Ten Foods For Your Youth And Health

Last Updated on Friday, 14 May 2010 03:03 Written by Natural Health Team Friday, 14 May 2010 03:03

Here is a list of 10 nutritious foods you should eat as often as possible. If you will your health will benefit a lot and your energy level will be sky high.

1) Broccoli: All green vegetables are a rich source of vitamin C and other essential nutrients that can help prevent cancer. One such nutrient is genistein. It also has a high nutritional value, being rich in sugars, vitamins (especially vitamin C) and provitamins that contribute to setting calcium, which prevents skeletal problems.

2) Blueberries: You should eat fresh fruits because they retain more of their nutrients. They are rich in antioxidants, prune acid (anti-cancer properties), fiber, and vitamins B2, C and E. Also, they help maintain eye health and vision.

3) Tomatoes: The beautiful red fruit is a rich source of lycopene (a powerful antioxidant that prevents cancer and slows the aging process of cells). Also, lycopene helps us prevent coronary disease.

4)Garlic: If you knew how healthy it is you wouldn’t avoid it too often! It contains calcium, magnesium, sulfur, potassium and vitamin C, it is an important antioxidant and it reduces cholesterol. Garlic is wonderful. It keeps the flu away, makes our skin glow and keeps many bacterium away.

5)Lettuce: Being tasty and healthy too, you can consider lettuce the best healthy food you can eat. It contains lots of iron, zinc and vitamin C; these are vital nutrients for keeping your hair and nails healthy.

6) Dried prunes: Until we get these fruits in the season, we can thank their close “relatives” dried prunes. By drying the prunes they lose some of their nutrients but they get a higher dose of antioxidants. This makes them ideal for maintaining a healthy skin. The more dried are the prunes the better are your chances of delaying the appearance of new wrinkles. They contain potassium, iron, and vitamins of group B.

7) Beans with high grain: They are full of zinc, magnesium, iron, folic acid, potassium, fibers and proteins.

Walnuts and almonds: They contain lots of selenium, zinc, vitamin E and fatty acids. At least one meal each day should contain almonds and walnuts. They also have a role in the action of other antibodies and enzymes in the body.

9) Yogurt: The daily consumption of a cup of yogurt helps us maintain the health of the digestive system, protecting the immune system and preventing the occurrence of eczema and allergies.

10 Apples: How can we forget? They contain quercetin (a bioflavonoid that fights free radicals, it helps the metabolism, strengthens the immune system and has an anti-inflammatory effect), fiber, potassium, malic acid (it contributes to the metabolism and energy production), pectin (soluble fiber that regulates cholesterol), vitamins A and C.

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