Thursday, September 11, 2008

The Best of Fruits and Vegetables

It is so important to get your daily intake of Fruits and Vegetables. Your body needs the nutrients that are contained is these foods. Just taking vitamins is not good enough. You will be amazed in the amount of energy and how good you feel when your body is getting the nutrients that it needs. We live in a very stressful world and keeping ourselves healthy is so very necessary.

Fruits and vegegables contain many photonutrients that are essential to our daily functions. The following is a list of some Fruits and Vegetables and what they contain:

Apples: Pectin along with a variety of polyphenols and other antioxidants

Acerola Cherries: Vitamin C and anthocyanadins

Cranberry: Flavonoid and phenolic antioxidants

Orange: Vitamin C, Folate, and several carotenoids including Beta-carotene and Beta-cyptexanthin

Papaya: Vitamin C, Potassium, and several carotenoids including Beta-carotene and Beta-cyptexanthin

Peach: Vitamin C and and several carotenoids

Pineapple: Vitamin C and bromelain

Tomatoe: Vitamin C, polyphenols, and several carotenoids including lycopene

Oat Bran: Diatary fiber, Vitamin E, several B vitamins and minerals

Beet: Folate, Iron, and Calcium

Broccoli: Folate, Vitamin C, and several carotenoids including Beta-Carotene, Lutien, and Zeaxanthin, and Glucosinolates

Cabbage: Vitamin C, Folate, and Glucosinolates

Carrot: Several Carotenoids including Beta-Carotene, along with Vitamin E

Kale: Vitamin C, Folate, Magnesium, and several Carotenoids including Beta-Carotine, Lutien, and Zeaxanthin

Parsley: Vitamin C, Folate, several Carotenoids and Flavonols

Spinach: Vitamin C, Folate, Vitamin E, several Carotenoids, Iron and Calcium

Brown Rice Bran: Diatary Fiber, several B Vitamins and Minerals

Here are just a few examples that you can get in your diet very easily every day. Click here to find out how.




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