Foods like pasta, rice, white bread, sugar and other white foods are off limits. However, cauliflower is a white food you can feel good about eating. This nonstarchy vegetable is a cruciferous vegetable like cabbage and broccoli. High intake of cruciferous vegetables is associated with a lower risk of some cancers.
Vitamin and mineral supplements can be costly, but taking them often makes us feel like we are doing the right thing for our health. Unfortunately, a number of research studies--including the extensive Iowa Women's Healthy Study--indicate that supplements are not always beneficial.
What Can Vitamin and Mineral Supplements Do for Your Health? When the food on the plate falls short and doesnât include essential nutrients like calcium, potassium, vitamin D, and vitamin B12, some of the nutrients many Americans donât get enough of, a supplement can help take up the nutritional slack.