What do I eat now?

When your own body starts telling you that you can't eat certain foods (and food groups) anymore it's a good time to reevaluate the whole way you look at food. Instead of thinking of all the foods I can't and won't be eating I am imagining all the wonderful foods I will try and the creativity I will use to make these foods more exciting and this experience of eating GDS-free (gluten, dairy, sugar- free) less rigid.  

Jan Davidsz de Heem: Still Life (Le Desserte), 1640. Paris, Louvre

Here are just 4 foods that haven't always been my first choices at the grocery store but now are all on my list of FOODS TO EAT.  Here's why.

1. Sardines - A great source of Omega-3s and their mostly vegetarian diet makes them low in mercury too. Any way you eat them- fresh, canned or smoked, eating as little as 3 oz of these little fish pack more calcium and vitamin D than a glass of milk.

2. Mackeral - Good for the heart, regulates metabolism, reduces bad cholesterol and blood pressure, cancer and stroke preventative. It's a brain food and helps keep nervous system normal and healthy. **
3. Walnuts - Full of Omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin E; benefits includes smoother skin, healthier hair, stronger bones and brighter eyes.
4. Sweet Potatoes - Provides 8,800 IU of vitamin A, 42% of the Recommended Daily Allowance for vitamin C, 6% RDA for calcium, 10% RDA for iron, and 8% RDA for thiamine for healthy adults.  Contains beta-carotene, which our body converts into skin-smoothing retinol...helping our skin heal from past and present sun damage.***


Sources:
** http://factoidz.com/mackerel-nutrition-health-benefits-of-mackerel/
*** http://aggiehorticulture.tamu.edu/archives/parsons/vegetables/sweetpotato.html