Harvard Professor Walter Willett Publishes New Guide To Healthy Eating

Walter Willett, head of the department of nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health, and cookbook author Mollie Katzen have published an important new guide to healthy eating: Eat, Drink and Be Healthy: The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating.

These daily health wisdom tips should improve both body and mood after just a week:

Eat a good breakfast within three hours of getting up.

Eat nothing after dinner.

Try to drink at least six 8-ounce glasses of water a day.

Exercise or move around for at least 30 minutes every day. (Moderate activity, such as walking, is fine.)

Add at least two servings of A-list vegetables. (Examples: broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, spinach and other dark leafy greens, salad greens, bell peppers, green beans, squash, zucchini, carrots, tomatoes, edible-pod peas, asparagus, cucumbers.)

Add at least one serving of A-list fruit. (Examples: apples, berries, kiwi, grapefruit, melons, peaches, plums, papaya.)

Limit your "white starch" carbohydrate intake to one serving a day, if any. Try to make the rest or all of your carbs whole wheat and whole grain.

Allow yourself one small dessert every other day. Eat it slowly and enjoy.

Have some protein at each meal.

Optional alcohol allowance: One serving of wine, beer or non-sweetened mixed beverage.

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