Read tips for healthy life

1. Avoid fried eggplant
It soaks up oil quickly, like a sponge—more than
any other vegetable, even more than French fries.
Try grilling, broiling, baking, steaming, or braising
it instead of frying.
2. Follow these guidelines for cooking eggs
You need not cook eggs to the hard and rubbery
stage. Boiling an egg in its shell at 140° for 3H
minutes should kill virtually all bacteria.

Scrambled eggs and omelets are fine if cooked
just past the runny, moist stage (they should be
set, but don’t have to be rock hard). If you’re
frying eggs, “over easy” is best: fry them for
about 3 minutes on one side, then about 1 minute
on the other.
3. Eat sweet potatoes
Despite their sweet taste, they have about the
same number of calories per ounce as white
potatoes.
A 3 ounce baked sweet potato contains three
times the recommended daily amount of beta
carotene, half theRDA for vitamin C, and just 100
calories.
Avoid the typical package of ground poultry,
which usually contains skin and too much fat.
Look for ground turkey breast; it should be
labeled 96 to 98% fatfree (by weight).
4. Try veggie burgers

They’re served in many restaurants, and you’ll
find them in frozen, refrigerated, or mix form in
the grocery store. Veggie burgers may be
primarily soy and/or may contain any
combination of mushrooms, onions, peppers, rice,
oats, barley, bulgur (cracked wheat), rye, gluten
(wheat protein), beans, spices, and egg whites.
In a restaurant, ask the waiter what’s in the
veggie burger and how it’s cooked. Some veggie
burgers are almost fatfree, but some are high in
fat, especially if nuts or cheese are major
ingredients.
5. Eat beans and other legumes
Beans, lentils, and dried peas are all good
sources of soluble fiber, which, if consumed
regularly, may help lower blood cholesterol levels.
6. Cook with fresh herbs
They contain powerful antioxidant compounds,
according to a USDA analysis. Herbs that scored
highest by far were oregano and marjoram—just a
tablespoon or two of the chopped herbs would
supply significant amounts of antioxidants.
Fresh herbs are more potent (in flavor and
antioxidant power) than their dried counterparts,
and culinary herbs in general have more
antioxidant potential than medicinal ones, such
as ginkgo.
7. To boost your calcium, eat sardines
When eaten with their small edible bones, three
small fish (one ounce each) supply 370
milligrams of calcium, more than a cup of milk.
Canned salmon, also eaten with its bones,
supplies nearly as much calcium.
8. Drink tea
It contains enough fluoride to help prevent tooth
decay, and is also rich in substances called
polyphenols, which act as antioxidants and thus
may help protect against cancer.
Tea drinking may also help strengthen bones.
Besides the fluoride, flavonoids and other
compounds in tea may be good for bones. Some
people still worry that tea could weaken bones
because of its caffeine, but several studies have
now shown this is not the case.