Superfoods Save Your Healthy Day
Posted by Colleen Fischer on Fit Fare
The July/August 2009 issue of Health magazine features a list of nine superfoods for women that provide alternatives to common nutrient-rich foods like blueberries and broccoli. Check out these options:
1. Kiwifruit: Instead of oranges, try these fruits also packed with vitamin C.
2. Mushrooms: If your attitude toward broccoli is similar to the first President Bush’s, you can get nutritious phytochemicals from this meaty vegetable instead.
3. Raspberries: These berries offer lots of antioxidants, just like blueberries, and they have lots of fiber.
4. Walnuts: The authors of the You books keep telling us to eat walnuts, and they’re right: Walnuts are packed with omega-3 fatty acids, giving them heart-health benefits similar to almonds.
5. Red beans: Beans of any color, including popular black beans, are a healthy choice, but red ones have a greater antioxidant and phytochemical punch.
6. Swiss chard: This dark, leafy green, an alternative to more common spinach, is great brain food.
7. Sardines: These little fishies are a more sustainable fish than salmon, yet they’re also rich in omega-3s like the famed pink fish.
8. Watermelon: Who doesn’t like some fresh, juicy watermelon? Watermelon’s not just refreshing, though: It also provides more lycopene than another summer staple, fresh tomatoes.
9. Pumpkinseeds: Also known as pepitas, these seeds contain the same mood-enhancing tryptophan as dark chocolate, without all the sugar.
Together, you have here the makings of a nice stir-fry for dinner with a delicious fruit salad for dessert. How will you incorporate these superfoods into your diet?
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