{"id":1065,"date":"2011-02-04T04:02:06","date_gmt":"2011-02-04T04:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/?p=1065"},"modified":"2017-11-08T15:39:01","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T15:39:01","slug":"more-on-how-food-is-good-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/more-on-how-food-is-good-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"More on How &#8220;Food Is Good for You&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/i722.photobucket.com\/albums\/ww230\/mcolletterogers\/Food-Is_Good_for_You.gif\" alt=\"Food Is Good For You Banner\" width=\"288\" height=\"75\" \/>Remember last month&#8217;s article, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/2011\/01\/02\/parsley-the-new-superfood\/\" target=\"_blank\">Food Is Good for You?<\/a>&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 We&#8217;re always surprised to hear about the nutritional marvels of, e.g., blueberries or grass-fed beef, or tofu or squash.\u00a0 But honestly have you ever heard of a real food that doesn&#8217;t contain vital nutrients?\u00a0 This is exactly the takeaway you get from a blurb in the <em>Denver Post <\/em>listing several popular foods and their popular nutrients:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Salmon, tilapia and tofu:\u00a0 <span style=\"color:#339966;\"><strong>Omega 3<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Milk, cheese, broccoli:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color:#339966;\"><strong>Calcium<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Bananas, shellfish, cucumbers:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><span style=\"color:#339966;\">Potassium<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Red meat, citrus fruits, apples:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><span style=\"color:#339966;\">Magnesium<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Eggs:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color:#339966;\"><strong>Vitamin D<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Yogurt, Scallops:\u00a0 <strong><span style=\"color:#339966;\">Vitamin B-12<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Spinach, liver, grapefruit:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><span style=\"color:#339966;\">Folic Acid<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Cinnamon, pecans, cranberries:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color:#339966;\"><strong>Antioxidants<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Amazed at what you can get from plain old, unsexy food?\u00a0 Turns out even cucumbers are a good nutrient source, even though they seem like nothing more than water in a green skin!\u00a0 No doubt this is why many doctors and nutritionists\u00a0 are recommending that we get our nutrients from foods.\u00a0 In fact, the Post&#8217;s blurb was titled\u00a0 &#8220;Why Bother With a Pill?&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Indeed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong><span style=\"color:#339966;\">&#8220;Good Eating.\u00a0 It&#8217;s Easier Than You Think.&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Come discover how to make luscious meals from real, whole, nutritious foods&#8211;a treat for taste buds as well as your body.\u00a0 Check out the next <a href=\"http:\/\/everydaygoodeating.com\/current_whole_kitchen_flyer.html\" target=\"_blank\">Whole Kitchen<\/a> cooking classes. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Reference:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Why bother With a Pill?&#8221; FitFinds, The Denver Post, February 1, 2010, p. 2C<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many doctors and nutritionists  are recommending that we get our nutrients from foods.  In fact, a recent Post article was titled  &#8220;Why Bother With a Pill?&#8221;    Indeed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,5],"tags":[374],"class_list":["post-1065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-what-is-healthy-eating","category-food","tag-magic-pill-mentality","masonry-post","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1065"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2753,"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1065\/revisions\/2753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookhappylivehealthy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}