If you want fresh, whole, juicy food that doesn't make you want to curl up and take a nap, you will need to be prepared.  There are more and more options in restaurants these days. Keep asking for them at your local restaurants, and you'll soon see more of them available on the menu. 

 

For greatest value, both monetary and health wise, you'll really want to prepare your own.  You will be surprised at how easy it actually is-and how good it actually tastes.  

  

 

These should make up the highest percent of your diet.   Consuming as much of these in raw form as possible.   Eat more of the foods at the top of the list, less as you move down.

 

Superfoods are great daily additions. Some of my favourites are:

All natural sweeteners such as fruit, dried fruit, honey (raw) and maple syrup are excellent replacements for sugar, but should not be over used. 

 

Artificial sweeteners should be treated as poison. I'll let you decide how much poison is ok in your diet.