Including Lots of Healthy Foods
In Your Diet Will
Improve Your Health
Eating healthy foods is one of the absolute best things you can do for your health.
- They will give you more energy.
- They have been proven to prevent and help reverse serious illnesses such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancer, and arthritis.
- Losing weight is easier.
- If you make your diet predominantly healing food and
natural herbs
, you will find that you don’t get the less serious ailments so much, or you will recover from them more quickly.
When I’m eating the best I can, I can go for years without getting the flu (and that’s without a flu shot) or even a cold. People may complain that it costs too much to buy healthy foods. Look at it this way: It’s the best health insurance money can buy. Your immune system will be enhanced by the
antioxidants
you get from eating
blueberries
and other berries, broccoli, tomatoes, garlic, grapes, mushrooms, spinach, carrots,
apples
, and oranges.
When your immune system is strong, it can deal with free radicals that lead to disease.The antioxidants in healing foods inhibit the destructive effects of oxidation in the body or in foods that can accelerate the development and progression of cancer, heart disease, and neurological diseases, including eye conditions.
Super Foods?
There’s a lot of hype about so-called super foods. These are often very expensive powders and potions that probably are nutritious, but you don’t need to spend your hard-earned money on these special food products. I’m sure there are some specific instances when they can help a person recover from injuries or illnesses but in general, as part of a normal healthy diet, they aren’t necessary. You will get loads of outstanding nutrition from fresh healthy foods, preferably
organic
. Consider honey and cinnamon for a natural home remedy.
Stock Up on Fruits and Vegetables
So, when you go grocery shopping, fill your cart up with lettuce and other greens, whole grains, lentils and black beans and black-eyed peas, kale, bananas, almonds,
sunflower seeds
, and
flaxseed
. Your dollar will go further if you focus on the whole foods, rather than processed. For example, if you need to save money cook your own garbanzo beans instead of buying them canned. (Click here for a simple and simply delicious hummus recipe you can prepare at home.)An excellent way to get children to eat more fruits and veggies is to serve them in the form of a sweet and delicious smoothie. Click here to learn about my favorite blender and watch a video showing a child-friendly green smoothie being made.
Eat lots of
fresh fruits
and vegetables. If you fill up on them, in addition to staying healthy, you will find it easy to arrive at and maintain your ideal weight and ensure you're getting enough fiber in your diet.Click here to read about the old 5 a day recommendation and how it's changed. Cut way back on processed snack foods like high-fat, high-calorie, salty chips and nuts, cookies, and cakes, as well as sugar- and chemical-laden
processed drinks
. Don’t buy anything made with processed grain/flour products and refined
sugar
. Instead of regular spaghetti, buy whole wheat spaghetti. Instead of white bread, read the labels and buy those that say “whole wheat;” if it says wheat flour, that’s just regular processed flour. Click
here
to learn more about food irradiation--what it does to food and about the long-term health effects. Before you buy coffee or other caffeine-containing foods, click here to help you make an informed decision. Always think “whole foods” and “plant based.” Healthy foods are the best medicine in the world!
When you’re finished with this
Healthy Foods
page, return to the
Healthy Eating
home page.
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