Showing posts with label walnuts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label walnuts. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Healthy Snack Ideas

Snacking helps keep your metabolism up throughout the day, helping you burn calories and keep your energy levels up.

Here are some great snack options -

Greek yogurt
Avocado
Dates
Figs
Sweet potato fries
Dark chocolate
Sunflower seeds
Almonds
Walnuts
Pumpkin Seeds
Bananas
Apples
Dried fruits
Glass of milk
Carrots
Basically all fruits



Thursday, February 27, 2014

Walnut = Brain

Did you ever take a walnut, remove it from its shell and notice that it looks like the human brain?!  Well, it does!

Did you know that just a handful of walnuts everyday helps reduce your chances of heart disease, diabetes and cancer?

Here are some more benefits-
  • Promotes good health for the brain! 
  • Make sure you eat the skin of the walnut because 90% of the nutrients are on the skin.
  • Contains a great amount of omega 3.
  • Relieves irritable bowel syndrome
  • Lowers cholesterol
  • Reduces blood pressure
  • Anti-inflammatory
  • Has a potent phytonutrient quinone juglone, which is abundant in walnuts that destroys cancer and precancerous cells leaving healthy tissue intact.
  • Decreases LDL cholesterol
  • Increases sperm health




Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Liver Cleansing Foods

The liver is a very important organ.  Its main job is to filter the blood from the digestive tract before passing it to the rest of the body.  The liver also detoxifies chemicals and metabolizes drugs.  The liver secrets bile that ends up back in the intestines. 

There's a lot we can do to help cleanse the liver and avoid any difficulty.
Here's a list of foods that can help cleanse the liver.

Broccoli
Walnuts
Lemons
Avocado
Garlic
Beets
Leafy green vegetables  

Saturday, January 4, 2014

Cancer Killing Foods

It's really that simple -
To stay healthy, we need to eat healthy.
To fight an illness, we need to introduce or in some cases reintroduce certain foods that contain properties and nutrients that can actually help fight cancer and prevent it.

The following are the best foods that help with killing cancer -

Broccoli
Tomatoes
Grapefruit
Kale
Eggplant
Garlic
Turmeric
Wheatgrass
Ginger
Berries
Walnuts
Cauliflower




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