The criteria for selecting the World's 100 healthiest foods are:
- Foods that deliver a rich supply of nutrients (vitamins, minerals, fibre, antioxidants, phytonutrients, etc) but minimal amounts of calories.
- Well researched health benefits such as preventing chronic disease.
- It must be a whole food (i.e. not processed).
- It must be affordable.
- It incorporates all the food groups (vegetables, fruits, fish, nuts/seeds, poultry/lean meat, beans/legumes, dairy/eggs, grains, hebs/spices).
- It is readily available in most parts of the world.
- It tastes good.
- It must be common, everyday foods familiar to most people.
Download The World's 100 healthiest foods table, print it out and stick it up in your kitchen - somewhere you can see it (like the front of the fridge or the pantry door).