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Sunday, June 14, 2009

Food Choices Determine Your Overall Health

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By Spencer Gabato

A person concerned with health should choose to eat foods that have high health values. The food gives as the necessary substances for our body to operate optimally including our brain. To learn the what foods have higher health values can help us choose the food that can give us the needed nutrients.

Each food have different levels of strength if we talk about nutritional value. Some are just superior to others. Knowing the strengths of nutritional value from food coming from different food groups makes a difference in making us choose what's best for us. Below are some foods to consider.

Vegetables are packed with lots of vitamins and minerals. Dark colored ones have more antioxidant content than lighter ones. Worthy of note are kale, celery, asparagus, green beans, peas, and spinach. Even though lighter colored vegetables have less antioxidants, they are still packed with health promoting nutrients. Other vegetables worthy of mentioning are eggplant, carrots, potatoes, mushrooms,squash and yams.

As with vegetables, dark coloured fruits have higher antioxidant content. Some examples are bananas, apples, fig, oranges, pears plums, graphs, watermelon and lemon. Acai berry have the highest antioxidant content among the berries while also having other beneficial nutrients. Acai berry is one of the top superfoods.

For meat, choose the ones that are low in cholesterol and fat such as chicken breast, lamb, turkey, venison, and lean beef. Good seafood choices are scallop, cod, tuna and shrimp. Among the dairy food groups - egg, low fat cheese and yogurt are the best.

Nuts and grains are very important to include in your diet. The extra protein and carbohydrates found in these foods are needed by your body. Almonds, flaxseeds, extra virgin oil, peanuts, and pumpkin seeds are good choices. They are flavorful too so you can enjoy eating and have needed nutrients at the same time. Good choices for grain products include buckwheat, bread, barley, whole wheat, corn, oats and rye. Refrain from having white bread because they are nutritionally inferior to brown ones.

Many food contain sugar to sweeten eat. If ever you crave for sweets, choose the ones which have natural sweeteners such as maple syrup, honey and molasses. They still tastes nice and the best thing is they will not hurt your health.

You don't need to add sugar or fat to make the food delicious. Combine it with spices such as black pepper, basil, dill, cilantro, oregano, peppermint, black pepper, sage, rosemary, and thyme.

Many people drink soda and other non health promoting beverages because of its savoury flavor. Most of these beverages contain sugar and caffeine which are both not good for the body. Opt for water to hydrate your body because it is the best in terms of health. For beverages, a good choice is green tea because it is packed with the powerful antioxidant EGCG. - 24553

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