I love the New York Times Health Section. They’ve got a wealth of interesting health information that rarely borders on trite or overexposed information. The tidbit I found for today is an excellent example: 11 Best Foods You Aren’t Eating, submitted by nutritionist and author Jonny Bowden.
Nutritionist and author Jonny Bowden has created several lists of healthful foods people should be eating but aren’t. But some of his favorites, like purslane, guava and goji berries, aren’t always available at regular grocery stores
Bowden’s most exhaustive list is available in his book “The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What You Should Eat and Why” (2007), but here are the 11 he submitted as readily available, but underutilized, healthful foods.
- Beets
- Cabbage
- Swiss chard
- Cinnamon
- Pomegranate juice
- Dried plums (Don’t miss David Lebovitz’s recent piece in the Los Angeles Times on dried plums – “A fruit that’s better than chocolate? Forget the ganache. He’d rather bite into a prune, a luscious pruneaux mi-cuit.” He’s such a funny man.)
- Pumpkin seeds
- Sardines
- Tumeric
- Frozen blueberries
- Canned pumpkin
Does anyone have any good recipes for the other 10?
