I love that episode of Seinfeld when Elaine is pondering if a certain guy is “sponge-worthy.”

In case you’re not hip to that storyline, she was, shall we say, hesitant to use her stock of soon-to-be-off-the-market birth control on guys that she wasn’t sure deserved her, um, goods.

And like Elaine, I’ve come to learn, over the years, which foods simply are and aren’t “point-worthy” for me. Which foods are worth spending “money” on.

Fruits, veggies, whole grains, lean proteins, fat-free dairy, healthy fats … those healthy choices are a huge percentage of my diet (in the literal sense of the word) and clearly always “point-worthy.”

But in my opinion, so is a couple bites of cheesecake. (more…)