Salad (1:4) These are a few of my favorite things

Almost no food should be cooked too much, because nutrients leach out with excess cooking. So avoid that. Here are just a sampling of what you should be eating.

A few of my favorite things:

Mediterranean diet elements:

• olives

• natural yogurt

• natural kefir (yogurt drink)

• fresh fish cooked in olive oil

• low fat red and white meat

• tomatoes

• spinach

• honey

• peaches

• apricots (pectin)

• oranges

• grape fruit (vitamin C)

• red wine

• spices: oregano, cilantro

Japanese diet elements:

• salmon sushi

• green tea

South Beach elements:

• many from above

• green salads

• broccoli

• beets

• blue berries

• Celery / celery juice

Indian food elements:

• vegetarian dishes

• spices: curcumin, curry, turmeric

Additional items:

• alkaline water

• maple syrup

Do your best to avoid these foods:

• highly refined carbohydrates

• carbonated soft drinks

• highly processed food

• saturated fats

• highly processed foods containing chemicals

The above is a skeleton of the SALAD diet approach. Claire Semelka will be creating future blogs that detail more about diet, and also combine together elements of the above into an overall plan.