| Here are 9 very fresh things you can eat to | | | | protection and even more chlorophyll. |
| substantiate your desire to slow your aging, feel | | | | Vitamin C is easily destroyed by heat. Make a parsley |
| great and look good now. | | | | pesto with garlic, pine nuts and oil in your blender or |
| Eat more greens. Start a green revolution cooking | | | | food processor but resist adding parsley to food as it |
| fresh greens like kale, spinach and Swiss chard. You | | | | is cooking. |
| will be rewarded with a bounty of antioxidants at a | | | | Add sliced kiwi fruit to your salad greens. Kiwis are |
| fraction of the cost it takes to buy them in pill or | | | | extremely high in Vitamin C. This will give you |
| capsules form. Resolve to eat your greens from the | | | | maximum protection from colds and flu during the |
| vegetable aisle instead of the supplement aisle of the | | | | winter. Vitamin C will support your immune system |
| super market. Give yourself a 9 week head start and | | | | while reducing the formation of inflammation that |
| watch you wellness reach new and improved limits | | | | contributes to aging bodily aches, pains and arthritis. |
| Greens naturally bring cancer protective properties | | | | Seek out yellow vegetables like carrots, sweet |
| coming from the chlorophyll; known for detoxifying | | | | potato and butternut squash and fruits like mango |
| the liver and kidneys as well as improving red blood | | | | and papaya. They have beta carotene and lutein. |
| cell production. | | | | These are powerful antioxidants. You will get good |
| Greens are easy to cook. They can be steamed in a | | | | news at the eye doctor, while others are hearing the |
| steamer 5 - 10 minutes or cooked in the microwave | | | | words macular degeneration. |
| in less than 4 minutes. Add a dash of olive oil, and | | | | The only danger here is if you choose to make |
| balsamic vinegar or fresh lemon juice, salt and pepper | | | | recipes with lots of sugar like carrot cake and sweet |
| and you are ready to chow down. | | | | potato pie. I sneaked a peek at a national favorite |
| Another easy food to add to your menus is the | | | | mango sorbet and it has a massive 36 gm. of sugar |
| avocado. Rich in beneficial fat, Vitamin E and | | | | per serving. |
| glutathione what every aging body cell is seeking. | | | | An apple a day... this is simple and as ancient as Eve |
| This no fuss fruit will assist you to manage your | | | | but the pectin and fiber is still worthy of your |
| cholesterol and protect your heart as you age. | | | | appreciation. You can eat an apple anywhere any |
| Instead of costly cosmetics for your skin, eat more | | | | time. However, I get the most joy out of baking |
| avocado and the benefits of these oils will help you | | | | them in the microwave in 3 - 5 minutes with a dash |
| look and feel years younger. Avocadoes should be | | | | of apple pie spice. The cinnamon in the spice is almost |
| eaten fresh in salads or as a spread or dip like | | | | spontaneous enjoyment and protection from high |
| guacamole. This food is good for the whole family, | | | | blood sugar at the same time. |
| even your baby. | | | | Consider fresh beets. They are versatile and can be |
| Buy walnuts from the bulk food sections of the | | | | eaten raw or cooked. This is one time I use a |
| market and add it to your salads. Walnuts improve | | | | pressure cooker, because it takes just 4 minutes |
| brain function giving you power over senior moments. | | | | before you have its buttery texture in your mouth. |
| What can be easier than popping a few of these in | | | | Do you ever look at restaurant menus and get bored |
| your mouth at snack time? | | | | with the salads offered? The most tasty and |
| Resolve to add fresh or frozen berries to your diet. | | | | memorable salad I had while eating out had very |
| Make berry smoothies with yoghurt, strawberry, | | | | thing strips of raw beets, fresh red grapefruit and |
| blueberries and raspberries often. The berries will | | | | sliced avocado. With a well balanced citrus dressing all |
| increase your antioxidant load. The yoghurt will add | | | | nestled on a bed of fresh salad greens. This is the |
| protein and natural friendly bacterial probiotic | | | | most delicious and nutritious I have eaten in a |
| protection for your colon. No one wants an irritable | | | | restaurant salad to date. Beets have betacyanin, an |
| bowel. You might even get rid of belly fat. | | | | antioxidant known for its anti-cancer activity. |
| Give parsley the respect it deserves and put this | | | | How's that for protection to slow aging? With this |
| inexpensive Vitamin C packed green food in your | | | | fresh food attitude you might never have to fight |
| smoothies. In return you will get immune system | | | | disease, and 2009 could just be your best year ever! |