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JULY 23, 2004 Issue #014

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1) The Top 20 Antioxidant-Rich Foods
2) Healthy Recipe of the Month
3) Your Healthy Eating Support Group Tip
4) Healthy Products and Services

In a study done by the USDA, more than 100 different kinds of foods were evaluated for their antioxidant capabilities.

Here are the top 20 foods that their tests showed to be the richest in antioxidants. Eat a variety of these foods everyday.

1. Small red beans (dried)
2. Wild Blueberries
3. Red kidney beans
4. Pinto beans
5. Cultivated Blueberries
6. Cranberries
7. Artichokes (cooked)
8. Blackberries
9. Prunes
10. Raspberries
11. Strawberries
12. Red delicious apples
13. Granny Smith apples
14. Pecans
15. Sweet cherries
16. Black plums
17. Russet potatoes (cooked)
18. Black beans (dried)
19. Plums
20. Gala apples

There are a wide variety of different antioxidant compounds. The greater the variety of antioxidant-rich foods that you eat, the greater the antioxidant protection you will receive from these nutrition powerhouses.

Send me your comments or questions about this discussion. I cannot answer each question individually, but I will attempt to address questions in the next newsletter.

Fruit Smoothie

1-2 cups vanilla or original rice dream*
1 frozen banana
1 whole large fresh or frozen peach
1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries

Put all ingredients in a blender or vita mix and blend till smooth.

* depending on how thick you want it

This is a great time of year for eating watermelon and other varieties of fresh melons. Remember to wash the skin of the melon before you eat it, to avoid contaminating the flesh of the fruit with mold that may be on the skin.

2004 Edition
FOOD ADDITIVES: A Shopper's Guide To What's Safe & What's Not lists 800 food additives classified according to safety, whether they may cause allergic reactions and if they are GRAS Generally Recognized As Safe) by the FDA. New to this edition is information on how to identify genetically modified produce in the grocery store. It's a handy pocket-sized book that you can carry with you when you shop to help you read food labels and make sure the food you're buying has only healthy ingredients. It will help you choose healthy foods when you shop and keep harmful chemicals out of the food you feed your family.

If the above link doesn't work, copy http://www.healthyeatingadvisor.com/foodadditives.html into the address line on your browser.

HEALTHY EATING: For Extremely Busy People Who Don't Have Time For It tells you what's healthy and what's not in a clear, concise and easy-to-use format. It gives you a system so easy to use that you can't help but succeed at eating healthfully. In less than 15 minutes, you will know how to choose healthy food and be on the right track to eating healthfully.

If the above link doesn't work, copy "http://www.healthyeatingadvisor.com/healthyeating.html" into the address line on your browser.

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Healthy Eating Coaching
If you would like personal, one-on-one help to get yourself eating healthfully, I offer healthy eating coaching/nutritional consulting services by telephone. The first session is free. You just have to pay for the call.

To schedule your no charge evaluation, send me an e-mail with NO CHARGE EVALUATION in the subject line. Tell me what your concerns are, what times you are available, and what time zone you're in. I will send you an e-mail with your appointment date and time, and the phone number for you to call.