Healthy Eating Link Video
This is not Healthy Eating #16. Because I said so, so there! 
This video will serve as a single link for Healthy Eating videos from other posters. The idea is to post all of those videos, if there ever are any, as video responses to this one so they are easy for my viewers to find.
I also answered a question from Superbastard, and more fully explained a principle for evaluating diet quality.
Interest in Healthy Eating will probably continue as YouTube expands and more folks drop by. I’m not predicting huge growth. But it’s likely to be an active topic, and there’s no telling what responses might be created, or when.
So if you’d like to keep current on future HE posts, you might want to favorite this video so responses are easy to find.
One more thing. If you’d like to receive bulletins when I send them out, feel free to request an add to my friends’ list. And if you’d like to stop receiving those bulletins, drop me a note and I’ll turn that off for you.
Be well!
Duration : 0:8:37
Cooking frequently …
Cooking frequently isn’t really necessary. Many, many foods are best consumed raw: many vegetables, fruits and berries, and nuts and seeds, for example. You can buy these foods fresh or, in some cases, frozen, then just thaw in the microwave and eat them. If you also include cheeses, cottage cheese, rice, legumes, and yogurt, and you’ll be covering a lot of ground nutritionally.
Remember to pursue variety!
Bread and cereal should be infrequent visitors to our diets, I think.
It’s very easy to …
It’s very easy to overdo cereals and grains – though whole-grain rice is good, particularly if you’re also taking in legumes (beans).
Depending on Lean Cuisine for nutritional adequacy is a failing strategy, I believe. It’s probably not as bad as some industrial foods, but it’s surely not optimal.
For people unable to devote time to nutrition, the first thing to do is to take a daily vitamin supplement. It’s a help, though it won’t cover every nutritional hole.
well say u dont …
well say u dont rely wont to cook or have the time to make a good meel your self. wood leenquizen and like oatmeel and ceral be good chices. i have been eating thes things. i have been more active. i have lost wate. i have been eating a lot of rice aswell. i have see on averag u need 3500mg of potassium a day. 1 banana has 400mg. so if u do the math even if u eat 1 banana with every meel u might not be geting enuff. i have been eating leenquizzn seetchicken wich has 700mg. a lot more like it…
Thanks Urgelt, you …
Thanks Urgelt, you are awsome. Chronic ilness…may I ask what kind?
I am limited in …
I am limited in what I can do, due to chronic illness.
But I view exercise as critical to health. Anyone who can, should, and I don’t think they’ll have regrets.
I like to refer folks who ask to the YouTube group “Cut the Gut.” They have tons of information about exercise from people who know what they’re talking about.
Urgelt, do you have …
Urgelt, do you have an exercise regime or simple daily activity that you regularly do to keep healthy? Or do you only focus on diet as part of your health.
Leaf, extract …
Leaf, extract powder and liquid are all acceptable to me. I mostly use white extract powder because it’s the cheapest form. Liquid would be useful if you don’t want to boil water to dissolve the powder; it doesn’t dissolve well in cold water.
I favor Herbal Advantage’s stevia products, because they have cultivated a low-bitterness strain of stevia that tastes good to me. The difference is noticeable, but subtle. I have not found any brands that I would not use.
What’s the highest …
What’s the highest quality form of stevia? I’ve read conflicting reviews, some say clear liquid stevia is inferior, others say white powder is. Which should I buy?
your right i was …
your right i was only having a laugh
im a british airways flight attendant,im shallow
take care
dx
I’m glad you …
I’m glad you enjoyed the videos, Dougie.
But I wonder, why does my appearance matter in the least?
Fashions are fickle. Isn’t it better to pay more attention to substance than appearance, unless we are specifically attempting to attract a mate?
I am indifferent to people’s judgments about my appearance. There are more important fish to fry.
I watched all your …
I watched all your videos tonight and found them to be very informative.
i wish you would shave your beard off tho and change the glasses darling
love you
I’ll heartily …
I’ll heartily endorse your view of bananas.
I’ll just add, grapes are generally considered a temperate crop. I grew up in Michigan, where they grow all over the place.
Tropical fruits – mangoes, bananas, coconuts, pineapples, etc. – are actually pretty good nutrition, by and large. But some do have high sugar content. Careful selection and moderate consumption are crucial to benefiting from them.
Worse, many food packagers add a lot of extra sugar to dried or canned fruit. Avoid!
This also applies …
This also applies to “free range” chickens. Our delightful government has decreed that a chicken raised in 5 sq. ft. cage is “free range”, which of course is patent nonsense. Free range means just that: the chickens have a large pen in which they can walk all day and eat both feed and grass.
Excellent video, …
Excellent video, with great advice. I’d just like to add my two cents worth, regarding tropical fruits. You mentioned the sugar content of grapes and raisins, and that’s the problem with most tropical fruits. They’re like natural candy. The only tropical fruit I think is genuinely healthy is the banana: low sugar, bursting with nutrients, great source of fiber.
Virgin oils are …
Virgin oils are unaltered by industrial heat treatment or hydrogenation, and are not diluted with cheaper oils. “Extra” is meaningless; either it’s virgin, or it isn’t.
Virgin oils can still contain toxins from farming methods (pesticides, herbicides, fungicides). You can avoid those toxins by buying organic.
The best oils are therefore organic and virgin both – and those oils command the highest prices.
i am a litte …
i am a litte comfused????? i went to look for coconut oil. i found a non-expensive coconut oil in a jar and bought it… now on the other hand i also went to a store was a more upscaled… i saw extra virgin coconut oil that was organic, but it cost very much… please tell me if coconut oil that is non-organic still good for you,,, and what shoul i be buying,,, i mean does it really matter ,, there both coconut oil????????
I had not heard. …
I had not heard. That’s excellent news. I hope more supermarkets follow their lead.
Fantastic news you …
Fantastic news you may already be aware of, Hannafords supermarkets now carries Stevia and coconut oil in their natural food section.
Organic foods are …
Organic foods are safer. There is no doubt about that. The only question is one of affordability. Not everyone can afford to pay the price premium of organic foods.
Because organic foods cost more, you have to watch out for swindlers. It’s possible to pass nonorganic foods off as organic and pocket a nice tidy profit.
Vegans should be …
Vegans should be careful to research the subject thoroughly and choose their foods carefully. It’s possible to miss some of the essential nutrients, such as amino acids. There are lots of books available, and of course web sites, to help with that.
(still not done …
(still not done with my comment)I ume I’m getting them, I’m still paranoid, but could I be wrong? Any advice to a vegan? I get my protein through soy/beans/nuts. I just discovered your video blog today, so I’ll look at your other healthy eating videos tomorrow (it’s late). Thanks
I want to bring …
I want to bring something up for you Urgelt.
I think I might have the answer, but someone with more knowledge and experience can help me.
Well the question is, is organic products healthier then non-organic? Am I just wasting my money?
I think organic is better because it lacks pesticides, but I just read an article in readers digest, they say its a waste of money. What do you think?
I’m glad you think …
I’m glad you think so. Thanks for commenting!
interesting…
interesting…
Point well-taken; …
Point well-taken; pound-for-pound blueberries pack a bigger punch than grapes and raisins.