Essential Foods to Boost Your Health

According to Joy Bauer, MS, RD, who is the author of Joy Bauer's Food Cures, she states in her book "It is not about one single food or even a handful of foods. What is more important for boosting your overall health consists of regularly consuming a diet that is rich in a variety of the essential nutrients found in foods .Quality nutrients are also necessary for maintaining proper immune function and help to prevent bone loss, muscle loss, and damage from the environment we live in. But for an overall healthy lifestyle, the medical experts tell us not to smoke and get plenty of regular physical excercise daily which is really important for our health and try to incorporate some of these or all of these essentail foods into your daily diet.

Central Nervous System:

Foods which contain high amounts of Vitamin C and Vitamin E, and omega-3 fatty acids that are essential for boosting the central nervous system are:

Sweet potatoes

Spinach

Sardines

Salmon

Eggs

Kale

Flax Seed

Nuts

Peas

Avocados

Blueberries

Whole grains

Strawberries

Tomatoes

Flax Seed

Garlic

Strong Bones & Lean Muscles:

Foods that are high in fiber, Vitamin C, magnesium, and pro-biotic are necessary.

Yogurt

Nuts

Salmon

Soy Milk

Eggs

Broccoli

Bananas

Tofu

Sardines

Juices

Leafy Greens

Healthy Heart:

Foods needed for a healthy heart need to include fiber, omega-3 fatty acids, Vitamin C and potassium.

Avocados

Apples

Dark chocolate

Flax Seed

Nuts

Salmon

Tomatoes

Sardines

Whole grains

Urinary System & Digestive System:

Foods needed for healthy urinary and digestive systems need to contain high amounts of fiber, Vitamin C & magnesium.

Yogurt

Whole grains

Flax seed

Apples

Apricots

Beans

Cantaloupe

Oranges

Green Teas

Cranberries

Sweet potatoes

Sources: Woman's Day Magazine

Carrots

Dark Chocolate

Immune System:

Your body needs foods that are high in Vitamin A & C, zinc and nutrients that are from plants.

Beans

Beets

Broccoli

Blueberries

Oranges

Carrots

GarlicSources:
Woman's Day Magazine