What’s the first thought that comes to your mind, when you think of strawberry – a mouth-watering dessert of strawberries mixed with fresh cream? To end an interesting evening on sweet note, this is just the right dessert. Strawberries serve more than just fulfilling the sweet tooth. It is packed with hordes of health benefits, making a nutritious fruit for mind and body.
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No single food can provide all the essential nutrients that the body needs. Therefore, it is important to consume a wide variety of foods to provide adequate intakes of vitamins, minerals and dietary fibre, which are important for health.
8 guidelines for a healthy diet
• Enjoy your food
• Eat a variety of different foods
• Eat the right amount to be a healthy weight
• Eat plenty of foods rich in starch and fibre
• Eat plenty of fruit and vegetables
• Don’t eat too many foods that contain a lot of fat
• Don’t have sugary foods and drinks too often
• If you drink alcohol, drink sensibly
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14 different nutrient dense foods that give good health have been discovered by dietary research. Super foods have lower calories elevated levels of minerals and vitamins and oxidants that fight disease.
Yoghurt, blueberries, beans ,Green tea, nuts ,walnuts ,salmon, broccoli, pumpkin, turkey, oranges and whole grains can stop or reverse conditions like hypertension, diabetes Alzheimer’s and various types Of cancer. And where it can affect such a part of the body it can affect some body functions and performance since the body is interconnected. Programs for weight loss can be a thing of the past.
An unbalanced diet can have affects resulting in lower energy levels mood swings tired most of the day. Body tissues can become troubled because of a poor diet regime, resulting in unhealthy growth of the brain and the functioning of the nervous system as well as problems with the muscle and bone systems.
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Super-foods are high in disease fighting vitamins, minerals or anti-oxidants. They act as shields to the cell damage that occurs every day in your body. Adding super-foods to your diet makes a huge difference to your health.
* Vegetable super-foods include spinach, beans, chickpeas, carrots. They have lots of fiber and different vitamins and minerals. It’s not easy to get kids to eat a superfood like sautéed spinach, but if you pair it with something they already like, like raisins, the kids may be more likely to eat it.
* Fruit super-foods include watermelon, kiwi, oranges, all citrus fruits, apples.
* Your kids may prefer raw fruit and vegetables, but they don’t have to be raw to be good for you. In fact when you cook a vegetable the nutrients become more absorbable to your body. Also if you put some olive oil or parmesan cheese, those fats help your body absorb the nutrients in vegetables.
* Another choice for kids to make home fries, which is basically baking or roasting red potatoes, hopefully with the skin on, because they’re less fatty. You can also make sweet potato fries for your kids, which are a super-food, lower in bad carbs than white potatoes, and they have lots of nutrients.
* Roasting vegetables is a good option, because it brings out the sweetness in the vegetables and makes it much more kid-friendly. Try roasted carrots and chickpeas—toss them with olive oil, sprinkle a little cinnamon, put them in a 400 degree oven until the carrots are tender.
How To Eat Smarter and Healthier
Learn how to make smarter and healthier choices in food without compromising flavor and taste.