Nutrition Nuggets

     Here are some Nutrition Nuggets from co -authors David Zinczenko and Matt Goulding:

Your blood sugar rises 39% less if you toast your white bread.

A typical serving of potatoes has nearly 5 times as many antioxidants as a typical serving of broccoli.

Frozen peas have up to 4 times as much vitamin C as canned peas.

1 medium carrot has 340% of your daily vitamin A.  Wheat flour has 470% more fiber than white flour.

If you shop at a farmer's market, you're 3.2 times more likely to eat 5 servings of fruits and vegetables a day than if you shop at a supermarket.

A cup of store-brand bran flakes cereal has more than twice as much fiber as a cup of Cheerios.

Adding blueberries instead of strawberries to  your cereal will more than double your antioxidant intake.

Coffee is by far the richest source of antioxidants in the American diet.  (Cream and sugar turns a 10-calorie cup of coffee into an 80-calorie cup.  Do that once a day and gain 7 pounds in a year.)

Compared with an 8-ounce glass of orange juice, a single medium orange has half as much sugar and 3 more grams of fiber.

Drinking 3 glasses of red wine a week decreases your risk of colon cancer by 68%.

Compared to iceberg, romaine lettuce has more of just about every nutrient, including 8.5 times more vitamin C.

89% of foods marketed to kids provide poor nutrition.

Cut out 96 calories from your daily diet and you'll be 10 pounds lighter one year from today.

So, after reading all that, do you feel smarter (and healthier)?