Guide for healthy eating.

 

Calorie, sugar and carbohydrate ranking of healthiest vegetables and fruits.

Note: Green is good, yellow is medium, red is least good; all items on the chart are otherwise relatively healthy because the items are drawn from a book of healthy foods.

 

Sources for data: Book—100 Health Boosting Foods, by Hamlyn; Sugar Busters book, by Steward/Bethea/Andrews/Balart; independent Internet searches for a few items; chart by Roger Kuder.

 

Green is good Red is bad	Calories	Sugar	Carbohydrates- grams
Apples	47	40	12
Avocados	190	low	2
Bananas	95	60	23
Blueberries	57	high	15
Broccoli	33	low	2
Cabbage	26	low	4
Carrots	35	high	8
Cauliflower	34	low	3
Chick Peas	115	*	16
Corn	12	high	12
Grapefruit	105	25	25
Grapes	60	50	15
Lentils	105	low	17
Lettuce	16	low	2
Oranges	34	40	9
Pears	80	*	20
Peas	83	45	11
Pineapples	41	65	10
Potatoes	136	*	32
Spinach	25	low	2
Strawberries	27	medium	6
Tomatoes	17	15	3
Watermelons	31	70	7

 

*Unable to determine.