Sure getting your
sustenance from a ubiquitous fast food
restaurant or buying pre-packaged food is generally, cheaper and much
more
convenient than buying fresh and preparing it yourself. However,
relying on
these cheap but nutrition lacking foods can end up costing you in long
run in
the form of health complications.
Tired Americans
The average American
consumes about 50% of their
carbohydrates in the form of simple sugars that are additives to foods
as
opposed to natural sugars from fruits and vegetables.
These simple sugars are the main reason why
so many us feel tired and run down all the time.
People who live in a tropical climate tend to
be healthier because they subsist on a diet that is based heavily on
nutrient
rich plant foods unlike us in the north who like to consume animal
products.
Tips to boost your immune system
1. Reduce your intake of
saturated fats, trans fat, and
cholesterol laden food. This means those ever popular processed fast or
forozen
foods that are packed with those unhealthy and non nutritious
ingredients.
Increase your intake of whole, fresh, raw and unprocessed foods
(organic if
possible) along with plenty of water. Be sure to get enough foods that contain all the key
ingredients such as
vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, good fats and water.
2. Be sure to incorporate
exercise into your daily routine.
Getting physical will help you relieve stress and allow your body to
properly
absorb nutrients.
3. Variety is not only
the spice of life; it is also the key
health. Include plenty of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, lean meats,
poultry, fish, beans, low fat dairy products and plenty of water. Stay
away
from the salt, sugar, alcohol, saturated fat and trans fat.
4.
Eat
these nutrient rich foods and watch your life change
for the better.
- Dark
and leafy vegetables
- Fruits
- Whole
grains
- Legumes
- Soy
- Fish
- Nuts
- Red
Wine
- Green
Tea
- Plain
Yogurt
- Olive
Oil
- Flax
seed
Researchers in Spain have
found that a daily serving of
leafy green vegetables which are rich in flavanoids, vitamin A and
Vitamin C
can actually cut your risk of lung cancer in half. While supplements
are also
okay, researchers in at the University of Washington
have found evidence that people who take
supplements are
just as likely to
develop lung cancer as those who do not. Pills just do not have the
same
protective antioxidant effect of actual vegetables.
Eating a wide variety of
fresh, whole unprocessed foods will
do wonders for your health especially compared to a diet base on the
monotonous
intake of processed foods.