Did you notice how many people publish lists?
Ned is no exception. So here are ten rules for healthy eating, in no particular order.
1. Drink plenty of water, but not with meals. Dilutes your digestive juices.
2. Drink alcohol sparingly with meals. Alcohol is OK, but it's too easy to drink a lot with meals. Ned believes in having a glass of wine or even two, who's counting? before and perhaps a bit with, your meal, then a glass of rum after.
3. Take your time with a meal. Try to take a bite, then put your fork down and chew your food. Repeat. A meal ought to take a half an hour AT LEAST.
4. Discover the attributes of tea. Ned drinks tea every morning. It doesn't matter what kind of tea--black, white and green all have excellent nutrition. Ned likes his tea with an ounce of heated soymilk. Ned admits he is partial to chai, and this stuff has even more nutrition.
5. Have nut butter instead of peanut butter on homemade bread for breakfast, with fruit. Ned likes almond butter, but sunflower butter is excellent, too. Many stores, Fred Meyer, for example, have machines with which you can grind your own nut butter.
Try a hit or two of kefir as well.
6. Don't salt your food. Food has plenty of natural sodium. It's OK to add a little salt to food you are cooking, but be careful. Many ingredients already contain salt.
7. Try to buy organic, shade grown and/or fair trade coffee, if you drink coffee, and limit yourself to one cup per day. Ned likes coffee with soymilk, and try it with cinnamon and cardamom.
8. Eat plenty of fruit, preferably fresh. Avoid fruit juices, because they contain so much sugar.
9. Buy a food dryer at a thrift store and dry your own fruit in season. Last year, Ned dried blueberries that he and Mrs Ned picked, cherries, peaches apples, asian pears and figs from his tree. Ned also froze golden plums and used them to make cobbler. Great dessert, low in nasty calories and good for you.
10. Avoid "fast" food. For so many reasons. They are usually bad for you, consisting of unhealthy ingredients, and too easy to eat rapidly. This encourages overeating.
I got this (coffe and vanilla soy milk) from you. I vary mine somewhat as I add a syrup made from raw cocoa powder, cinnamon and cayenne pepper to the mix. I start with about 4 oz of strong coffee (cold in warm weather), add about 8 oz of vanilla soy, and then about a tablespoon of the cocoa syrup. In cold weather I'll have the above beverage, without the coffee, as an evening drink, only with more cocoa syrup. No added salt nor sugar as I find the sodium and sweetness of the vanilla soy enough. Plus I like the additional potassium which comes with the raw cocoa.
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