5 FOODS I EAT EVERYDAY » and so could you

So many options with food. How do we even know what to eat? If you're new around here, howdy! I'm Sadia, a dietitian and nutritionist. And this is not a what I eat in a day video, but rather a what I eat daily video. And you can join me in on this too if you'd like. If you see this little recipe alert sign, it means that the recipe is on the Pick Up Limes blog already and you know the drill. Link is going to be in the description box below. Let's get started. Now with a slight nutty taste that goes well in almost any dish, ground flax seeds are one of the best ways to get omega-3 fats from a plant-based source. Now I've gotten into the habit of having it every single morning, either in my oatmeal, smoothie, or breakfast parfait. If you don't like flax seeds, other sources of omega-3 fats are chia seeds, hemp seeds, and walnuts, and can be used in the exact same way. Here's a tip. Buy your flax seeds in bulk to save some money, and then grind what you need for the next couple weeks using a coffee grinder. Store the ground seeds in the fridge and the whole seeds in the freezer until you're ready to grind some more. Of course, to save time, you can buy ground flax seeds. The key here is to make sure that the flax seeds are actually ground. That way your body can easily access and absorb those omega-3 fats. A healthy gut is a gateway to good health, and with 75% or more of our immune system in that gut of ours, we best be treating it well. Now my daily dose of probiotics most often comes from an unsweetened soy yogurt blended into my smoothies or enjoyed with my homemade granola and some fresh fruit. Of course, any other plant-based yogurt will work too. If I haven't had the yogurt, I'll have some homemade sauerkraut with my lunch or dinner. This delicious fermented cabbage is a salty and crunchy accompaniment to any dish, much like pickles. I make a batch every couple months, which I can then store in the fridge for up to three months. Other sources of healthy probiotics are refreshing kombucha, one of my favorite bubbly summertime drinks, as well as kimchi and tempeh. So any source of probiotics, at least once a day, will be showing that gut of yours some much-needed love. You had to have known I was going to mention this one, because nothing quite tops the list like dark leafy greens when it comes to vitamins and minerals. Plus, it adds some extra fiber, and it's a very beautiful way of adding some color to your meals. Now my go-to is usually organic baby spinach, but I like to switch it up every once in a while, adding some dandelions or arugula, collard, kale, anything really that is dark and green is going to work just great. Now breakfast, lunch, dinner, there is no discriminating here. Blend your spinach into a smoothie in the morning, add it to your wraps or sandwiches for lunch, or enjoy it as a salad on the side of dinner. Now if you're new to greens in your smoothies, you can try this peanut butter and banana smoothie. I guarantee it's going to become one of your favorites, and you can't even taste the greens. Perfect for any picky toddlers or adults out there. I've really come to learn the importance of keeping our bones strong, especially after I worked as a dietician in an osteoporosis center. I mean it's the food choices that we make in our early years that's going to affect our health later on. So don't hesitate when it comes to making healthy choices today. Plant milks like almond, soy, or rice milk can be great sources of calcium, but make sure the label says that calcium has been added. I've written a short and uncomplicated article on how much calcium you need, and how to read the labels, so I'll leave a link to that article in the description box below. Now use this plant milk as the liquid in your smoothies, cook your morning porridge with this instead of water, or enjoy some homemade lattes using heated up soy milk with an earl grey tea bag, or some dissolved instant coffee granules. Don't forget to sprinkle on the cinnamon. Yum yum yum yum yum. Berries are the crown jewels of summer, but frozen berries or dried goji berries, now those can be enjoyed all year round. Best of all, berries offer ridiculously healthy antioxidants that help to combat disease. You don't need me to tell you how to enjoy these, in smoothies, in breakfast parfaits, on oatmeal. It's easy to include in lunchboxes as a snack, or add to salads as little built in packages of salad dressing that release their juicy goodness when bitten into. Goji berries can be added to homemade cookies or granola bars, or on top of smoothies where berries weren't added to give it an extra antioxidant boost. Don't have berries? Really, any fruit has antioxidants. Try some oranges, mangoes, or kiwis. Munch on these throughout the day for a happy belly and healthy body. And so there you have it, five categories of food I make sure to include in my diet every single day, and so can you. The link to those recipes as I mentioned are in the description box just down below. And you might have noticed as well that all of those ingredients are things that you can enjoy first thing in the morning, so you can kind of get your day started knowing that you've packed it full of nutrients already. How about you? Are there any foods that you can't go a day without? Let me know in the comment section below. And you know what else to do, like, subscribe. I'll see you in the next video.