You Can Never Be Too Rich or Too Thin – Wallis Simpson – A Woman Ahead of Her Time, Who Knew?

  Wallis Simpson – photo courtesy nnbd.com

Wallis Simpson – nutrition maven?   While I hesitate to follow up yesterday’s post (Banana-Blueberry-Swirl Muffins)  with one on healthy eating, I am here to say that I do indeed awake every morning with the best of intentions, nutritionally, that is.  And while some days are better than others, I will continue to strive for improvement.

Who knew that the old adage “You Can Never Be Too Rich or Too Thin”,  spoken by that amazingly controversial figure, Wallis Warfield Simpson could become the perfect moniker for our health objectives?  I was just thinking this could be the motto for our food selection goals and our physique direction, no?   Strive for the foods richest in antioxidants and cleansing properties and try to keep our mid-section especially thin,  are good if not great goals, I’d say.  And, hence, your foods can never be too RICH in nutrients, and our waistlines should be quite “THIN”.  Thank you Wallis!  (You get it)

Well, of course, technically speaking, one can be too thin, but in the relative scheme of things, this is a good use of phraseology.  Experts have linked the size of our waistlines to most chronic and potentially dangerous diseases – from Dementia to heart ailments to cancer and to that broad array of destructive conditions called “inflamation”.

Some pics from the Summit Farmer’s Market on Sunday – featuring New Jersey’s finest, and some of the winners from below, and a couple of runners up:

All the facts point to having our diets heavily dependent upon the foods most rich in antioxidant load – and here is the list of the top ten fruits and veggies, courtesy of Reader’s Digest:

Fruits 1. Prunes 2. Raisins 3. Blueberries 4. Blackberries 5. Strawberries 6. Raspberries 7. Plums 8. Oranges 9. Red grapes 10. Cherries

Vegetables 1. Kale 2. Spinach 3. Brussels sprouts 4. Alfalfa sprouts 5. Broccoli flowers 6. Beets 7. Red bell peppers 8. Onions 9. Corn 10. Eggplant

Celery and Celery Seeds. Celery and celery seeds are excellent blood cleansers and contain many different anti-cancer compounds that help detoxify cancer cells from the body. Celery seeds contain over twenty anti-inflammatory substances. It is particularly good for detoxifying substances found in cigarette smoke.

Cranberries. Cleanse your body from harmful bacteria and viruses that may be lingering in your urinary tract with cranberries since they contain antibiotic and antiviral substances.

Flaxseeds and Flaxseed Oil. Loaded with essential fatty acids, particularly the Omega-3s, flaxseeds and flaxseed oil are essential for many cleansing functions throughout the body.

Garlic. Eat garlic to cleanse harmful bacteria, intestinal parasites and viruses from your body, especially from the blood and intestines. It also helps cleanse build-up from the arteries and has anti-cancer and antioxidant properties that help detoxify the body of harmful substances. Additionally, garlic assists with cleansing the respiratory tract by expelling mucous build-up in the lungs and sinuses. For the health benefits, choose only fresh garlic, not garlic powder, which has virtually none of the above properties.

Grapefruit. Add a ruby red grapefruit to your breakfast to benefit from pectin fiber that binds to cholesterol, thereby cleansing the blood. Pectin also binds to heavy metals and helps escort them out of the body. It also has antiviral compounds that cleanse harmful viruses out of the body. Grapefruit is an excellent intestinal and liver detoxifier.

 

Kale. Steam some kale to benefit from its powerful anti-cancer and antioxidant compounds that help cleanse the body of harmful substances. It is also high in fiber, which helps cleanse the intestinal tract. Like cabbage, kale helps neutralize compounds found in cigarette smoke and strengthens liver cleansing.

Legumes. Add a handful of cooked beans to your next meal since they loaded with fiber that helps lower cholesterol, cleanses the intestines, and regulates blood sugar levels. Legumes also help protect the body against cancer.

Lemons. Excellent liver detoxifiers, lemons contain high amounts of vitamin C, a vitamin needed by the body to make an important substance called glutathione. Glutathione helps the liver detoxify harmful chemicals. Add a squeeze of fresh lemon juice (not the bottled variety) to pure water to support your cleansing efforts on a daily basis.

Seaweed. Seaweed could be the most underrated vegetable in the western world. Studies at McGill University in Montreal showed that seaweeds bind to radioactive waste in the body. Seaweed also binds to heavy metals to help eliminate them from the body. In addition, they are powerhouses of minerals and trace minerals.

Watercress. If you haven’t tried watercress add this delicious green to your next sandwich since it increases detoxification enzymes and acts on cancer cells in the body. In a study at the Norwich Food Research Centre in the United Kingdom, smokers who were given 170 grams of watercress per day eliminated higher than average amounts of carcinogens in their urine, thereby eliminating them from their body.

This is all good info to keep in front our noses each day.  Trying to satiate with these is best, wouldn’t you say – and then we won’t be so tempted to wander (I am saying this to myself, see?)

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for those of you who know:

“Mrs. Simpson married the Duke of Windsor.  It’s in tomorrow’s paper.” ……..

“Mrs. Simpson married the Duke of Windsor.  I told you that, didn’t I?

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and, finally, I think I have an addiction to Lamb Chops – delicious, from Barth’s Market in New Providence; worth the drive over, great quality – better than Kings and Whole Foods and better prices!

   dinner last night; simple grilled loin lamb chops with fresh rosemary, roasted new potatoes with garlic and rosemary and local white corn from Wightman’s

I am off to Union Square now to see what’s up – wishing everyone a creative dining day!  (no banana-blueberry-swirl muffins for me today!) (hopefully)