Recent dietary research has uncovered 14 different nutrient-dense foods that time and
again promote good overall health. Coined “superfoods,” they tend to have fewer
calories, higher levels of vitamins and minerals, and many disease-fighting antioxidants.
Beans (legumes), berries (especially blueberries), broccoli, green tea, nuts (especially
walnuts), oranges, pumpkin, salmon. soy, spinach, tomatoes, turkey, whole grains and
oats, and yogurt can all help stop and even reverse diseases such as hypertension,
diabetes, Alzheimer’s, and some forms of cancer. And where one might have an effect on
a certain part of the body, it can also affect the health of other body functions and
performance, since the whole body is connected. With these 14 foods as the base of a
balanced, solid diet, weight loss gimmicks and other fly-by-night programs can become a
thing of the past in your life.
Conversely, the ill-effects of an unbalanced diet are several and varied. Low energy
levels, mood swings, tired all the time, weight change, uncomfortable with body are just a
few signs that your diet is unbalanced. An unbalanced diet can cause problems with
maintenance of body tissues, growth and development, brain and nervous system
function, as well as problems with bone and muscle systems.
Symptoms of malnutrition include lack of energy, irritability, a weakened immune
system leading to frequent colds or allergies, and mineral depletion that can trigger a
variety of health concerns including anemia.
And since the body is connected, realizing that an unhealthy body will result in an
unhealthy spirit only makes sense. When we nourish our body with these superfoods and
complement them with other nutrient-dense and healthy fresh foods, our spirit will be
vitalized and healthy as a direct result.
Many modern diets based on prepackaged convenience foods are sorely lacking in many
vitamins and minerals, which can affect our mental capacities as well, and cause
irritability, confusion, and the feeling of ‘being in a fog’ all the time.
Superfoods can be the basis of a sound, healthy, nutritious solution to curing many of
these ailments and more.