Top 5 Foods I Eat the most

I choose what I eat by the quality of the food.
Will this food make me feel good tomorrow, or will I regret eating this?
Will this food supply me with nutrition?
I crave sugar, so I eat fruit instead of cake containing oils, salts, flours, and refined sugars. I crave salty foods, so I eat greens and vegetables that supply sodium.


I find that fruits and vegetables satisfy my needs, enhance my performance/endurance levels and improve my health. What I eat the most is also based on the price I have to pay. Fruits are the most inexpensive foods in comparison to pre-cooked/processed foods and animal by-products.

(1) The number one food I eat the most is Bananas. I am used to eating close to 40 lb of bananas a week for $20. Lately--since becoming homeless and having little money-- I can only get several bundles of bananas a week. Regardless of where I am or how much money I have, bananas is always the best option. Bananas taste good in smoothies, and usually make smoothies taste better. Bananas taste good by themselves and eaten with many other fruits.
Bananas are inexpensive, full of fiber, potassium, protein, carbohydrates which keeps me energized. Because I eat bananas the most, they have become my favorite food of all time.

(2) Dates are another food that I buy the most-- simply because it is one of my favorite fruits. Dates are not particularly cheap, however I find that they come at a good price for the amount of calories per lb. Compared to cheaper foods like cucumber, carrots or peas-- dates may not be that cheap but at least I can feel satiated on a little amount of dates. Like bananas, dates fill me up with their sugary goodness which gives me the capabilities to think, read, write, and feel grounded. Also like bananas, dates can make smoothies taste better and they always taste good by themselves.

(3) Apples, one of the cheapest foods in my area. Apples are one fruit that can grow in cold or warm climates, so you can get local apples for a cheaper price. This also means you may be able to forage apples for free in your area or grow them. There have been times when I found gallons of apples for free! And there have been many times when I had to eat apples only, because that's all the food I had available.

(4) Oranges (citrus) are inexpensive when purchased in season. My favorite citrus is in bite-sized form, like clementines or mandarins. I also prefer to juice oranges with grapefruit or clementines, as you can see here "The easiest way to eat grapefruit" Juice.

(5) Lettuce is the fifth main aspect of my diet. I eat bananas the most, probably up to 20 a day if  I want (but usually up to 10). Dates are the second food I eat most, because it contains the sugar I need for energy, alertness and happiness. Dates and bananas are high in calories, carbohydrates and sugars-- funny enough-- these two foods make me feel the most satiated, light, clean, and happy (better mood). So at the end of the day I want a food that balances the sugar foods with greens and vegetables.
Lettuce is water rich, full of omega-3, fiber, and high in calcium. Iceberg lettuce gets a bad rep for being bland and not nutrient dense, but this is false! Iceberg lettuce has more omegas and calcium compared to other greens.
It is usually best to grow your own lettuce. Home grown food usually provides better nutrition and b12 availability.

As I said, bananas consumes the majority of my diet. Actually, bananas may make up 50% of my diet alone! Dates, apples, oranges, and lettuce also take up the majority of my diet, but I also eat a lot of mangoes, berries, tomatoes, cucumbers, and avocado. I like to have carrots, broccoli, rice, and potatoes once or twice a week.

I understand that people are at different places in their health journey, so I can see where eating 7 bananas for breakfast or 7 mangoes is alarming. People would rather have a bowl of oatmeal with a banana and some brown sugar. That is why I took the liberty of listing meals that I usually prepare for my (vegan) boyfriend, or meals that I would make for non-vegan friends and family. You can view the post here "Cheap Low fat vegan meals for non-vegan friends & family".

Eating more simply doesn't mean depriving yourself. In fact I encourage people to eat as much as they would like until they feel satiated. However my approach to health is eating large quantities of healthy fruits and vegetables. The more fiber you get in your diet, the more you can clean it out!

Is Organic & Raw Cow's milk better than conventional milk?

I was looking through OfftheGridNews.com, and of course they have many articles on gardening, so I commented on many articles to promote this blog. When I was reading the article on Organic v. Conventional cows milk, I attempted to leave three comments disagreeing on the consumption of any milk.

Unlike my gardening comments that were published at the end of the articles, this particular article would not publish my comments. I'm SURE this is not because of the disagreement, rather the article was not responding to any comments at all. All the same, it created a little tension in me which prompted me to write about this topic. Here are my thoughts:

First, please read my post on the "Protein Myth" here, which will contain excerpts from "The China Study" that contend high protein diets create higher risk of cancers and disease.

There's a reason why cows make milk (for their babies) because they were pregnant. Animals (humans) quit producing milk when their babies do not need it anymore. So, if our mothers quit producing milk, then you do not need to drink Mother's milk (cows included) anymore.

Actually the reason babies drink milk is in order to grow much larger, and triple their size. If you continue to consume milk or animal flesh/secretions, you will become obese, or become susceptible to disease and cancer due to their high fat and high protein content. 

An ironic fact about consuming cow's milk: wouldn't you assume you would get the necessary amount of calcium, protein, and vitamin D from eating a similar diet of cows, elephants, giraffes, oxes, etc?

Animal foods contain much higher levels of acid in the body, which alters the pH of your blood. When there is acidity in the body, calcium is pulled from the bones in order to restore neutral or low pH of the blood. Adding to this, Cows milk (organic, raw or not) still contains millions of pus cells.

With this in mind, it is funny how media advertisements push dairy and meat products. It's almost as if they want you to eat a diet that will cause disease.

I will also mention that it is not only animal flesh and their secretions that harm the body, but also protein rich foods like beans, nuts, seeds, and grains (rice, bread, oats, quinoa) as well as acid foods like vinegar, tea, coffee, and soda-- all of which are 'vegan' foods.   

It is a myth that we do not get 'enough' protein, due to the fact that no one has died of a protein deficiency (unless if they're anorexic). Also, all essential amino acids are found in BANANAS alone. It is also a myth that protein is only found in animal products. I calculated a typical day for me, and I exceed the required grams of protein a day, just by consuming raw fruits and greens. Sometimes (every other day or twice a week) I have rice, potatoes, beans or nuts which contain higher levels of protein-- but I obviously do not need those foods if I eat raw fruits and greens. 

But lets put health aside for a second, and consider the feelings of other animals. You are an animal; so what makes you, dogs or cats any less superior than killing pigs, chickens, cows and the like for food? We live and die all the same. We and other animals cry and scream when being tortured the same. Why do YOU the consumer and farmers get to decide what dies? 

Mother nature does a good job all on her own. 

Carl Sagan from the Cosmic Connection talks about the intelligence of whales and dolphins, saying "...if we can so easily rationalize the slaughter of others of our own species, how much more difficult will it be to have reverence for intelligent individuals of different species?"