Recent dietary research has uncovered 14 different
nutrient-dense foods that time and again promote good overall health. Coined “superfoods,” 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.
Superfoods can be the
basis of a sound, healthy, nutritious solution to curing many of these ailments
and more.
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