Colourful Foods: Everybody's Healthy Food Shopping List

Eating healthier doesn't have to mean information overload counting calories, tracking cholesterol, or remembering what you had for breakfast.

It's simple if you keep it fresh, real and colourful.

This Everybody's Healthy Food Shopping List is compiled from a list of foods my doctor shared with me after gallbladder surgery.
I've kept all the essentials and eliminated everything else that's recommended a low or moderate use food.

Shopping List

Grains Spelt Kamut Quinoa Buckwheat Millet Brown Rice Basmati Rice Semolina Pasta Seeds and Nuts Almonds Walnuts Pecans Filberts/Hazelnuts Macadamia Nuts Pine Nuts Sesame Seeds Flax Seeds Pumpkin Seeds Cashew Nuts Sunflower Seeds Brazil Nuts Legumes String Beans Romano Beans Chickpeas Split Peas Green Peas Lentils Fruits Currants Grapes Kiwifruit Pear and Chinese Pear Apple Papaya Apricot Strawberries Blueberries Lemon Cherries Pineapple Plum Herbs and Spices Sea Salt Curry, Black & Cayenne Pepper Paprika Onion Garlic Horseradish Ginger

Vegetables Potato with peel Carrots Beets Kohlrabi Turnip Celery Parsley Parsnip Rutabaga Radish Daikon Tomato Avocado Dill Parsley Romaine Radicchio Leaf Lettuce Boston Lettuce Head Lettuce Dandelion Greens Endive, Belgian Endive Escarole Arugula Asparagus Kale White and Red Cabbage Savoy Cabbage Chinese Cabbage Bok Choy Leeks Squash Zucchini Artichoke Broccoli Chicory Cauliflower Collards Shiitake & Reishi Mushrooms Spinach Okra Rappini Snow Peas Swiss Chard Brussell Sprouts Watercress Water Chestnuts Seaweed Fennel

Meat, Fish, Poultry Turkey Goose Duck Quail Pheasant Lamb Goat Rabbit Veal Dairy Eggs Rice Milk Drinks Vegetable Juices Fruit Juices Teas Hot Chocolate Lemon/Lime water Purified Water Sugars, Syrups, Sweeteners Blackstrap Molasses Barley Malt Natural Cane Sugar Stevia Agave Apple Butter Homemade Preserves Sauces & Vinegar Mustard Miso Mayonnaise Wine, Balsamic & Rice Vinegar Apple Cider Vinegar Fats and Oil Unsalted Butter Olive Oil Pumpkin Seed Oil Flaxseed Oil Sesame Oil

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Remember

1. Real Fresh - As close to it's original form so real cheese instead of cheese strings or cheezies.

2. Minimum Packaging - Keep packaging which means food processing to a minimum. If you like corn have fresh corn on the cob instead of prepackaged corn muffins or corn flakes

3. Healthy Colour - keeping it colourful is an easy way to remember to include foods that will give you the nutrients to maintain your healthy, balanced, active lifestyle.

I've also considered that many people are experiencing food allergies.
For example, negative reactions to wheat are common due to the high gluten content, so this shopping list includes other grain alternatives.

Of course you'll need to include your unique dietary requirements and if you have any concerns, check with your doctor first.

Enjoy the colour at the grocery store!

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