Recent dietary
research has uncovered 14 different nutrient-dense foods that time
and again promote good overall health. Coined “super foods,”
they tend to have fewer calories, higher levels of vitamins and
minerals, and many disease-fighting antioxidants.
Beans (legumes),
berries (especially blueberries), broccoli, green tea, nuts
(especially walnuts), oranges, pumpkin, salmon. soy, spinach,
tomatoes, turkey, whole grains and oats, and yogurt can all help stop
and even reverse diseases such as hypertension, diabetes,
Alzheimer’s, and some forms of cancer. And where one might have an
effect on a certain part of the body, it can also affect the health
of other body functions and performance, since the whole body is
connected. With these 14 foods as the base of a balanced, solid
diet, weight loss gimmicks and other fly-by-night programs can become
a thing of the past in your life.
Conversely, the
ill-effects of an unbalanced diet are several and varied. Low energy
levels, mood swings, tired all the time, weight change, uncomfortable
with body are just a few signs that your diet is unbalanced. An
unbalanced diet can cause problems with maintenance of body tissues,
growth and development, brain and nervous system function, as well as
problems with bone and muscle systems.
Symptoms of
malnutrition include lack of energy, irritability, a weakened immune
system leading to frequent colds or allergies, and mineral depletion
that can trigger a variety of health concerns including anemia.
And since the
body is connected, realizing that an unhealthy body will result in an
unhealthy spirit only makes sense. When we nourish our body with
these superfoods and complement them with other nutrient-dense and
healthy fresh foods, our spirit will be vitalized and healthy as a
direct result.
Many modern
diets based on prepackaged convenience foods are sorely lacking in
many vitamins and minerals, which can affect our mental capacities as
well, and cause irritability, confusion, and the feeling of ‘being
in a fog’ all the time.
Super foods can
be the basis of a sound, healthy, nutritious solution to curing many
of these ailments and more.
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