Basic Pursuits

Orzo is a pasta that looks somewhat like large grains of rice. You
can cook it like rice and that gives it an advantage over other
pastas. If your flavor the water you cook it in with broth. The pasta
absorbs the flavor of the broth like rice. You can add enough flavor that you
don't have to put a sauce on it, saving you time and calories.

There is another advantage. You can add lots of nutrition. For
example you can throw in a bag of frozen peas and a pound of frozen
spinach.

Furthermore, you can brown up some protein like chicken breast and
add it.

Another "weight loss secret" bites the dust.

Here is some decent coverage about calorie restriction. The report covers the fact that calorie restriction has a favorable effect on crucial bio-makers like cholesterol whether it helps you life longer or not.

Here is a list of foods that are really good for you. If you are a food logger, you'll recognized that any of these that you've tried really move the nutrition needle. Except that I've never used enough turmeric or cinnamon at one time to even log it.

Remember that these are suggestions for great eating, not a ukase for eating nothing else.

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Thrive dining is a lifelong process. It's not even steps in the same direction. It's more of bunch of events, some pleasant and rewarding, others a "learning experience." The results over time is that you eat better and better and enjoy the benefits.

Prof. Adolfo Diez Perez and his team from the Universitat Autonomaa de Barcelona analysed the genetics of a very long lived family from a small town on the island of Menorca. The oldest was 113. Four other members of the family were two daughters, 81 and 77, and an 85-year old nephew.

I'm forever seeking ways to eat whole grains (yep, I want to live longer). I eat a lot and really can't get enough calories eating just protein, fruits and vegetables. I've got to eat grains. There are a lot of good reasons to eat whole grains.

My three staples are oatmeal, bread and brown rice.

Scientists are discovering that Omega3 fatty acid is an important nutrient in the prevention of many diseases. A recent meta-study in the Journal of Experimental Biology and Medicine points out that decreasing the ratio of Omega6 to Omega3 fatty acids can dramatically increase the odds against a number of diseases. For the vast majority of modern humans, this means eating more Omega3s. Here are some samples: