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May 02 Is Chocolate a Superfood?Summary: Many foods, including dark chocolate are loaded with antioxidants and have been dubbed as superfoods. These foods may help us live longer and become healthier. Blueberries are brain food. If there's one good-for-you food that has cut through the din of conflicting and controversial diet headlines, it's the tiny indigo berry native to North America, which scientists have discovered contains powerful disease-fighters that may improve memory, intelligence and coordination. But blueberries aren't the only food with bragging rights. Pomegranates, kiwifruit and, yes, even dark chocolate are the latest
buzz, joining such everyday foods as broccoli, spinach, wild salmon,
sweet potatoes, soy, oats, walnuts and tomatoes. Together these
nutrient-dense foods containing health-promoting phytonutrients are
being dubbed "super foods." - More - kw: Super Foods Why Choose Wheatgrass?Summary:
Wheat grass juice is easy to absorb and is loaded with vitamins,
minerals and amino acids. If can help with weight loss, cleansing your
system and improve your skins complexion.
Generally hailed as a versatile superfood, it workss on two levels: one as a tonic or pick-me-up when energy levels are flagging and two, as a superfood to help nourish and restore the body’s natural balance Wheatgrass
contains vitamins A, C and B in forms that are easily assimilated by the body.
It is also abundant in
broad spectrum
of naturally balanced minerals, particularly zinc, phosphorous calcium,
magnesium and selenium and contains all eight essential amino acids and most
non-essential amino acids and good levels of chlorophyll. - More - November 01 Juicing : Antioxidants : Raw Food Diet : :Cherries - Mother Nature's Formula for Joint Pain ReliefSeptember 28 Juicing : Antioxidants : Raw Food Diet : : Foods Cooked at High Temperatures Release Toxic ChemicalA substance that contaminates foods cooked at high temperatures, acrylamide, has been shown to cause cancer in animals, warns a report prepared by a committee of international experts and released by a Joint Expert Committee of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday. The report calls for continued efforts to reduce acrylamide in food. The neurotoxicity of acrylamide in humans is known from instances of high occupational and accidental exposure when acrylamide is used in industrial processes in the production of plastics and materials. Studies in animals have also shown that acrylamide causes reproductive problems and cancer. more... Getting enough antioxidants and vitamins is easier on a raw food diet Juicing : Antioxidants : Raw Food Diet : :Green SuperFoodsKamut® grass (Triticum durum) is an ancient variety of nutritional grains that contains more protein, lipids, and minerals than common wheat or other cereal grasses. A non-hybrid, heirloom wheat grass was first used medicinally by the Egyptians. There is a vast difference between Kamut flour, which is made from the grain of Kamut, and Kamut grass juice, which is obtained by juicing the green grass. Kamut flour is about 1/6 the cost of Kamut grass juice and contains only a fraction of the nutrition found in the grass juice. Kamut grass helps to regulate pH balance as it has the highest pH of all green foods. It is rich in metabolic enzymes, contains high levels of trace minerals, and is a good source of magnesium, zinc, vitamins B1, B2, B3 and E. more... Juicing allows raw food dieters to eat more antixidants Juicing : Antioxidants : Raw Food Diet : :New research shows blueberries lower LDL cholesterol better than statin drugsNew research reveals the exciting fact that blueberries provide an effective way to lower cholesterol without the dangers of statin drugs. In fact, the research shows that a compound in blueberries acts just as effectively as statin drugs to reduce the levels of bad cholesterol or LDL cholesterol in mice, but without the negative side effects of statin drugs (such as having your muscles waste away). more... Getting enough antioxidants and vitamins is easier on a raw food diet Juicing : Antioxidants : Raw Food Diet : :Watercress, the wonder vegetableWatercress is rich in betacarotene and vitamin C (more than four times that of other wonder vegetables like tomato and broccoli), vitamins B1, B6, K and E, iron, calcium, magnesium, zinc, iron, phosphorous and iodine. It is a potent source of folate, which keeps women 's reproductive system healthy, and is good for the nerves and blood. It contains lutein and zeaxanthin, powerful antioxidants which protect the lens and retina of the eyes, and the body from potentially damaging free radicals. Quercetin, a type of flavonoid and a powerful antioxidant, is also found in great quantities in watercress. more... Getting enough antioxidants and vitamins is easier on a raw food diet September 23 Juicing : Antioxidants : Raw Food Diet : :Strawberries Most Effective in Fighting Against Cancer CellsStrawberries may be the most effective of the five most commonly consumed berries at inducing cancer cell death, according to a recent study conducted at the UCLA Center for Human Nutrition. The center recently tested extracts of six berries -- strawberries, raspberries, black raspberries, blueberries, blackberries and cranberries -- to determine their ability to induce apoptosis, a process that enhances the death of cancer cells. more... Getting enough antioxidants and vitamins is easier on a raw food diet September 22 Juicing : Antioxidants : Raw Food Diet : :Vitamin E is good for the heart, researcher saysVitamins and antioxidants are gaining popularity as anti-aging products, and one of the most popular, vitamin E, can also help prevent heart disease and reduce a heart attack patient's risk of suffering a second attack, according to top antioxidant research scientist Dr. Lester Packer. more... Getting enough antioxidants and vitamins is easier on a raw food diet Juicing : Antioxidants : Raw Food Diet : :Plant-based diet greatly reduces risk of cancer, say studiesThree new studies published in the journal of the American Medical Association are proving the benefit of a plant-based diet in greatly reducing the risk of cancer. The studies show that high consumption of fruits and vegetables wards off a variety of cancers. (They also show that consuming red meat multiplies the risk of colon cancer.) Another study in the same issue shows that consuming olive oil reduces the risk of breast cancer. So here we're talking about a wide variety of cancers: prostate cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer, even leukemia and multiple myeloma. And across the board, we're seeing that consuming a plant-based diet is what prevents cancer and enhances health at many different levels, including cardiovascular health. more... Getting enough antioxidants and vitamins is easier on a raw food diet September 21 Juicing : Antioxidants : Raw Food Diet : :Fruits and berries rank highest in antioxidant content among foodsIn a major study on fruit and vegetable antioxidant content published in the June 9 2004 Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, berries won easily in terms of the amount of antioxidant for the price. Antioxidants are disease fighting compounds that scientists believe help repair and/or prevent the stress of oxidation, a process that occurs naturally during normal cell function. more... Getting enough antioxidants and vitamins is easier on a raw food diet Juicing : Antioxidants : Raw Food Diet : :Antioxidant production prolongs life of miceA group of mice, genetically altered to produce more of the antioxidant catalase, lived up to 18.5 percent longer than normal mice in a study by Peter Rabinovitch, MD, PhD, and colleagues. Rabinovitch attributes this lengthened life to the antioxidants' ability to battle free radical cells which can theoretically promote age-related illnesses. more... Getting enough antioxidants and vitamins is easier on a raw food diet September 20 Juicing : Antioxidants : Raw Food Diet : :Pomegranates may be antioxidant super fruitCurrent advertising touts pomegranates as an "antioxidant superpower," but nutritionist Susan Fyshe said it is hard to quantify one fruit's antioxidant benefits against another, or its effect on damaging free radicals. Fyshe said new antioxidants are being discovered all the time, and instead of paying the premium price for the popular pomegranate, consumers should probably just ingest a variety of rich-colored fruits and vegetables as they come into season. Dark chocolate, nuts, seeds and whole grains are also good sources of antioxidants more... Getting enough antioxidants and vitamins is easier on a raw food diet |
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