What are superfoods?
Superfoods are foods that naturally concentrate important nutrients.
Many health experts emphasize the necessity of “superfoods” for good health.
* Beans
* Blueberries
* Broccoli
* Oats
* Oranges
* Pumpkin
* Salmon
* Soy
* Spinach
* Tea (green or black)
* Tomatoes
* Turkey
* Walnuts
* Yogurt
When you incorporate these superfoods into your diet, they can help stop some of what leads to diseases like diabetes, hypertension, Alzheimer’s, and some cancers.
When you’re thinking ‘superfoods’, think color, says Beverly Clevidence, Ph. D., a research leader at the USDA’s Diet and Human Performance laboratory.
That means foods that are deep blue, purple, red, green, or orange.
They contain health-enhancing nutrients that protect against heart disease and cancer, and also improve our sense of balance, our memory, and other thinking skills.
Bonnie Minsky, a licensed and certified Nutrition Specialist, Public Health educator and certified menopause educator with a private practice in Northbrook, Illinois outlines her top ten superfoods for preventing chronic disease. Among the superfoods she indicates provide health benefits far beyond their recognized nutritional value are:
* Pomegranates—powerful antioxidants to help prevent cancer, heart disease, and stroke
* Cinnamon —potent antioxidant; improves blood sugar levels and cholesterol levels; one-half teaspoon daily can reduce fasting glucose by 18-29 percent; triglycerides by 23-30 percent and LDL cholesterol by 12-26 percent.
* Avocadoes—Can raise good (HDL) blood cholesterol, stabilize blood sugar and provide glutathione to cleanse the liver.
* Wild Pacific salmon—powerhouse of omega-3 fatty acids, proven to prevent cardiovascular disease and diabetes
* Flaxseed —high omega-3 fatty acids; good for the heart and brain and contains estrogen metabolism benefits
* Turmeric—an ingredient in curry powder that may help suppress and destroy cancer cells in multiple myeloma and pancreatic cancer
* Algae —including chlorella, spirulina, and blue-green algae. Can boost the immune system, detoxifying heavy metals and pesticides; aid digestion; speed up the healing process; alkaline an acidic system; fight bacterial infections associated with surgery.
“The top ten super foods for preventing chronic disease”. Original source: http://www.consciouschoice.com/cc1705/healthconscious1705.html
Wahida Karmally, Ph.D., R.D, Columbia University associate research scientist and director of nutrition urges Americans to eat a “diet rich in fruits and vegetables because they are powerhouses of antioxidants…” She goes on to say, “We have strong evidence that a healthy diet containing lots of fruits and vegetables is beneficial to good health and can reduce risk for cancer, high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, stroke, arthritis, and others.” http://www.webmd.com/content/article/99/105162.htm
So, as you can see try to consume variety of super foods, fruits, vegetables and if you can’t then you can take a shortcut and drink Shakeology
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What are superfoods?
Superfoods are foods that naturally concentrate important nutrients.
Many health experts emphasize the necessity of “superfoods” for good health.
* Beans
* Blueberries
* Broccoli
* Oats
* Oranges
* Pumpkin
* Salmon
* Soy
* Spinach
* Tea (green or black)
* Tomatoes
* Turkey
* Walnuts
* Yogurt
When you incorporate these superfoods into your diet, they can help stop some of what leads to diseases like diabetes, hypertension, Alzheimer’s, and some cancers.
When you’re thinking ‘superfoods’, think color, says Beverly Clevidence, Ph. D., a research leader at the USDA’s Diet and Human Performance laboratory.
That means foods that are deep blue, purple, red, green, or orange.
They contain health-enhancing nutrients that protect against heart disease and cancer, and also improve our sense of balance, our memory, and other thinking skills.
Bonnie Minsky, a licensed and certified Nutrition Specialist, Public Health educator and certified menopause educator with a private practice in Northbrook, Illinois outlines her top ten superfoods for preventing chronic disease. Among the superfoods she indicates provide health benefits far beyond their recognized nutritional value are:
* Pomegranates—powerful antioxidants to help prevent cancer, heart disease, and stroke
* Cinnamon —potent antioxidant; improves blood sugar levels and cholesterol levels; one-half teaspoon daily can reduce fasting glucose by 18-29 percent; triglycerides by 23-30 percent and LDL cholesterol by 12-26 percent.
* Avocadoes—Can raise good (HDL) blood cholesterol, stabilize blood sugar and provide glutathione to cleanse the liver.
* Wild Pacific salmon—powerhouse of omega-3 fatty acids, proven to prevent cardiovascular disease and diabetes
* Flaxseed —high omega-3 fatty acids; good for the heart and brain and contains estrogen metabolism benefits
* Turmeric—an ingredient in curry powder that may help suppress and destroy cancer cells in multiple myeloma and pancreatic cancer
* Algae —including chlorella, spirulina, and blue-green algae. Can boost the immune system, detoxifying heavy metals and pesticides; aid digestion; speed up the healing process; alkaline an acidic system; fight bacterial infections associated with surgery.
“The top ten super foods for preventing chronic disease”. Original source: http://www.consciouschoice.com/cc1705/healthconscious1705.html
Wahida Karmally, Ph.D., R.D, Columbia University associate research scientist and director of nutrition urges Americans to eat a “diet rich in fruits and vegetables because they are powerhouses of antioxidants…” She goes on to say, “We have strong evidence that a healthy diet containing lots of fruits and vegetables is beneficial to good health and can reduce risk for cancer, high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, stroke, arthritis, and others.” http://www.webmd.com/content/article/99/105162.htm
So, as you can see try to consume variety of super foods, fruits, vegetables and if you can’t then you can take a shortcut and drink Shakeology
Copyright © 2011 Tara Burner . This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator, the site you are looking at is guilty of copyright infringement, and has stolen the content. Please contact so we can take legal action immediately.
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