Healthy foods to Boost Your Health

Healthy foods to Boost Your Health

Eating healthy foods is one of the greatest ways for making your life healthy and combats a developing disease. Some diseases are genetic and there’s not much you can do about that. But others like Diabetes, Lung Cancer, and Heart Disease might be prevented with the proper diet. Below is a list of healthy foods and some of the body parts they affects.

Fruits and Vegetables
Fruits and vegetables are our most nutrient-dense foods. They contain the greatest amounts of nutrients per calorie of any food. Many nutrients, including the ones that fight against cancer and heart disease are found in fruits and vegetables. Vegetables have less sugar than fruits.

Basil
Basil is a great herb to add flavor to just about anything you are cooking, but also has many other benefits that may cause you to add it to your diet. It is known to reduce blood pressure and ease the symptoms of emphysema and bronchitis. Basil also makes a good natural insect repellent when rubbed on tour skin.

Spinach
Spinach is an excellent example of a nutrient-dense vegetable. Spinach provides at least 50% of the RDI for vitamin A, and about 20% of the RDI for vitamin C. Spinach is a good source of iron, calcium and folate.

Apricots
Apricots are a great source of beta-carotene, vitamin C, potassium, and iron. Apricots are very good sources of vitamin A (as carotene). They provide about 35% of the RDI per saving. Apricots are low in calories. 3 apricots only contain 50 calories.

Strawberries
Strawberries are a god source of vitamin C. They provide between 35 and 136 percent of the RDI per ½ cup serving. Strawberries are also a good source of fiber and iron. They provide about two percent and 3,5 percent respectively per ½.

Sweet Bing Cherries
Sweet bing cherries are a good of fiber. They provide about two grams per ½ cup serving.

Dietary Fiber
Dietary fiber promotes regularity, helps control caloric intake and promotes wight loss. It may also reduce the risk of certain cancers and cardiovascular diseases, and help people with diabetes control their blood sugar.






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