OT - eat this every day for health

Time to lay off the Cheetos. What do you know of that are super good for you that you could literally eat x-amount each day and improve your odds of better health?

walnuts

almonds

mixed salad

tomatos

garlic clove on something

And weekly...

salmon or other deep sea fish

Any health nuts out there?

Me...

Apples

Olive Oil

Oats

and...

of course...

WATER!!!!

Let me think of what more....

maitakes

Brewers yeast

and suck a lot of air running, cycling, skating, rowing/paddling as transport and getting the {censored} out of the automobile!

I drink mucho water. What do you do with oats? You mean as oat meal?

you can do craploads with oates

breads, bulk for burgers, even in soups (simiar to barely)

basically anyplace you use a cereal grain

Seaplants like kombu and hijiki are real good too

Soy beans, gotta dig em

Tofu

Lentils

Chickpeas

Fruit

"maitake"and other mushrooms

ginseng

Stay away from farm salmon.

You're looking for a balance in your diet,you can't eat big macks for a week then have a salad and think that will counter the poison.

I'm faily pro-shroom in general, but some of the "immune stimulating" 'shrooms [ like Ling Chi ] I'm a little down on due to how and what in the immune system they are stimulating

ROCK ON with the fruit

ginseng...good call

oh ginger root too!

RICE!

and I'll put another down for water, if you already think you drink a lot of water, you should probably double that amount.

Avoid food with too many chemicals in, and excersise. And water.

Food's made up of chemicals , so are we

Basically morepaul answered... but I eat a lot of quaker oat meal, in breakfast.

When I am thristy even after workout, you can use oats instead of kool aid seriously, but just plain oats with no flavor, a glas of water, to spoons of oats, and one spoon of natural honey!!!! the best, and it is very refreshing...

Also is nice after workout because of the proteins!

And, yeap... a glass of wine is healthy too, but i drink plain grape juice instead, because i can drink a lot more without living drunk it helps to reduce the risk of heart attack.

one more

Chicken soup, when its done put an egg on it, beware of the colesterol I usually eat 3 of them with this recipe. After the egg put 2 or 3 spoons of oat in the soup. Its really nice. You know, oat is wonderful, because it is really cheap, eat it for 30 days (in really good sized portions) and youll see how your cholesterol almost dissapear

Green teas (i.e. - Oolong)

Great winer drink (and replacement for sodas)... after you get used to it

Green tea

Milk (basic but good)

Nuts

Olive Oil

Whole grains breads and pasta

Hard boiled egg whites

Hitting the gym to give your cardiovascular systems a good workout is probably better for you than just about any food.

Kind of off topic but whatever...

I cut up some garlic five days ago for some bruschetta I was cooking and my fingers STILL smell like garlic. My guitar neck smells like garlic. I can't get away from this wretched aura of garlic. I've done everything to try and get rid of the smell short of soaking my hands in bleach and/or sulfuric acid. Any tips?

On topic...

I eat a lot of fruit and dairy. Soy products are good, too, and it's a nice excuse to eat some japanes cuisine.

The basic rules I try to live by (but tend to fail at regularly):

Whole grains

Water

Fruits

Vegetables

(some high-quality meats too)

And try not to mess with anything any more than you have to- this means:

don't overcook

don't add salt or sugar

keep things in proportion

Nature has provided the perfect foods. It's not convenient, but all we have to do is get used to them again.

Beans + dark green vegetables (broccoli, aparagus, spinach) are an amazingly capable meat substitute.

Some folks swear by washing your hands with stainless steel (really) under running water

otherwise it's back to the trad stuff..baking soda and salt

Garlic can be tricky b/c i's a natural source of DMSO so it tends to get 'in there' pretty good

Daryl Hall certainly did.

:D

I eat lots of garlic, olive oil, wholemeal bread and brown rice. When I die just throw me on your compost heap. A glass or two of red wine every day is good but it is said that red grape juice has the same healthy properties without the alcohol. Oh - lots of fish. Mrs. BP and I have just dicovered that our local fishmonger is more than just a unique fragrance. He has all kinds of fish that a few years ago would have been considered "exotic" in these parts - swordfish (try it smoked), fresh tuna, shark, red mullet and so on.

devas8r, the garlic also can get in you and come out through your skin if you eat a lot of it.

Don't forget the onions and peppers, any kind will do ya good, and are a perfect compliment to garlic. They all contain sulfiides, which is a good part of why they are so good for you.

ONIONS And Peppers yum.

To kill garlic smell topically use some Dr. Bronner's Sal Suds . This product has extraordinary odor killing properties probably because of the pine oils in it. It will kill things like garlic smell, and shrimp smell on your hands better than anything I've ever used

If you take garlic at night with some extra water it tends to lessen the smell from your body, and chewing a little parsley can kill garlic breath.

"We need water. And maybe somebody's daughter"