Welcome to the Eat This Not That Podcast. I'm John Hammond, and with me, as always, is Megan Murphy.

Hi, everyone. And in this episode, we're going to really focus on the eat this part of Eat This Not That, right?

Why not? We're going to break down the eight foods you should be eating every day, every single day. Now this, I'm so excited about this one because, I mean, A, I eat a lot of these. So I was like very intrigued when I, when I thought this. And I was like, eight foods, do I, how many of these do I get? So I'm doing pretty good. How are you doing? Pretty good on the list as well. Yeah. And like, like you said, eating is we both love it. We both love to do it. We're not talking about dieting or something that's hard to do. We're talking about something that we do every single day. And that's eat. But we just want to make sure that you're getting the right foods in your body every day. We're going to be talking about nutrient rich foods that deserve a place in your diet daily and how to sneak them into your meals. And what's great about the lists we're about to uncover today is, like you said, they're not strange new foods you haven't heard of. They're all common superfoods and many of them you probably have in your kitchen right now. I think that's what, like most people, that's the key, right? In order to make improving your health or losing some weight maybe, make it easier, you kind of have to focus on realistic, obtainable goals and strategies. And so many people think, you know, what's the, what's the latest fad? What's the newest book? What's the latest shake? What's, you know, what am I supposed to be doing? They're Googling or

they're, you know, maybe it's like something they'll see on one of the morning shows because all this, all that stuff hits those, those first few weeks of a new year. And it's easy to kind of be swayed and think like, well, this is, this is the solution I've been waiting for my whole life. This is going to be the magic bullet. But and then people come on and talk about them and always people are always

looking for what the new superficit. for my whole life. This is going to be the magic bullet. But and then people come on and talk

about them and always people are always looking for what the new superfood is going to be, right?

Cale, Keenwald, all these things aside, like all these things have pomegranate. Like all these things

have kind of had that, that turn. And look, at the end of the day, what it boils down to is, is just

eat good food. And like you said,

like nothing we're about talk about here is crazy. It's not going to be anything I hope that

you've never heard of before. And that's, that's the point. The point is like this should be

stuff that's easy to find, easy, like you said, sneak daily diet like if it's if it's hard work if it's too cumbersome then you're not going to do it and then and then there's no point in us going through this list because you're going to you're going to listen to us and and at the end you'd be like well that's that's ridiculous I can't do any of that but But, but don't, don't turn us off because you're

going to listen to this episode. You're going to hear this list. And at the end, you're going to be like,

oh my God, this is exciting because I can do all of these. I'm already doing half of them. And so you're going to get this pick me up. It's going to give you great momentum. And we'll see where that momentum takes you. So let's go ahead and dive in. Yeah, look, we're going to call it the

easy eight because he's going to be eight easy things to incorporate every single day. So you should make yourself a mental checklist.

So the first, we're going to channel your inner pop eye because we're going to be talking about

spinach. So this leafy green is a noted muscle builder. And it's a rich source of plant-based omega-3s and folate,

which help reduce the risk of heart disease, stroke, and osteoporosis.

Spinach is also packed with lutein, which is a compound that fights macular degeneration,

which is the leading cause of vision loss. So it's great for your eyes as well.

You should aim to have one cup of fresh spinach or half a cup cooked per day. And spinach is easy. There are endless ways to incorporate it throughout your meal. Like toss it into smoothies or egg scrambles, quinoa bowls as a base for a fresh salad. I mean, you name it. Spinage, you can find its way. And I literally ate spinach before

coming here to tape this episode with you. I literally just ate it. Do you feel like Popeye right now?

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