The golden rules for a healthy diet

The medicine of the future will no longer be remedial, it will
be preventive; not based on drugs but on the best diet for
health. This document explores the issue:
What is Optimum Nutrition?
By Peter Shepherd

• Avoid stimulants such as sugar, coffee, tea and cigarettes, and limit alcohol.
• Avoid saturated (animal) fats and hydrogenated (processed) fats.
• Avoid simple (refined) carbohydrates, including white bread, biscuits, cakes and
• other processed foods.
• Avoid unnatural additives, flavourings and preservatives.
• Eat more beans, lentils, seeds, nuts and whole grains.
• Eat more vegetables, raw or lightly cooked (steaming is best).
• Eat several servings of fresh fruit every day.
• Wherever possible eat organically-grown, natural, unprocessed foods.
• Drink plenty of filtered water.

What mostly impacts your health?

What do you eat.
How do you move.
What do you think.

How to live longer and better?

How to live longer and better?

Don’t oversleep
Be optimistic
Have more sex
Get a pet
Get a VAP
Be rich
Stop Smoking
Chill out
Eat you antioxidants
Marry well
Exercise
Laugh a little
Loose weight
Manage stress
Meditate

What to Eat: Expert Clears the Confusion

Great article and laso seems to be a great book:

http://www.ediets.com/news/article.cfm/3/cmi_2004477/cid_6/code_24422/
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0865477043/ref=nosim/wwwedietscom
What to Eat: An Aisle-by-Aisle Guide to Savvy Food Choices and Good Eating.

Eat less: Consume fewer calories, which is easiest to do by avoiding fat and sugar, and eating smaller portions. Buy takeout foods and fast foods in the smallest containers. Order half-portions or divide foods in restaurants. Reserve sweetened foods for dessert and special occasions.

Move more: Being more active is a no-brainer, she says.

Eat lots of fruits and vegetables: Everyone agrees on this but you have to make an effort. Ready-to-eat versions aren't as easy to buy as potato chips.

Go easy on junk foods: That means soft drinks, candy and snack foods that are low in nutrients but high in calories, fat, salt and additives. They should be once-in-awhile treats.

Keep to the edges: Stay away from the center aisles of the supermarket, and don't buy anything in a box. If you do have to buy a boxed food, make sure it has five ingredients or less!

Ever wondered about latest "vitamin E will kill you" cry in the media? (http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20041212-102706-5161r.htm) Seems like it's FUD generated by the Pharmaceutical companies. Today's media business is powerful propaganda machine available for sale or rent.
The Pharmaceutical "Business with Disease"