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.
I normally take about 10 supplements a day. Thanks to the food industry always pushing profit over quality, we have so many chemicals added to our food and so many nutrients zapped out of it, which makes it impossible for our bodies to manage without added supplements. I take about 8-10 vitamins and minerals.