What if your doctor
offered you a pill that would drastically cut your chances of developing cancer,
plus improve your health, possibly your memory, hearing and sight, prolong your
life and protect your heart, all with none of the ugly side effects we hear
about on television ads. Would you turn it down?
So here's an alternative
prescription that does the same thing. If you don't have the time or
inclination to plan menus, count calories and so on, you can radically improve
your diet with these healthy additions. Try to hit at very least two or
three daily and see your health improve!
Tomatoes:
Especially ripe ones, add punch to your diet. Full of lycopene, an
important anti-oxidant and cancer-fighter, as well as vitamins and minerals,
this attractive fruit can be worked into any meal or snack. Try not to
seed them; these seeds also have important nutrients and the jelly around
the seeds is an anti-coagulant. One great fact about them is that
canning and cooking doesn't affect many of the nutrients.
Even ketchup is full of good stuff!
Nuts:
Particularly almonds and walnuts. Pistachios are great too.
Compounds in almonds can lower cholesterol; walnuts are packed with healthy
Omega 3; most all seeds and nuts are packed with Vitamin E, other vitamins,
an various minerals needed for health, as well as fiber. Science
hasn't even scratched the surface regarding the benefits of some of them.
Apples:
An apple a day keeps the doctor away, according to an old adage, and it
isn't entirely a fable. Apples too are packed with minerals and
vitamins, plus pectin and fiber which can help lower cholesterol and keep
one regular.
Broccoli:
This is one of nature's powerhouses. If you don't care for it,
experiment - smother it with cheese if you have to, or sauté it with garlic.
Sneak tiny steamed florets into salads. But don't overcook it to a
avocado-green; that's when it tastes and smells nasty. Cabbage,
Brussels sprouts, kale, collards and bok choy run a close second. I
once read a scientist's opinion that if everyone ate a small helping of
something from this family, plus a helping of tomato EVERY DAY, cancer would
decline dramatically. Maybe it's true.
Bright Yellow: This includes sweet potatoes,
carrots, pumpkin, dark yellow squash, cantaloupes and mangoes.
Anti-oxidants, vitamins galore, minerals and fiber abound. Season any
way to get the family to eat them, or work into desserts. All are
equally at home in sweets or savories.
