Dieting

Starting a diet, I'm happy to have this list of Best Choices for Weight Loss (Ethnic Foods) from nutritiondata.com:

1 Cattail, Narrow Leaf Shoots (Northern Plains Indians)
2 Fireweed, young leaves, raw (Alaska Native)
3 Lambsquarters, raw (Northern Plains Indians)
4 Lambsquarters, steamed (Northern Plains Indians)
5 Sourdock, young leaves (Alaska Native)
6 Cranberries, wild, bush, raw (Alaska Native)
7 Chiton, leathery, gumboots (Alaska Native)
8 Fish, blackfish, whole (Alaska Native)
9 Salmonberries, raw (Alaska Native)
10 Plains Pricklypear, raw (Northern Plains Indians)
11 Melon, banana (Navajo)
12 Sea cucumber, yane (Alaska Native)
13 Cloudberries, raw (Alaska Native) [baked apple berry, salmonberry, yellowberry]
14 Rose Hips, wild (Northern Plains Indians)
15 Moose, liver, braised (Alaska Native)
16 Fish, herring eggs on giant kelp, Pacific (Alaska Native)
17 Stew, moose (Alaska Native)
18 Bear, polar, meat, raw (Alaska Native)
19 Raspberries, wild (Northern Plains Indians)
20 Blueberries, wild, frozen (Alaska Native)
21 Agave, raw (Southwest)
22 Mush, blue corn with ash (Navajo)
23 Walrus, liver, raw (Alaska Native)
24 Oopah (tunicate), whole animal (Alaska Native)
25 Fish, whitefish, broad, liver (Alaska Native)
26 Fish, whitefish, eggs (Alaska Native)
27 Stew/soup, caribou (Alaska Native)
28 Huckleberries, raw (Alaska Native)
29 Rhubarb, wild, leaves (Alaska Native)

I can see that I will really lose a lot of weight with this quickly.


image: Fruits and vegetables from a farmers market. circa 2007, USA, California, Long Beach