Top Super Foods. Try These 5 For A New You!
1. Broccoli
2. Dark Leafy Greens
3. Tomatoes
4. Squash
5. Mushrooms
We hear about top super foods all the time, but what makes
them top super foods? What makes
broccoli so wonderful? What is it about
these rainforest plants that we keep hearing about? Why are these foods top super foods?
Vegetables and fruits are all stars, really. All vegetables and fruits have what it takes
to be top super foods. This is for
several reasons.
For one, vegetables and fruits are low in calories compared
to other food groups. Vegetables are
especially low in calories. Either way,
you can eat a ton of vegetables and a moderate amount of fruits and never gain
weight due to them because they are just so low in calories.
As top super foods, these veggies and fruits pack a wallop
in terms of nutrient density. That is to
say that these top super foods contain the right stuff with very little
calories.
Take the opposite scenario:
A donut couldn’t possibly be one of the top super foods. It’s high in calories and contains no
nutritional value whatsoever.
Vegetables and fruits contain mega amounts of nutrients
which is what makes them top super foods.
A few veggies and fruits have unusually high calories such as the avocado,
but even the avocado is considered one of the top super foods because of what
else it contains.
An avocado has omega-3 fatty acids which have been shown to
decrease LDL (bad cholesterol) and increase HDL (good cholesterol). So, even though the avocado as one of the top
super foods contains a lot of calories, they are good calories because of the
good fat.
Fruits and vegetables are also top super foods because they
contain a lot of fibre, both soluble and insoluble fibre. Fibre is important for overall digestive
health. When our digestive system is
working at optimum level, we absorb nutrients better and process foods better
which can lead to better cardiovascular health, weight loss and a decreased
risk of cancer.
Fruits and vegetables supply us with really clean
energy. Unlike refined sugars that
provide us with temporary energy without nutritional value, fruits and
vegetables are top super foods because they not only supply us with quick, easy
energy, but they also supply us with mega amounts of nutrients.
And what about all of those nutrients I keep talking
about? These nutrients found in these
top super foods are basically the entire fruit or vegetable. Phytochemicals that make up the
characteristics of the fruits and vegetables are also the micronutrients.
Antioxidants, flavanoids, vitamins and minerals are all
found in fruits and vegetables. All of
these top super foods contain amazing combinations of these micronutrients that
have extremely important functions in our bodies.
They protect us against disease as components of the immune
system. They fight aging by fighting
free radicals which are also the root cause of cancer. They fight cardiovascular disease. They prevent type II diabetes. They improve conditions in cases of arthritis
and inflammatory diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease.
The list is endless as to what these top super foods do for
us in terms of our overall health and well being. It’s imperative that you figure out a way of
incorporating fruits and even more importantly, vegetables into your daily
diet.
You can get more expert tips every 7 days by signing up to Simon's FREE weight loss circle at www.expertfreeweightlosstips.com