"Eat This Not That" Top 10 Tips

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My sister gave me an interesting book for my birthday, Eat This Not That written by David Zinczenko with Matt Goulding.

The book is easy to read with a lot of photos.  There were many surprising facts I learned in this book.

This book taught me to always compare food labels in order to purchase the healthiest products. 



For example look at the big difference in fat, sodium and calories for two different brands of prepared eggplant.  (page 296)

Product	Product	Fat	Sodium	Calories
	Cederland Eggplant Parmesan	16 g	780 mg	320
	Celentano Eggplant Parmigiana	44 g	960 mg	660

Given below are additional tips that I thought were very interesting:

1.  Mission Wraps Garden Spinach Herb has 30 ingredients, with less than 2% spinach. (page 19)

2.   DiGiorno Traditional Crust Supreme Pizza has more calories, sodium and fat than any other frozen pizza.  (page 26)

3.  Red peppers have twice the Vitamin C and 10 times the Vitamin A as compared to green peppers. (page 42)

4.  The sulfur in garlic helps to expand blood vessels which can help keep blood pressure in check. (page 43).

5.  Watermelon has an amino acid (citruline) which relaxes look vessels which improves blood flow (page 100)

6.  Spinach is one of the best sources of folate which protects against mental degeneration and age-related sexual issues. (page 44)

7.  Potatoes have almost twice as much Vitamin C as tomatoes, and nearly as much potassium as a banana.  (page 81)

8. The amount of sugar in 1 1/2 cups Lucky Charms cereal is the same amount which is in a Peanut Butter Twix candy bar. (page 155)

9.  One pouch of Hostess Mini Blueberry Muffins has more calories and sugar than a Krispy Kreme doughnut.  (page 172)

10.  Cola contains 9% high fructose corn syrup. (page 318)

The book also includes healthy recipes for under $10.  I made the Chicken and Sweet Potato Stir-Fry, Poor Man's Steak, and Grilled Chicken Gyro.  They all turned out great and I will make them again.  The directions are straightforward and easy to follow.

If you are interested there is an "Eat This Not That" internet site which includes links to a podcast, nutrition articles and a magazine subscription.  https://www.eatthis.com  Check it out!

Link to book at amazon https://amzn.to/2sNyZ7o.