Think about what you eat every day. Do you eat foods packed with vitamins, antioxidants, minerals and fiber or do eat fast food for lunch every day, pop a multi-vitamin and call it good? Are you giving your body high quality fuel to create energy, good health and a sound mind? Would you like to avoid so-called "age-related" diseases such as high blood pressure, heart disease and arthritis? What you need are superfoods in your daily diet. If you add these superfoods to your daily menus, you could be well on your way to a healthier life.
What are your favorite foods? Are you hooked on fast food? Do you love pizza, greasy fried chicken or french fries? Perhaps you love fat-laden but delicious donuts or maybe you drink five soft drinks every day. All these foods are packed with calories from fat or sugar but contain little to keep your body in top shape.
To increase your health and energy, boost your immunity to illness and disease, and feel mentally and physically alert, begin by substituting just one meal a day at first with foods from this superfood list. As you begin to give your body the proper nutrition, as you get used to having more fruits and veggies and actual whole foods that your body can use, a funny thing happens. Your body begins to crave these things instead of the formerly bad diet you once enjoyed so much. If you crave sugar, you'll find you are more satisfied with a juicy strawberry or orange. If you crave salty chips, you'll find yourself reaching for heart-healthy nuts instead.
Since super foods give your body the nutrition you need, you'll also find yourself being satisfied with less. The fiber in fruits, veggies and nuts also fills you up with less calories. Once you embark on the superfood way of life, the weight will come off without really "dieting" at all.
Superfoods for the journey to good health:
Blueberries - number one on every superfood list but other berries also pack a powerful nutritional punch, one cup is only 60 calories
Beans - help reduce cholesterol, high in fiber, contains antioxidants, folic acid and potassium
Avocado - source of "good" heart-healthy fats, potassium and folate which helps guard against heart attacks, strokes and high blood pressure.
nuts - source of fiber and heart healthy fats
salmon-full of omega 3 heart healthy oils that help lower "bad" cholesterol
oats - helps lower cholesterol, contains fiber, B vitamins for a calm attitude
tea-green or black- replace colas and sugary fruit juice with the health antioxident benefits of tea
spirulina-the only whole food with Gamma-linolenic acid (GLA), plant food contianing vegetable protein, B-complex, beta carotene, good for health and cleansing.
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Joan Jones is an award-winning freelance journalist who writes on health and nutrition, home and garden. Joan resides in Arlington, Texas
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