This quickly burned nutrient is the body's main source of energy. It can be found in grains, fruits, beans, starchy vegetables, and more.
Carbohydrates
The heaviest one of these on record weighed 4 pounds 13 ounces; that's a lot of guacamole!
Avocado
Romaine & leaf aka loose-leaf are types of this salad starter
Lettuce
You can get this vitamin from sunlight
Vitamin D
Plant sources of this muscle-building nutrient include tofu, rice, beans, lentils, peas, and more.
Protein
The Cavendish is the most common variety of this affordable and high-in-potassium tropical fruit in the United States
Banana
To retain its crispness the sugar snap type of this should be eaten raw
Pea
Popular with nutritionists the brown type of this is intentionally left unmilled
Rice
This important nutrient provides the most CONCENTRATED (and highest calorie) source of energy.
Fat
This stone fruit is fuzzier if bought by the roadside; supermarket varieties are mechanically brushed
Peaches
In most U.S. grocery stores you should assume you are purchasing these even if the sign says yams
Sweet Potatoes
Made from sugarcane the blackstrap variety of this has less sugar but more nutrition than lighter types
Molasses
These micro-nutrients are dissolved by either fat or water.
Vitamins
This variety of lime grown only in Southern Florida is best known as an ingredient in a certain pie
Key Lime
This small green vegetable native to Mexico is the essential ingredient in salsa verde
Tomatillo
A lack of vitamin C was a common problem for sailors back in the day, which led to this nasty disease
Scurvy
Trace elements found in food that are used by the body.
Minerals
The Bosc variety of this fruit is excellent for baking or poaching
Pears
This green pod veggie used in Creole cooking & to thicken soups & stews is also known as lady's finger
Okra
This mineral helps carry oxygen through your blood. Robert Downey Jr. knows it's important.
Iron