Food Facts to Soothe Your Diet-Weary Soul
By: Grace Cook
Beauty Munch. A tomato a day may not only keep the doctor away, it'll make you look good, too.
Over the years, I've witnessed some of friends try--and then give up on--all sorts of diets. For the most part, I think people find it so hard to stick to diets is because they often zero in on what they can't eat. This somewhat negative take does nothing to boost anyone's confidence to follow through on the diet regimen--never mind if it's conceptualized by topnotch nutritionists.
So, instead of focusing on the food that you can't have, you should focus on identifying what's good for you. Here are three of them to comfort your diet-weary soul:
1. If you've had a bad day, reach for a steaming mug of hot chocolate. Scientists at the Southampton General Hospital in England reveal that chemicals in cocoa may help prevent blood clots that lead to heart attacks or strokes. But don't take this as a license to gorge on chocolate. While having a cup of cocoa a day would be beneficial for health in general, a sugar overload is sure to cancel whatever benefits chocolate brings.2. Get that healthy glow by eating tomatoes. Aside fromvitamin C, vitamin A, and potassium, tomatoes contain lycopene. This compound functions as an antioxidant, purging free radicals that can damage cells in the body. Eating a tomato a day will help keep you looking good.
3. Cleanse your system with cranberry juice. Besides being rich in vitamin C, cranberry juice is also highly effective in the treatment of urinary tract, bladder, and kidney infections. It can help break prevent the formation of kidney stones. Experts recommend that "the best cranberry juice should be 100% juice with no preservatives, artificial flavors, or artificial colors."
If you do your own research, you'll find out soon enough that there are many other food that are beneficial to your health. Don't use the diets prescribed by experts as reasons for your inability to stick to a get-fit meal plan.
Like I always say, what you put in your mouth is all in your hands.
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Comments
Whilst I agree with everything you say I would like to mention that cocao is an excellent superfood if consumed raw and not processed into commercial cocoa, adding milk to the mixture as is usual make this a toxic potion. As for the tomotoes and cranberry juice excellent. Cranberries, as are all the berries are an excellent source of food in particular for the brain nerves, it prevents them from frazzling out which is often the cause of Alzheimers.
And again, because of my MS I went extreme vegetarian for a week. I had to try something besides what my docs prescrided. Bamm, 40 pounds lost and I wasn't trying then I just wanted to feel better.