Simple Health Cures

   Recent  dietary research has uncovered 14 different nutrient- dense foods that time and again promote good overall health. Coined “superfoods,” they tend tohave 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 disease such as hypertension, diabete’s, Alzheimer’s, and some forms of cancer. And where one might have an effect on a certain part of the body, it can also effect the health of other body functions and preformance, since diet, weight loss grimmicks and other fly-by-night programs can became a thing of the past in your life.

   Conversely, the ill-effects of an unbalanced diet are several and varied. Low energy levels, moos 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 mainenance 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 systems 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 make 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 solely 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.