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You have access to more nutrition information than ever? From magazines to the Internet, newspapers and television. When you add to this the truth about fad diets, the resulting information overload creates more confusion than clarity. "Many people are still uncertain on what to eat and think good nutrition is complicated," said Food Editor Ann Taylor Pittman. "Even cooking Light readers who are more versed in good nutrition than most, come to us with questions on everything from what constitutes a great healthy way to work more whole grains into their diet." In this story and others throughout the year, we'll demystify essential nutrition smart. First, we identified nine nutrition issues most important influence on how we eat. And we've assembled a panel of senior authorities in nutrition, public health, culinary arts, and the fields of food marketing to help us to translate scientific advances in complex real-world information you can use. We will share their strategies to incorporate smart nutrition to your plate. Here is an overview of the nine subjects to be treated this year in Cooking Light, all with recipes so you can start enjoying the best nutrition today. # 1: eat healthy, be fit and live longer. Dan Buettner, one of our expert panel for the 2009 Series Essentials Nutrition and author of the Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer from people who have lived the longest, has studied the community he calls blue zones ( including residents of Sardinia, Italy, Okinawa, Japan, and Costa Rica) where people live to age 100 at a rate much higher than the general population. "Each area has revealed his own blue recipes for longevity, but the most basic ingredients are the same," he writes. What you can do: A fundamental research Blue Zones: Eat a mostly plant-based that offers a balance of healthy fats and a variety of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and protein sources quality, low in saturated fat, which is linked to high rates of cardiovascular disease. Another key similarity between the Blue Zone: Each meal is part of the fabric of life, including family cohesion, collective effort, and usability. And finally, each group has in common daily practice. Activity balance between calories consumed, helping to keep weight under control. See recipe: Salad Curly persimmons, dates, almonds and # 2: Choose carbohydrates that meet. Much confusion surrounds the subject of carbohydrates, Thanks for fad diets that promote fat and protein over carbs. But as with fats, it is the type of carbohydrate that is most important, "says Walter Willett, MD, PhD, chairman of the department of nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health and one of our expert panel this series. Finally, all carbohydrates turn to sugar in our body. These sugars give us the energy to perform tasks? To breathe biceps curl. However, some carbohydrates convert to sugar more quickly than others. For this reason, dietary recommendations for carbohydrate concentrate on complex carbohydrates, the kind more slowly digested in whole grains, legumes and vegetables (such as quinoa, beans, winter squash). They help you feel full and satisfied after a meal and keep your blood sugar in the blood balanced, reducing the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. What you can do: Whole grains, in particular, are a superior choice of carbohydrates. Women have on average two to three servings of whole grains per day had a reduced risk of 30 percent of heart attack and type 2 diabetes compared to women who consumed less than one serving per week, depending on the Nurses' Health Study. These findings prompted the USDA to recommend three servings per day (two slices 100 percent whole grain bread and half a cup of cooked brown rice, for example) in the current dietary guidelines. W