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New Healing and Healthy Food Pyramids

Justine — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 22:23:10 +0000

American Dietetic Association’s Knowledge Center Team

June is National Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Month. Our paper had a great article on the new food pyramid which is actually called the food plate now instead of the Food Pyramid. MyPlate, the USDA’s new icon that replaces the Food Pyramid to guide Americans in eating a healthful diet, recommends filling half your plate with fruits and vegetables. Any fresh, canned, frozen or dried fruit or vegetable or 100 percent fruit or vegetable juice counts. Dietitians advise eating a variety of colors. Most of colors provide different nutrients so if you stick to just one color you will miss out on important vitamins and minerals.

Here is a look at what each color of fruit and vegetable group offers, according to the American Dietetic Association:

Red - Beets, cherries, cranberries, red peppers, pomegranates, red onions, watermelon and tomatoes: May support heart health, immunity and vision and reduce cancer risks.

Blue/Purple – Blueberries, blackberries, purple cabbage, eggplant and plums: Many have antioxidant and anti-aging benefits, keep memory sharp and the urinary tract healthy and reduce cancer risks.

Deep Yellow/orange – Pineapple, apricots, cantaloupe, carrots, corn, peaches and sweet potatoes’ Reduces risk of some cancers and supports healthy vision and immunity.

Green – Broccoli,, asparagus, avocados, grapes, green beans, kiwis and leafy greens such as spinach: May help maintain healthy vision and reduce cancer risks.

White/tan/brown - Bananas, cauliflower, onions, white potatoes and turnips: Some contain nutrients that may reduce the risk of cancer and help support heart health.

The Department of Agriculture introduces the new food icon, MyPlate, to replace the MyPyramid image as the government’s primary food group symbol. An easy-to-understand visual cue to help consumers adopt healthy eating habits, MyPlate is consistent with the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Here is a short video explaining the new icon and how it relates to the new food pyramid.

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What Are the Benefits of Eating Carrots

Justine — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:29:35 +0000

How to get the Benefits of Carrots

Carrots, available in any supermarket, are one of those vegetables with a multitude of healing properties and packed with vitamins. Carrots are rich in vitamins A, B, and C, and contain small amount of E and K as well as phosphorus, potassium, and calcium. What are the benefits of eating carrots? Read on..

General health – Carrots can be used to cleanse the system of various impurities, aid in preventing macular degeneration, relieve most skin problems, and help overcome many glandular disturbances. Use it every day if you are trying to regulate a menstrual period.

A small glass of pure carrot juice every day may help with stress, fatigue and illness of any kind.

Infant diarrhea – Carrot soup is a particularly good natural cure for infant diarrhea. It works by preventing the severe loss of body fluid and by supplying water to overcome dehydration. Cooked carrots are high in potassium (this mineral is needed during any illness), phosphorus, and sodium, and also contain pectin, a valuable anti-diarrhea aid The cooked carrots in soup coat the inflamed small bowel, soothe it, and thus promote healing. The soup increases peristalsis, slows down any diarrhea-creating bacteria growth, and also overcomes the need to vomit. Use carrot soup for an entire week, and meanwhile, as soon as the infant seems ready for additional food, you can add bananas to the diet.

Poultice – For a healing and antiseptic poultice for use on cuts, wounds, abscesses, and inflammations, use either raw, grated carrots or cooked, mashed carrots.

Here are some of research studies that show what are the benefits of eating carrots.

In a study attempting to prove the therapeutic value of carrots researchers at the Wolfson Gastrointestinal Laboratory in Edinburgh, Scotland showed that cholesterol level reduces by 11 percent if seven ounces of raw carrots a day is consumed for three weeks.

A study conducted at the Mario Negri Institute of Pharmacological Research in Italy found subjects that ate more carrots had one third the risk of heart attack as compared with those who ate fewer carrots.

British researchers discovered that increasing beta-carotene consumption from 1.7 to 2.7 milligrams a day reduced lung cancer risk more than 40 percent. The average carrot contains about three milligrams of Beta-carotene. In another cancer related study, researchers found that eating carrots reduced the risk of colon cancer by as much as 24 percent.

Researches found that people who ate the most Beta-carotene had a forty percent lower risk of macular degeneration compared with those who consumed the least.

Did you know there are other foods you can eat which will help your digestive system stay healthy and will help with weight loss. See our postFoods that have Probiotic Bacteria and learn how just modifying your diet can improve your health and help you feel more energetic.

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Great Brain Food – Spinach

Justine — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:43:29 +0000

What is the Best Brain Food

Here is some interesting information from Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen on brain food. According to the doctors, eating three or more servings of spinach and other leafy greens slows mental decline due to aging by as much as 40 percent. Spinach has a great deal of good for your brain carotenoids and flavonoids. Also frozen spinach is just as good as fresh spinach for your brain.

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Benefits of Carotenoids – Carrots, Sweet Potatoes and Winter Squash

Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:13:36 +0000

Sweet Potatoes Vitamins

Here is some more great advice from dr mehmet oz. Yellow oranges vegetables – carrots, sweet potatoes and winter squash are full of carotenoids, nutrients that fight the DNA damage that can make your body old (or sick) before its time. Researchers think that carotenoids – the plant pigments that also give pumpkins and cantaloupes their rich orange hues – may help protect against that kind of DNA damage that happens with ages.

It used to be that we were not supposed to eat too many carrots because of the sugar content. But I was reading in the Atkins diet book that is okay to eat a lot carrots. Atkins says he never met anyone who got fat eating carrots. My favorite way to eat carrots is dipped in hummus (mashed chickpeas). I also eat pumpkin mixed with a bit of cinnamon, honey and half and half and it is delicious. Here is a tip I got from America’s Test Kitchen – pat the pumkin out on a few layers of paper towels to get rid of the excess water. Your pumpkin recipes will be more creamy.

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