The Wellness of YOU! - # 169 - Foods for Health
posted in Nutrition and Weight Loss |Before we get into today’s article about foods that will promote better health for you, I’d like leave this short video before the article begins. If you’ve already seen it, you can skip on down to the article. But, if you’re new to this blog, (or if you just want to see it again)I highly recommend that you take the few minutes to watch it. You can add so much to your overall wellness by including this membership in your life.
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Thanks for watching the video. Now, let’s talk a little about some of the superfoods that can make you healthier than ever ….
There is more and more research coming out to prove that certain foods may prevent or treat health conditions — everything from heart disease to eye problems.
No one particular food is a magic bullet against disease. Simply consuming a grapefruit or a handful of broccoli florets every day won’t cut it. But eating a wide variety of foods like fatty fish, dark green or bright-colored fruits and vegetables, nuts, beans and high-fiber, whole-grain breads and cereals certainly will greatly improve the odds of having better overall health.
Vegetable Soup
Vegetable soup can boost protective antioxidants and guard against the ravages of substances that damage cells. Try to find soups that include a variety of vegetables. One good example would be gazpacho — aka “the liquid salad” — this soup is loaded with tomatoes, cucumbers, green peppers and onions, plus olive oil, which can help lower levels of LDL, the “bad” cholesterol. Gazpacho has lots of Vitamin C as well as other antioxidants.
Got Milk?
Researchers are discovering that low-fat dairy products may help to protect against type 2 diabetes. Men who drank two to three cups of low-fat or nonfat milk per day were 20 percent less likely to develop the disease, according to a Harvard University 12-year follow-up study of 41,200 men published last year in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
An Apple-a-Day
The antioxidants in apples could help protect the brain from the type of damage that triggers Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, according to laboratory research with animals.
Chang Y. Lee of Cornell University’s Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, N.Y., estimates that on average Americans eat only one-seventh of an apple per day, not nearly enough. There is “a good reason to say that an apple a day keeps the doctor away,” says Lee, who reported on the study in the Journal of Food Science.
Ohhh, Chocolate!
Good dark chocolate (eaten in moderation — there’s a lot of fat and sugar in chocolate, you know) is good for you. There has been plenty of research to show that dark chocolate can lower your blood pressure. There is also something in the cocoa that will help to stop a cough.
How About Some Wine With That Chocolate?
Red wine may reduce the risk of developing cataracts, according to the Reykjavik (Iceland) Eye Study.
Among the 832 participants, those who drank moderate amounts of red wine (from two glasses per month to two or three glasses per day) had about half the risk of developing cataracts as nondrinkers, beer drinkers and heavy drinkers. White wine was not included in the analysis. The findings were reported last year at a meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.
Vitamin B-12
Bones need more than calcium to keep them strong. A new study of more than 2,500 men and women links low blood levels of vitamin B-12 to low bone mineral density in men. It also confirms similar findings reported in women. A deficiency of B-12 raises the risk of osteoporosis.
The vitamin is found in meat, dairy products and eggs. The body’s ability to absorb vitamin B-12 from food decreases with age, but people over 50 can get it in fortified cereals and from supplements.
Get More Fiber
Oats, soy products, whole grain breads, beans, tofu, fresh fruits and vegetables, nuts, especially almonds, , dark-green salads, brown rice, will do wonders to help you get your cholesterol levels down.
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Have a healthy and nutritious day!
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Ron
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