Want to eat cleaner? This list of the healthiest foods out there is the perfect reference for finding snacks, meals, and desserts that taste good and are good for you.
Eggs, Salmon, Chicken Breast and Edamame are some of my favorites on the list.
Oh boy, one of these… Someone just trying to justify foods that they like.
Antioxidant people are ridiculous. Studies have shown marginal results at best for anti oxidant rich diets IIRC. A nice benefit, but not something to base a lifestyle around…
Peanut butter is NOT a good source of protein unless you are trying to bulk or have a high fat diet. If you sort foods by protein per 100 calories or similar, nut butters drop off the list. Wheat bread literally has more protein than peanut butter. Beans and lentils have the same protein at a fraction of the calories. Not to mention that many peanut butters are made with palm oil with high saturated fat to keep costs down.
100g of Almonds literally have the same amount of fiber as 120g of black beans with more than 3x the calories and significant cost difference.
By this person’s reasoning, why is Tofu, wheat bread, raspberries (the food with the highest fiber per calorie of any food I have found), tempeh, etc… Not on the list while tomatoes, oranges, lemons, and watermelon, which is literally sugar water. Don’t get me wrong, I love and eat all of them, but it is not a health super food to “eat every day.” They are fine, but they aren’t pinnacles of nutrition… They add flavor, texture, and acid to dishes to round them out, and because they are good sources of flavor, you don’t need a ton of them to build a meal. They aren’t a source of nutrition. You aren’t going to eat 10 large tomatoes in a sitting to get less protein and fiber than a small bowl of legumes…
When you list 35 foods, you are just listing a broad portion of foods you like. What is the point of this besides half of it being pseudoscience “miracle compounds” inside chosen foods like this crap:
which, among other useful traits, may stimulate collagen synthesis to keep skin looking supple.
Just eat lots of all sorts of vegetables, berry fruit, eggs, and beans and lentils, and try a bunch of different recipes from different cultures and you will be healthy and have a wide variety of flavors to not bore you. It is not complicated and you don’t have to follow blog lists…
For sure! It really depends on where you are in the world. Here in Belgium, black beans are more expensive and not in most German-owned grocery stores and white beans are everywhere. Chickpeas are always easy to find most places it seems. Lentils are also harder to find, but once you do that here are some lentil tricks:
Red and black lentils: boil for 15 minutes MAX otherwise they will turn to mush. Use smoked paprika, bay leaf, tumeric, black pepper, in the water. Add salt in the beginning
Green lentils: boil for 20-25 minutes. Season with paprika, bay leaf, thyme, rosemary, and black pepper. Add salt at minute 15, otherwise they take longer to cook.
General beans and lentils. Look into a ton of middle eastern and indian foods as lentils and beans are staples there.
Minamalist baker website and Soph’s plant kitchen have a TON of banging recipes. Pretty much any salad can be improved with black beans, chickpeas, or white beans depending on the style. Any sort of minced meat sauces can be replaced by mushrooms and lentils. Black beans + sweet potatoes are also a great combo and it is very easy to meal prep things like Buddha bowls and grain bowls for lunches.
Yes, yes to most of what you got goin’ on here :) I’m just compelled to stick up for watermelon lol! nah, it’s a really good source of nutrition and worth highlighting to promote more frequent consumption.
Here’s a few bits on why:
Some people may need to choose between foods they can actually have and could use more information to make the healthiest decisions for them or their family. Many of the supporting sources I found state that one could and should eat more servings of these nutrient dense foods (and that many people do not eat enough of the good stuffs like these examples)
Hahaha true, but even your sources only say that it is healthy “to some degree” because it does indeed have limited vitamins and minerals (very low potassium, calcium, and not much else besides sugar (though by weight not as much), just a ton of water which most people don’t drink enough of. It’s not bad per say, just delicious and not too much to it. Still, way better as a dessert than almost any treats!
Oh boy, one of these… Someone just trying to justify foods that they like.
Antioxidant people are ridiculous. Studies have shown marginal results at best for anti oxidant rich diets IIRC. A nice benefit, but not something to base a lifestyle around…
Peanut butter is NOT a good source of protein unless you are trying to bulk or have a high fat diet. If you sort foods by protein per 100 calories or similar, nut butters drop off the list. Wheat bread literally has more protein than peanut butter. Beans and lentils have the same protein at a fraction of the calories. Not to mention that many peanut butters are made with palm oil with high saturated fat to keep costs down.
100g of Almonds literally have the same amount of fiber as 120g of black beans with more than 3x the calories and significant cost difference.
By this person’s reasoning, why is Tofu, wheat bread, raspberries (the food with the highest fiber per calorie of any food I have found), tempeh, etc… Not on the list while tomatoes, oranges, lemons, and watermelon, which is literally sugar water. Don’t get me wrong, I love and eat all of them, but it is not a health super food to “eat every day.” They are fine, but they aren’t pinnacles of nutrition… They add flavor, texture, and acid to dishes to round them out, and because they are good sources of flavor, you don’t need a ton of them to build a meal. They aren’t a source of nutrition. You aren’t going to eat 10 large tomatoes in a sitting to get less protein and fiber than a small bowl of legumes…
When you list 35 foods, you are just listing a broad portion of foods you like. What is the point of this besides half of it being pseudoscience “miracle compounds” inside chosen foods like this crap:
Just eat lots of all sorts of vegetables, berry fruit, eggs, and beans and lentils, and try a bunch of different recipes from different cultures and you will be healthy and have a wide variety of flavors to not bore you. It is not complicated and you don’t have to follow blog lists…
Excellent write up. Any tips on incorporating more beans into your diet?
For sure! It really depends on where you are in the world. Here in Belgium, black beans are more expensive and not in most German-owned grocery stores and white beans are everywhere. Chickpeas are always easy to find most places it seems. Lentils are also harder to find, but once you do that here are some lentil tricks:
Red and black lentils: boil for 15 minutes MAX otherwise they will turn to mush. Use smoked paprika, bay leaf, tumeric, black pepper, in the water. Add salt in the beginning
Green lentils: boil for 20-25 minutes. Season with paprika, bay leaf, thyme, rosemary, and black pepper. Add salt at minute 15, otherwise they take longer to cook.
General beans and lentils. Look into a ton of middle eastern and indian foods as lentils and beans are staples there.
Minamalist baker website and Soph’s plant kitchen have a TON of banging recipes. Pretty much any salad can be improved with black beans, chickpeas, or white beans depending on the style. Any sort of minced meat sauces can be replaced by mushrooms and lentils. Black beans + sweet potatoes are also a great combo and it is very easy to meal prep things like Buddha bowls and grain bowls for lunches.
Yes, yes to most of what you got goin’ on here :) I’m just compelled to stick up for watermelon lol! nah, it’s a really good source of nutrition and worth highlighting to promote more frequent consumption. Here’s a few bits on why:
Some people may need to choose between foods they can actually have and could use more information to make the healthiest decisions for them or their family. Many of the supporting sources I found state that one could and should eat more servings of these nutrient dense foods (and that many people do not eat enough of the good stuffs like these examples)
Anyway, happy watermelon eating hahaha 😸
Hahaha true, but even your sources only say that it is healthy “to some degree” because it does indeed have limited vitamins and minerals (very low potassium, calcium, and not much else besides sugar (though by weight not as much), just a ton of water which most people don’t drink enough of. It’s not bad per say, just delicious and not too much to it. Still, way better as a dessert than almost any treats!