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The 5 Best Foods You Aren't Eating. Even if you’re the poster child for healthy eating, you’ll eventually grow tired of green tea, almonds, and Greek yogurt.

The 5 Best Foods You Aren't Eating

And that’s fine, because your local store is stocked with lesser-known superfoods that pack a serious nutritional punch—and deserve a spot on your plate. Here are five underappreciated foods you should be eating, plus easy ways to work them into your daily diet. Also known as nooch, Nutritional Yeast is deactivated yeast, so it won’t rise during baking. Its cheesy, nutty flavor makes it a great healthy topping for salads or salty snacks like popcorn.

Fruits That Contain More Vitamins In The Peel. Fruit is an important part of any nutritious, balanced diet.

Fruits That Contain More Vitamins In The Peel

Some people like to peel fruit such as apples and pears. However, peeling fruit before you eat it can deprive you of the many important vitamins and nutrients found in the skin, according to Alive magazine's website, which suggests using a "rule of thumb" guideline: If your thumbnail can easily break the skin, you shouldn't peel it. Put the peeler down when handling apples. The fruit is one of the 13 most vitamin-rich foods in the grocery store---an apple a day really might help keep the doctor away--but the apple peel has 500 percent more nutrients than the actual fruit flesh, according to Chesapeake College.

Avoid the temptation to peel grapes, even if the peel is slightly tart.

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Carrots. Mushrooms. Onions. Orange. Peppers. Turmeric. The 30 Healthiest Foods. By Liz Welch and Lindsay Funston To adopt healthy eating strategies, start by incorporating these foods into your diet.

The 30 Healthiest Foods

Super Foods Real Simple asked the country’s top dietitians and nutritionists to tell us which superpowered ingredients we should be incorporating into our diets regularly. Here are their combined picks, plus some simple and delicious preparation suggestions.