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30 Superfood Recipes You've Never Tried Before. You might also like: 50 Creative Ways to Eat More Quinoa Read More What the heck are these superfood things people keep talking about?

30 Superfood Recipes You've Never Tried Before

Certain foods (mainly fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts, and seeds) are particularly packed with essential nutrients including vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. From avocado to zucchini, we’ve got the low-down on these super-powered foods that can boost health from the inside out. Just because they’re superfoods doesn’t necessarily mean they’re super-complicated to prepare, though. Breakfast Thanks to pumpkin puree, cinnamon, and milk (of your choice), this hearty oatmeal packs a nutritional punch with four superfoods and less than five minutes of prep time. These baked eggs pack 12.5 grams of protein per serving so you don't need a mid-morning snack. 6 Food Combining Rules for Optimal Digestion. Image Credit: Flickr / Hamed Saber By: Amanda Froelich, True Activist.

6 Food Combining Rules for Optimal Digestion

The Dark Side Of Kale (And How To Eat Around It) (photofarmer/Flickr) The headline in The New York Times made my heart sink: “Kale?

The Dark Side Of Kale (And How To Eat Around It)

Juicing? Trouble Ahead.” Confession: I’m one of those Vitamix-loving, green-smoothie worshipping, kale bandwagoners. I brim with holier-than-thou pride when my kids eat raw kale (no dressing, even!) I am not alone. Popular Diets. 6 Food Combining Rules for Optimal Digestion. Nine foods you should never eat again. (NaturalNews) With so much misinformation out there about food and how it affects human health, making healthy food choices for you and your family can be difficult and confusing.

Nine foods you should never eat again

There are a number of specific foods; however, that you will want to avoid in almost every circumstance because they provide virtually no health benefits while posing plenty of health risks. Here are nine foods you should never eat again if you care about preserving your long-term health: 1) White bread, refined flours. By definition, white bread and refined flours in general are toxic for your body because they have been stripped of virtually all vitamins, minerals, fiber, and other important nutrients.

Because of this, the body does not know how to properly digest and assimilate these so-called foods, which can lead to health problems. 2) Conventional frozen meals. 3) White rice. The Worst Lies That Mainstream Nutrition Has Told You. Nutrition is religion.

The Worst Lies That Mainstream Nutrition Has Told You

The nutritional advice industry is like the exercise advice industry. Everyone everywhere is doing it wrong, always, and what is "right" this year will kill you next year. There is the further assumption that the human optimum in nutrition and exercise is incredibly narrow and incredibly deep, so hitting them "just right" will result in an enormously long, healthy life, and a tiny deviation will lead to rickets, scurvy and dogs and cats living together. Best Superfoods - List of Healthy Superfoods. 20 Super Foods You Need to Build Muscle & Lose Fat. To build muscle & lose fat, you need a variety of proteins, veggies, fruits, carbs, and healthy fats.

20 Super Foods You Need to Build Muscle & Lose Fat

Eating protein helps building & maintaining muscle. But it also helps fat loss: protein has a higher thermic effect than carbs/fats. Eating fats also helps fat loss: your body holds fat if you don’t eat fats. Fruits & veggies contain vitamins & minerals, necessary for recovery from your workouts. And carbs fuel your muscles so you feel full of energy at the gym. Lots of you struggle to get these foods. 1. Don’t worry about cholesterol in eggs. 2. Find recipes online. Share them with your friends. Apple vs. orange. Food and Supplements. Joy’s view on adding Supplements to foods People are completely time-starved these days, not cooking at home as much and eating fast food on the go has created the need to maximize the nutritional content of every morsel consumed.

Food and Supplements

This is why adding supplements, such as fish oil or a protein powder, to your diet is a growing trend and a simple way to improve overall nutrition. You can easily increase the fibre important for intestinal health, weight loss and proper detoxification, by adding a high quality fibre supplement to your meal. To increase the omega 3s in your diet you can add a supplement to your salad dressing, smoothie or drizzle lightly over pasta. There is an array of flavoured omega 3 fish oils that do not taste fishy at all.

Quick Facts about Canadians not eating enough of the right foods The results of this survey suggest that a potentially large number of Canadians are coming up short in their intake of all four food groups and that eating habits are not improving. What's on Your Menu This Week? 100 Simple Nutrition Tips. “Man Is What He Eats” – Lucretius Good nutrition is one of the most important factors for good health.

100 Simple Nutrition Tips

You can dramatically improve your health by doing simple adjustments to your eating habits. You’ll notice a big difference in your energy levels if you regularly eat foods that have a lot of vitamins and minerals in them, such as fruits, vegetables, whole grains and low- or non-fat dairy. There is no doubt that eating well can maximize our life experience.

One of the best resources that I’ve found on the topic of health and well-being is “8 Weeks To Optimum Health” by Dr. I urge you to get a copy today and start following Dr.