• Many sources agree upon the healthiest foods for the human body.bread image by Maria Brzostowska from Fotolia.com
  
  Selecting the healthiest foods may seem a daunting task with too many competing choices. No worries. Let trusted experts show you good foods to stoke your heart, your brain and the rest of your body. Discover the many points of agreement between such varied sources as the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the American Heart Association and the Super Foods movement. Whatever food path you choose to follow, relish the good news. The healthiest foods for your body are available at every grocery store.
  
  

FDA/My Pyramid

• The USDA recommends eating rice as part of a healthy diet.Samp with beans and brown rice with wild rice image by Elzbieta Sekowska from Fotolia.com
  
  Visit MyPyramid.gov and you will find a complete and easy-to-understand guide to healthy foods. Click on the orange stripe on the brightly colored pyramid. Learn to eat whole grains in the forms of bread, pasta, rice and more. Make the connection between the color green and vegetables. Learn to consume a diet rich in multicolored vegetables, such as carrots, leafy greens and legumes. Use MyPyramid to guide your fruit selections, your dairy-product consumption and lean meats and poultry.
  
  

American Heart Association

• The American Heart Association recommends eating oily fish twice a week.salmon image by Warren Rosenberg from Fotolia.com
  
  Turn to the American Heart Association (AHA) for heart-healthy food choices. The AHA not only lists the healthiest foods for your heart, but helps you create shopping lists and offers a host of heart-healthy recipes. Emphasize heart health by following the AHA recommendations. Eat at least 4 1/2 cups of fruits and vegetables daily. Add a minimum of two oily fish servings a week to your diet. Keep your sodium levels down to no more than 1,500 mg a day. Consume whole grains every day.
  
  

Super Foods

• Blueberries delight tastebuds and the body.Blueberries image by Nikolay Okhitin from Fotolia.com
  
  Consume super foods to provide your body with a range of "super" healthy foods, believed by doctors, such as Andrew Weil and Steven Pratt, to promote a healthy immune system. Loaded with nutrition, super foods are a colorful mélange of fruits, vegetables lean meat, oily fish and dark chocolate, to name only a few options. Go to the website Super Foods Rx food guides for a full list of foods naturally full of health-promoting nutrients. Eat tomatoes, for example, for a healthy heart. Add blueberries to your morning granola for the deep blue fruit's phytonutrients and antioxidants possibly equal to "1,733 IU of vitamin E and more than 1200 mg of vitamin C."