# Healthiest food

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/healthiest-food/836857>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 10, 2019, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/healthiest-food/836857 "2019-07-10T19:23:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2019, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/healthiest-food/836857/21 "2019-07-11T16:22:16Z")

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I would have said [potatoes](https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/280579.php), because they have vitamin C and B6 as well as potassium. OTOH they are also one of the deadliest, at least for some. Because, [spoiler]how many potatoes does it take to kill an Irishman?

None.[/spoiler]You have been warned.

Regards,  
Shodan

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**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/healthiest-food/836857/22 "2019-07-11T16:36:23Z")

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> [@Zyada](#):
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> Eatthis is a site selling things. You cannot trust them to give out good information.
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> …

Yeah, but if you wanted to list \<10 foods for a pretty healthy diet, the 8 they list sound pretty good to me. It might be an interesting exercise to try to come up with the smallest list of foods that will give a healthy diet. Obviously, no 1 food is sufficient. But if you could only eat 5 foods? 10 foods? …

For us, it is pretty much just eat a variety of fruits, vegetables, beans and legumes, whole grains, and seeds and nuts. Always good to add different colors - ooh, purple potatoes!

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**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2019, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/healthiest-food/836857/23 "2019-07-11T16:43:28Z")

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> [@kayaker](#):
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> As far as liquid refreshments go, I think **Beer** must be very healthy. I drink a good bit of it, and my health couldn’t be any better than it is.

Beer can spoil however. I suggest at the least mixing it with equal parts rye over 101proof just to be sure. Or skip the beer and just go pure rye. Wigle Deep Cut.

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**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/healthiest-food/836857/24 "2019-07-11T16:46:01Z")

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> [@Zyada](#):
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> . . .  
> \*Iodine is also added to salt, are there any other nutrients that are commonly added to food?  
> . . .

calcium, vitamin C, vitamin D, potassium, iron, protein, fiber, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, folic acid. . .

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**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2019, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/healthiest-food/836857/25 "2019-07-11T18:49:56Z")

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> [@WildaBeast](#):
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> I think I heard on NPR a long time ago that cabbage gives you the most nutrients per dollar. That is, there are other vegetables that may contain more nutrients, but they’re fairly exotic and expensive. Cabbage is pretty cheap and pretty nutritious.

Cabbage is especially healthy because high levels of consumption can effectively reduce the risk of a wide range of diseases, from influenza to measles.

The smell keeps everyone else away, so you don’t catch things off 'em.

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**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2019, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/healthiest-food/836857/26 "2019-07-11T19:00:21Z")

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Any food will kill you if that’s all you eat.

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