Food of the day: OLIVES

Benefits:

-A delicious, surprisingly filling, low calorie snack

-A few minerals and vitamins

-A bit of fiber

-A wonderful variety of flavors

-Store well for weeks in the fridge

Drawbacks:

-Salty as hell (you can reduce the salt by rinsing in water)

-Not a lot of nutrients. And believe it or not, there is very little olive oil in your average brined olive.

-You can do serious dental damage if you bite down hard on an olive pit. Especially if your teeth are crappy to begin with.

Summary: given all the wonders of olive oil, olives themselves are relatively light in nutrients. It's a good thing they are so delicious; that's why you should eat them.