Nutrition: A Complete Guide to Eating Healthy

Here is a list of nutritional information and tips I have learned over the last few years. The information is collected from online and televised news, studies, and different people of varying degrees of knowledge on this subject. (Note: This information is regarding the general population, not individuals with health conditions that require a special diet.)

1. Take vitamins and other supplements, such as iron, vitamin D, and calcium.

2. Don't take vitamins. They will harm you if they do anything at all.

3. Don't eat meat.

4. Not eating any meat is dangerous.

5. Only eat whole grain.

6. Don't eat any grain.

7. Human beings aren't meant to eat meat or grain.

8. It doesn't really matter what you eat. As long as you live long enough to reproduce, you've fulfilled evolutionary requirements.

9. Don't drink juice.

10. Give up milk. 

11. Give up all dairy.

12. Don't eat gluten.

13. Some sugar is ok.

14. Only sugar occurring naturally (i.e., in fruits) is ok. 

15. Don't eat/drink sugar. Use artificial sweeteners.

16. Don't eat/drink sugar. Don't use artificial sweeteners.

17. Use honey as a sweetener. But it has to be a special kind of honey. Or you can use molasses.

18. You should eat fruits and vegetables raw. If you must cook the vegetables, only cook about 10% of your daily vegetables, and only warm them up a little.

19. Only use organic.

20. The things they have to do to the food to make them organic doesn't make them any healthier than the chemicals they use for non-organic.

21. Almost everything you previously thought was healthy actually isn't. In about 4 months, there will be a ground-breaking study denouncing all other food you currently think is healthy.

22. Don't eat processed food.

23. Don't eat anything with ingredients you can't pronounce or don't recognize. 

24. Stay away from corn syrup.

25. Chocolate is good for you.

26. Chocolate is bad for you.

27. Preservatives are good because it keeps food fresh enough to eat. 

28. Preservatives are bad.

29. The only way to truly be safe is to plant and produce your own food. 

30. The government won't let farmers use their own seeds. They make them buy seeds which have who-knows-what growth hormones and alterations in them. Any seeds we have access to possibly have the same contaminants in them.

31. You can eat chicken and eggs, as long as they're from free-range chickens who have had a happy life.

32. Meticulously count calories and fat in everything you eat.

33. Follow the new food-guide pyramid.

34. Don't drink soda. Especially diet, because of the artificial sweeteners.

35. Nuts are good for you.

36. Nuts are bad for you.

37. Pasta gives you energy. 

38. Rice and pasta aren't good for you.

39. Most breakfast cereals aren't good for you.

40. We are fortunate to live in a country with clean water widely available.

41. You need to filter all water. Even bottled water contains impurities. 

So, have fun with these nutritional facts while you plan your next meal. And remember, don't stress! Stress weakens your immune system and you'll get sick!