Healthy Foods List

I have a lot of clients and friends who ask me about which healthy items they should buy at the grocery store. For those of you without the time or know-how to make your own list, here are my suggestions for you! This categorized list provides a ton of healthy options covering the essentials you'll need to maintain a well-balanced diet. Use it to write up your grocery list, and don't worry, healthy doesn't have to be boring. Every week you can pick new items from the list to try. This should help take some of the thinking out of the process!

Protein Complex Carbohydrates (Good Carbs) Vegetables

Chicken breast Potato Broccoli

Turkey breast Sweet Potato Asparagus

Lean ground turkey Yams Lettuce

Swordfish Squash Cauliflower

Orange roughy Pumpkin Green Beans

Haddock Steamed Brown Rice Green Peppers

Salmon Steamed Wild Rice Mushrooms

Tuna Lentils Spinach

Crab Couscous Tomato

Lobster Kashi Peas

Shrimp Whole-wheat Pasta Artichoke

Top round steak Oatmeal Cabbage

Top sirloin steak Barley Celery

Lean ground beef Beans Zucchini

Buffalo Corn Cucumber

Lean ham Strawberries Onion

Egg whites or substitutes Melon

Trout Apple

Low-fat cottage cheese Orange

Wild-game meat Fat-Free Yogurt

Turkey Bacon Fat-Free Milk

Whole Wheat Bread

High-Fiber cereal

Whole wheat tortilla

Whole wheat pita bread

Whole grains

Vegetable Proteins Healthy Fats

Tempeh Avacado

Seitan Sunflower Seeds

Tofu Pumpkin Seeds

Texturized vegetable protein Cold water fish

Soy foods Natural peanut butter

Veggie burgers Low fat cheese

Low sodium nuts

Olives and Olive oils

Safflower oil

Canola Oil

Sunflower Oil

Flax seed Oil