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Make it simple on yourself, and pick up fresh fruits and vegetables that are packaged and prepared in a way closest to how you'll eat them. For example, pick up prewashed, bagged spinach leaves; precut pineapple; baby carrots, etc. These selections will ensure that making your meals is a much less time-consuming endeavor for you or whatever sucker you rope into cooking for you.

Don't buy canned fruits and vegetables. They've got all kinds of nasty stuff you don't want going into your body (for you science savvy, that's another way of saying they contain bisphenol A and some other potential carcinogens).

Although organic produce may contain a higher vitamin and mineral count as well as fewer pesticides, the most important thing is for you to simply get more fruits and vegetables in your diet. So buy the best vegetables you can afford, focusing on getting the entire recommended amount. If you can easily find and afford organics or pesticide-free foods, great. If not, pick up what you can; just be sure it's not actually in a can.

As far as cereal, simply pick up a high-fiber cereal that you enjoy. Cereals coated with sugar or full of marshmallow playthings don't count.

Just as with the other products, organic meats may be best. However, don't let the lack of organic meat availability (this stuff is hard to find) stand in your way. If you insist on organics, you may have to visit your local butcher and have him point you in the right direction.

To ensure the freshest cuts, simply make friends with your local butcher or the butcher at your local grocery store. But don't start off by telling him that you "love their meat." Mike did that once and was banned from the store for life. If you get to know the butcher, he'll be able to tell you which days to find the freshest cuts. Pick up your beef and chicken on those days to ensure better shelf life.

When buying red meat, be sure to pick up ground beef that's extra lean. Some stores will refer to it as "extra lean," others as "93 percent lean," others as "ground sirloin." When buying chicken breast, be sure to pick up skinless, boneless chicken breast. Sure, the price per pound is higher. But if you get the cheaper stuff, you'll be paying for the junk (bones and skin) that you'll be throwing away anyway. Unless you're a Viking and prefer to gnaw on the bones. And seek out turkey or chicken sausage. This stuff tastes great!


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