Wildly popular this month is Montel Williams's Living Well: 21 Days to Transform Your Life, Supercharge Your Health and Feel Spectacular. As someone who really wishes to live a full life, despite a multiple sclerosis diagnosis in 1998, he relishes powerhouse foods that will significantly improve his health.  With a desire to help others, he's researched and compiled a listing of foods that he refers to as "The Power of Adding In." 

Montel Williams Top 10 Living Well Powerhouse Foods

1. Rainbow Foods--all vegetables and fruits:  eat these for their phytonutrients

2. Antioxidant Superstars--vitamins, beneficial plant chemicals, minerals  (best sources are directly from food)

3. Superpower Greens--disease fighting leafy and cruciferous vegetables

4. Whole Grains--fiber, nutrients, complex carbs (examples are oatmeal, brown rice, quinoa)

5. Superfish--omega-3 fats (sardines, canned Atlantic salmon, Alaskan cod, Atlantic herring, Atlantic mackerel, farmed oysters)

6. Extra Virgin Olive Oil--monounsaturated fat, good for the heart, but is 120 calories per Tablespoon

7. Canola Oil--low in saturated fat and high in monounsaturated fat, use it for cooking

8. Nuts--unsalted they are a good source of unsaturated fat, choose a moderate portion, high in calories

9. Sweet Potatoes--vitamins A and C, fiber, potassium, beta-carotene

10. Custom Bottled Personal Ice Water--bottle and ice your own tap water to go

Calling soda and sports drinks a waste of money, and advising readers to skip them, Montel himself drinks smoothies and freshly juiced vegetables and fruits when he rises, in the late morning, and at mid afternoon.

His Sweet'n Easy Green Smoothie is simple enough for anyone to prepare.

Making 2-4 servings, peel two bananas and two oranges (quarter).  Add the bananas to a Vita-Mix blender, then the orange segments.  Next add 1 head of washed romaine lettuce.  Add water to the "Max Fill" line on the blender.  Blend together on medium, then on the high speed until smooth.  Serve chilled.

Whether you're a celebrity or not, you can improve your diet and look as good as one by eating more vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and fish.  It's the Power of Adding In!

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