honey or Splenda)
--rice (brown and wild rice will give you the most benefits, but white rices taste better and are also good for you)
--oatmeal
--healthy cereal such as Fiber-One, granola, Kashi, Shredded Wheat
--snack bars (Fiber-One makes a new one that is 9g of fiber per bar, and they are really good tasting.)
--water. As simple as it sounds, water is great for you, and is a great substitute for that Coke, Pepsi, or sweetened tea you might otherwise drink.
--sandwich wraps
--sweet potatoes (I often bake mine)


Of course, there are some things you can also eliminate that will help you as well. You don't need to eliminate every bad thing you put in your body, but keep it in check.

--Coffee. I used to drink a pot a day. Now I might have a few cups on the weekend, and even this is rare.
--Soda. If you MUST have your soda, at least go for a diet/sugarless drink. There are 140 calories in a 12-oz Coke.
--Use skim or 1% milk instead of 2%
--Chips. If you really like potato chips, then cut back or get the baked kind.
--Fat-based condiments. Butter, sour cream, extra cheese, mayonnaise, ranch dressing, cream cheese all make food taste great, and I wouldn't eliminate them completely. However, watch your intake here, and cut back when you can
--Ice cream. My one weakness. Frozen yogurt is a decent option, but you sacrifice taste. Also, some ice creams now whip more air in the container and use lower fat creams to lower the overall fat content. They actually taste pretty good.

[Aaron]

http://www.peakoil.com/fortopic52.html+texas+diet

[I_Like_Plants]

If there's one guiding principle, it's WHOLE foods. That would mean whole cuts of meat rather than factory made sausage or wieners. Whole bread from grains you made yourself rather than store-bought loaf. Whole veggies rather than something cut up and put in a can. And so on.

There's so much crap put in things.... even rather "nice" companies will use high fructose corn syrup, odd parts of animals that have been on the floor, etc.

Better to just go with your own processing as much as possible. I'd love to have my own cow or goat and do my own milkind, but can't so I'll at least go with Berkley or Clover Stornetta for milk, they cost more but seem to be the favorites with foodies, health-foodies, Indians, etc pickier customers as opposed to Mr Suburbia you see in the market loading up on Oscar Meyer products and Hot Pockets, and oh yeah, some generic, "Milk". I shop at ethnic markets for cheapness and also freshness, most of them still grew up with backyard gardens etc.

Make sure you get lots of green leaves, farmer's markets can be great for these. In a pinch, hang around when they're packing up and leaving and ask for stuff "for your rabbits". They throw away a ton of stuff! Or at least enough to feed a few families of rabbits.....

[ColossalContrarian]

I would add

-asparagus (very little calories and a lot of vitamins)
-chicken

[Grifter]

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[Pretorian]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Prince', '-')-high fiber bread... I recently found a bread that is double fiber and has 5g fiber per slice.
--high fiber wheat bagels
--bananas
--strawberries
--pasta noodles
--

[dukey]

apple seeds for your vitamin b-17