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Eleven Foods from Heaven

Here is a list of foods that are really good for you. If you are a food logger, you'll recognized that any of these that you've tried really move the nutrition needle. Except that I've never used enough turmeric or cinnamon at one time to even log it.

Remember that these are suggestions for great eating, not a ukase for eating nothing else.

The 11 Best Foods You Aren’t Eating

Tomato Cure

The headlines are raging about the dangers of tomatoes. A bacterial infection has sickened about 100 people and the FDA is frantically auditing the nation's tomatoes.

Meanwhile, millions of Americans continue to gorge on food that will eventually kill them after a long and expensive illness. Why aren't the dangers of sugar-coated doughnuts in the headlines?
Most people with a bacterial stomach infection will recover in a couple of days.

Red Wine - Encore

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Health for Less

Good nutrition is not expensive. In fact, getting rid of a lot of junk food can actually lower your food bill.

Here from WebMD are 10 healthy foods for under $1.00. I'm impressed with navel oranges, which have note been on my list and soon will be. That's a lot of nutrition for 106 calories.

Oranges (extra large navel oranges)

Great for: Snacks, green salads, and fruit salads.

What's a serving? 1 large or extra large orange.

Triumph of the Tomato

tomatoesIn what can be described as a quickie study, British researchers determined that eating lots of tomato paste did two great things for the skin: first, it enhanced the skin's protection against sunburn by 33%, the equivalent of a low factor sunscreen; second, it promoted a much higher level of procollagen, a molecule that gives the skin its structure and keeps it firm.

Broccoli Defies Aging

I'll take it one step further. Good nutrition defies aging.

Certainly broccoli is a power food. Even without considering the benefits of Sulforaphane, the ingredient that this article claims to be the anti-aging elixir that activates the antioxidants in the body's cells that stop cell damage.

Good News for Nut Nuts

nutsThis is a pretty old study, published Sept. 2006, that touts eating nuts. The study concludes:

Oatmeal's Virtues Confirmed

In 1997 the FDA allowed the health claim that eating oatmeal lowered cholesterol. Dr. James W. Anderson of the University of Kentucky College of Medicine recently gave the claim a checkup. oatmeal

His report says studies conducted during the past 15 years have, without exception, shown:

Broccoli Middle Eastern Style

I used to be a guest at a friend's house whose family was from Syria. She enjoyed having lots of people for dinner and served it buffet style. One of her highlights was a huge bouquet of broccoli on a platter, as green and beautiful as any you've ever seen. I asked Evelyn how she cooked the broccoli and she told me to add olive oil to the water. broccoli

Following her advice, I always get complements. Here's what I do to prepare this super food.

Flaxseeds Shrink Prostrate Tumors

More good news for flaxseed eaters. Researchers at Duke say that the little jewels "stunt the growth of prostate tumors."flax seeds

Earlier studies showed that men who took flaxseeds along with a low fat diet experienced shrinkage in prostate tumors. This study demonstrated that taking the flaxseeds alone shrunk the tumors. Therefore, it's the flax. Just the flax, ma'am.

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