What Is Healthy For My Family To Eat Every Day

I often ask myself, what is healthy for my family to eat? This post is a follow-up to yesterday’s whole food post, as in my fruits and vegetable article. I really want people to think about whether the food they feed their family is healthy or not.

Here’s the deal, I can’t make that decision for you, and you wouldn’t want me to. We all have different tastes, needs, and wants for meals. Here is the post on Whole Foods. I read books, research and watch documentaries to learn whatever I can to live a healthy life.

I need to lose a few pounds, okay several pounds, and I need to exercise, you know I need to keep moving. I spend about 6-8 hours a day on my blog sitting with two laptops.

One is used for typing, the other for research. I started going to a dog park almost every day recently with my new puppy, Bentley. He’s now a year old. I walk around and meet other dog owners and it’s great to socialize with people each day. Plus, Bentley gets to run off some of his energy.

Today, I want to compare different foods and the nutrients they contain. It’s so funny because people will sometimes say to me “What protein do you eat if you are vegan?”

Yesterday, I talked about vegans and vegetarians. Oh, I can hear some people screaming right now, what no meat? Yep, that would be Mark. He would never scream, he just loves eating meat, any kind of meat or fish.

I do not. I may have a bite or two of filet mignon. Sometimes, I may even eat a hamburger occasionally if I know the meat is organic and grass-fed.

Let’s get started with the nutrients in some items we may or may not eat every day. I have to add in donuts (doughnuts) and apple fritters just because I sometimes have one.

How much protein is on that bagel, donut (doughnut), or apple fritter I had for breakfast? Do I dare admit I have had 6-8 pumpkin cookies for breakfast, every once in a while?

How much protein is in those? I think you know what I mean, we need to be mindful of the healthy food we put into our bodies, and also the not-so-healthy food.

I know we have all heard, “We are what we eat.” I think it comes down to making sure we are feeding our bodies healthy nutritious calories. The numbers below are only approximate numbers due to the size and quantity consumed. Note that the percentages shown are based on the “% daily value.”

Is This Food Healthy For Your Family

Doughnuts

Protein: 2.1 g

Sugar: 11 g

Calories: 200

Vitamin A: 0%

Vitamin B-6: 0%

Vitamin C: 1%

Potassium: 86 mg

Bagels

Protein: 10 g

Sugar: 6 g

Calories: 250

Vitamin A: 0%

Vitamin B-6: 5%

Vitamin C: 0%

Potassium: 162 mg

One Egg

Protein: 6 g

Sugar: 0,6%

Calories: 80

Vitamin A: 5%

Vitamin B-6: 5%

Vitamin C: 0%

Potassium: 63 mg

Whole Milk

Protein: 8 g

Sugar: 13 g

Calories: 1 cup=103

Vitamin A: 2%

Vitamin B-6: 5%

Vitamin C: 0%

Potassium: 366 mg

Chicken Breast

Protein: 43 g

Sugar: 0%

Calories: 1 cup=230

Vitamin A: 0%

Vitamin B-6: 40%

Vitamin C: 0%

Potassium: 360 mg

Beef-Hamburger

Protein: 13 g

Sugar: 5 g

Calories: 1 single patty=250 calories

Vitamin A: 0%

Vitamin B-6: 5%

Vitamin C: 0%

Potassium: 166 mg

Bacon

Protein: 3 g

Sugar: 0%

Calories: 1 slice cooked=43

Vitamin A: 0%

Vitamin B-6: 0%

Vitamin C: 0%

Potassium: 45 mg

Pork

Protein: 27 g

Sugar: n/a or unknown

Calories: 3 ounces=200

Vitamin A: n/a or unknown

Vitamin B-6: 37%

Vitamin C: 0%

Potassium: 423 mg

Fish-Salmon

Protein: 40 g

Sugar: n/a or unknown

Calories: 0.5 fillet=412

Vitamin A: 1%

Vitamin B-6: 65%

Vitamin C: 12%

Potassium: 719

Fish-Tuna

Protein: 25 g

Sugar: n/a or unknown

Calories: 3 ounces=160

Vitamin A: 42%

Vitamin B-6: 20%

Vitamin C: 0%

Potassium: 275 mg

I hope this gives you some ideas as to the nutrients in the food you decide is healthy or not for your family. I would love a farm with grass-fed meat to sell, chickens to produce eggs to help pay for the farm expenses. I would love to grow food year-round and live off the land.

My grandson and I talk about it all the time. I can dream, right? Mark has no desire for a farm at our age. I get it. But I have always wanted a little farm with fruit trees and an extra large garden. We had a half-acre lot in Logan/Cache Valley, Utah once and it was awesome!

We produced and preserved enough fruits and vegetables for our family for a year. We loved it and it taught our girls to work. Mark wondered how “awesome” it was after he had spent over three hours just mowing the lawn each week.

We’d put out over ten bags of lawn clippings after we’d spread a bunch in the garden as mulch. He did love taking the girls out in the evening to pick strawberries from the patch that divided our yard from the neighbor next door.

The girls enjoyed picking the green beans from the plants so we could cook them for dinner, or get them ready to be canned. Fond memories of our time in Cache Valley.

Thanks again for being prepared for the unexpected. May God bless this world, Linda