Make Friends with Fruit & Vegetables & Salads –
These foods really can be your best friends in becoming and remaining Lean for Life.
In America – people actually die of malnutrition they are over fed but undernourished which creates constant craving's because the body is not getting its needs met so sends out hunger signals
I believe when you educate yoself about what is in our foods and how they have changed over the last 50/100 years – then you will have more motivation to include them in your every day life
As Hippocrates said ;
''Let thy Food be thy medicine and thy medicine be thy food ''
New discoveries of components in fresh food that can actually help prevent diseases:-
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Antioxidants – contained in foods like blueberries, strawberries, broccoli, spinach, butternut squash, sprouts & kiwi fruit. Green tea contains an antioxidant 200 times more powerful than vitamin E & 500 times more powerful than Vitamin C
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Natural immune booster – Shiitake Mushrooms
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Genistein (shown to inhibit cancer cell development) – Soyabean products
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Lycopene (to help reduce risk of prostate, lung, breast, stomach, colon cancer) contained in tomatoes
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Ellagic Acid – is found in pomegranates, can encourage cancer cells to die
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People who eat more than 6 cloves of garlic a day have been known to reduce the risk of colorectal cancer by a third & stomach cancer in half.
Herbs that can help to boost the system:-
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Aloe (can also help Skin Cancer) Helps irritated tissues to heal
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Chasteberry (Aka Vitex) (good for Female reproductive cancers) helps to regulate hormones during the menstrual cycle.
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Liquorice (good for respiratory cancers) Used by herbalists as an anti-inflammatory to clear congestion & soothing the throat & lungs
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Milk Thistle (help with Liver Cancer) contains an active ingredient silymarin, which binds the membranes of the liver cells & helps to prevent toxins from damaging the body
A great Question to ask yourself is ;
What foods do I like that I really enjoy that are ideally nutrient dense yet calorie poor ?
Here is some of my list
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Salads
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Tomato with herbs, diced cucumber and grated carrots celery raisons and diced apple
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Smoothie's add details of you favorites
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In winter – and Summer smoothies are a great way to have your fruit.
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Ratatouille, Stir fried Chinese vegetables, and all kinds of other vegetables sliced thinly steamed or lightly fried
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Tinned Tomatoes, and soups
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Asparagus on its own or with cous cous
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Mushy peas
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Cabbage soup – variants
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Stir in sauce / tomato garlic
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Sweet & sour / balsamic vinegar
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Asian Mangoes, paw paws cherries strawberries and raspberries
What is really in certain foods everyday foods that I should really know about? read more
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