You hear a lot about superfoods, but mainly how great they are to have in your diet. Here’s another list of foods you should consider throwing in your grocery basket:
Beets - Why they’re healthy: Folate and betaine (which can help lower your risk of heart disease), and their pigments may help fight cancer.
How to eat them: Not from a jar, but fresh and uncooked.
Cabbage - Why it’s healthy: Few calories, and sulforaphane helps reduce cancer risk.
How to eat it: In a salad, or on a burger.
Guava - Why it’s healthy: Fiber, potassium, lycopene (which helps fight prostate cancer).
How to eat it: It’s all edible, from rind to seeds. May be a little hard to find, but high end supermarkets or Latin grocery stores should stock it.
Swiss Chard - Why it’s healthy: Lutein and zeaxanthin (which both help protect retinas from the damages of aging).
How to eat it: Sautéd with olive oil and garlic, seasoned with salt and pepper and served with grilled steaks and chicken, or pan-seared fish.Cinnamon - Why it’s healthy: Helps control blood sugar, which affects your risk of heart disease.
How to eat it: Sprinkled on coffee or oatmeal.
Purslane - Why it’s healthy: Melatonin (may inhibit cancer growth), omega-3 fats.
How to eat it: In a salad as an alternative or addition to lettuce.
Pomegranate juice - Why it’s healthy: Improves bloodflow to the heart, decreases systolic blood pressure, vitamin C.
How to eat it: POM Wonderful makes a 100 per cent pomegranate juice with no added sugars - a small glass is all you need to get the many benefits.
Goji berries - Why they’re healthy: Antioxidants, may reduce insulin resistance (a risk factor for diabetes).
How to eat them: Dried or fresh, alone or in yogurt, oatmeal or on cereal.Dried plums - Why they’re healthy: Antioxidants that fight structural damage to cells, which is thought to be one of the main causes for cancer.
How to eat them: As an appetizer wrapped in prosciutto.
Pumpkin seeds - Why they’re healthy: Magnesium.
How to eat them: Shells and all.
ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 25 /PRNewswire/ — Did you make grand plans to eat healthier and exercise more in 2008 but still find yourself having a soda and cold pizza for breakfast? Well, it is never too late to implement your New Year’s resolutions and Sun Shower(TM) has a variety of 100% Nectarine Juices that can help you have a healthier 2008.
“It’s not too late to have a healthy and great 2008,” said Chris New, founder, chairman and CEO of NBI Juiceworks, producers and distributors of Sun Shower(TM) 100% Nectarine Juices. “Sun Shower(TM) 100% Nectarine Juices are a great way to add vitamins and nutrients to your diet. Just by drinking eight ounces of Sun Shower(TM) a day, you will be getting the equivalent of two servings of fruit which is 40 percent of the recommended daily fruit consumption.”
Sun Shower(TM) Nectarine Juices have many health and nutritional benefits:
— “Pure Pressed Process” yields 100% pure nectarine juice
— No added sugar or preservatives
— High in potassium, vitamin C, antioxidants and phyto-nutrients
— Rich in beta carotene
— Fat free, cholesterol free and less acidic than ordinary orange juice
— Smooth, light, and refreshing; easy to drink all day long
— Only 90 calories per 8 ounce serving
— 8 ounces of Sun Shower(TM) juice a day equals two servings of fruit
— Contains malic acid which helps muscle function
Currently available in two sizes, convenient 12 oz. and 28 oz. containers, the eight flavors in the Sun Shower(TM) line are Nectarine, Nectarine Berry, Nectarine Mango, Nectarine Acai, Nectarine Pomegranate, Nectarine Cranberry, Nectarine Grape Orange and Turbo-G Superfood. Sun Shower(TM) 100% Nectarine Juices are found in the produce section of major retailers.
About NBI Juiceworks
NBI Juiceworks(TM) (New Beverage Insights Juiceworks(TM), LLLP) produces and distributes the world’s only super premium line of pure pressed nectarine juices, Sun Shower(TM). Using its exclusive (method of use patent pending) juice extracting and bottle filling process, Sun Shower(TM) captures the full flavor, color, and nutrient value of fresh California-grown nectarines. Although the company was founded in Orlando, Fla. in 2005, the NBI Juiceworks executive team has over 150 years of combined management experience in the juice and beverage industry. For more information, visit http://www.nbijuiceworks.com.
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