Food for thought?

I found a website about food and likely excuses people may have:

	But the doughnut was calling my name.
	But it was my birthday, so I had to eat the whole cake.
	I had to get the bitter taste out of my mouth from eating the so-called dish, so I had an ice cream.
	If you eat something and no one sees you eat it, it has no calories.
	If you drink a diet soda with a candy bar, the calories in the candy bar are canceled out by the diet soda.
	If you fatten up everyone else around you, then you look thinner.
	Cookie pieces contain no fat -- the process of breaking causes fat leakage.
	Things licked off knives and spoons have no calories if you are in the process of preparing something. Examples are peanut butter on a knife making a sandwich and ice cream on a spoon making a sundae.
	Only eat things that have been broken into pieces; that way, all the calories fall out.
	Chocolate is a vegetable. How, you ask? Chocolate is derived from cacao beans. Bean = vegetable. Sugar is derived from either sugar CANE or sugar BEETS. Both are plants, which places them in the vegetable category. Thus, chocolate is a vegetable.

Website: http://www.butlerwebs.com/jokes/diet.htm

Here are some websites that they more about the benefits of eating oranges and apples. These are not necessarily academic sites, but still do contain useful information:

http://www.besthealthmag.ca/eat-well/nutrition/15-health-benefits-of-eating-apples

http://www.healthonlinezine.info/health-benefits-of-oranges-nutritional-value-of-orange.html

 I think we know that eating fruits and vegetables are good, but it is nice to know how they can benefit us.

Here are two sites that talk about broccoli. I admit I like broccoli. I grew up eating broccoli a lot, so I got used to them, and again, I still like them.

http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/2011/oct/health-benefits-broccoli-require-whole-food-not-supplements

http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=9