Posts Tagged ‘Super-Foods’

Have you been enjoying the great harvest of tomatoes? Boy, they sure taste good this time of year, don’t they? And locally grown tomatoes that haven’t been commercially grown and shipped across the country are chock full of nutrients that will keep your heart and immune system strong, and your skin looking younger.

Tomatoes are rich in antioxidants to keep you healthy and looking younger. Antioxidants are a group of nutrients that protect your cells from damage.

They improve your immune system.

They keep your skin looking younger. 

They may slow degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, osteoporosis, and cancer.

Tomatoes help your body produce carnitine, an amino acid that helps you burn fat.

Tomatoes are high in Lycopenes, which are toxic to cancer cells, and helps stop cholesterol from being deposited on artery walls – but tomatoes must be cooked or processed to release the lycopene. Tomato sauce, ketchup, and tomato juice, are great examples of lycopene rich foods.

For some great tomato ideas – just click on recipes in the menu to your right >>>

Plan to stop by the farmstand!

Quiz – What one food does not have to be cooked to release Lycopene?

You can find the answer in the Super Foods Section, or in your copy of High Energy Eating.

Happy Eating!

Carole

Still eating packaged foods? Find out what you’ve been missing.

I asked my daughter what kind of fruit she might like this week. She said cantaloupe. UGH, no more cantaloupe for a while!

She said, OK, watermelon, kiwi, strawberries and bananas. I had to ask, right?

Since I’ve already written about watermelon, I looked up kiwi. It didn’t make my superfood list. That doesn’t mean that it’s not nutritious, it just wasn’t in the super category.

So, let’s go on to strawberries. They’re pretty amazing.

Strawberries increase memory and protect your brain from age related decline.

Helps body get rid of excess fluids.

And talk about anti-oxidant – They also protect normal cells from cancer, and help kill cancer cells. One study showed that strawberries or black raspberries dramatically reduced the growth of precancerous esophageal cells and tumors.

Eat one cup of fresh or frozen berries per week. You can handle that, can’t you? Yum! Go ahead, put whipped cream on them! Seriously. It’s OK. Go back to this post and see why.

Have a berry good weekend!

I know – groan…

This is the kind of information you can find inside High Energy Eating by the way…

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I have to admit, the grocery sale papers weren’t very inspiring this week. But there’s one really yummy thing that is totally abundant this time of year, and cheap.

Watermelon. Cool, sweet, juicy…

Now I don’t want to spoil the fun or anything, but did you realize how healthy watermelon is? Yep, watermelon is a super-food.

Ø       High in Vitamin C (1 cup gives you 25% of your daily vitamin C), Vitamin A, potassium and carotenoids

Ø       Watermelon is low in calories.

Ø       It has high water content, but it’s a diuretic- helps your body remove excess fluids.

Ø       Helps relieve constipation.

Ø       Has 60% more lycopene than tomatoes, helping you keep a healthy heart – and you don’t have to cook it to release the lycopene like you do tomatoes. Lycopene is also toxic to cancer cells.

Ø       Watermelon helps you keep cool and avoid heatstroke in hot summer weather.

Ø       Melons also contain silicon – which stimulates collagen production for healthy bones and great looking skin.

Ø       And it just plain tastes good!

Eat up!

Carole

P.S. If you always wanted to be that thin and healthy person who has tons of energy and is always having more fun than you >>>

How are you today?

The other day, I had a sinus infection. You know, when
you blow your nose and pretty colors come out? I won’t
get any more descriptive than that, OK?

I knew I had been feeling a little feverish, but I
thought it was a little in my head because I’m worried
about a friend who has been recently diagnosed with
lung cancer. And Yes, I am one of the dinosaurs that
still smokes – but that’s a subject for another blog!

So, I loaded up on veggies and cranberry juice.
The next morning, all was clear. I’m telling you -
Cranberry juice is one of the most magical things
you could have in your fridge. It fights infection,
removes plaque from your teeth and arteries,
it’s a real wonder.

In my e-book High Energy Eating- I have a whole list
of ‘Super Foods’.

And if you are wanting to whip yourself into better
health – there’s a 3 week fast start guide that will
help you start healing and get that body functioning
better.

Just get started on a healthy eating plan now and you’ll
feel better, look better, and get sick less often.

How much more productive time would that give you?

Carole

a.k.a. – ‘Mother’