Introduction: Food is an important factor in the
well being and nourishment of humans and lesser animals. Even our natural
vegetation including food plants that produce foods for us need foods in the
form of natural organic materials like oxygen and nitrogen; minerals, for
example iron, sodium and calcium. Without foods, and well prepared foods, our
bodies will not get the necessary nourishment for growth, repair and good
health. Even plants growth and production will be stunt and poor. It becomes of
us to get the best we can from foods. They are many and hundreds of food items
that serves a useful and healthy purpose. But I want to state only ten that will serve very useful here.
The Best 10 Foods To Eat
The best 10 foods to eat include
eggs, lean and fatty meats, oily fishes, nuts and seeds; vegetables, citrus
fruits, beans, vegetable fat and omega -3 fortified foods. All these most be
sourced from organic gardens or farms. You can easily get them from good
health food stores. Read label well that you are getting the best for your
money.
Markets where these items are sold can be easily located
everywhere. The good thing about this is that you can even buy them online!
Here are the lists of the best ten foods.
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1. Fish Products: Fish is the very best source of
protein food for human beings. It should be a primary foodstuff in all our diet
all seasons. Sardines, mullets, tuna, baracunda and many other oily fishes are
more to be desire at all time. These provide additional heat from their oils.
Additional benefits are that these oily fishes contained the essential omega -3
and -6 fatty acid. They help maintain a good and healthy heart. Get the best
you can from fresh, frozen or dried sources. Shrimps, oysters, lobsters and
clams etc are important in the diet Another good thing to notice is that fish
contain many excellent first class proteins or amino acids. They are complete
in themselves and need no supplements. That is why fish is a regular food in
many third world countries. Westerners eat more meat than fish and this has
somewhat contributed to the obese question. The result is also high blood
pressure, cardiac diseases, cancer,stroke and heart attack. Why do the French in Europe; and the Japanese include too much fish and marine products in their meals? You can eat fish or fish
source every day with very little health challenge. Persons who eat fish regularly
for example as in the mediterranean diet or the Japanese enjoy good health and
lives long.
2. Eggs: Eggs are as good as fishes. The
protein in egg is more complete than any other source of protein. Protein is
life and sustains life. Life comes from eggs. So eggs need to be eaten on a
regular basis. Egg protein has all the essential amino acid or building blocks
that the body need for growth, repair and replacement of the wear and tear of
the body. An egg three times in the week is okay. But daily intake of this good
stuff can lead to serious ill-health according to some authority. Recently, due
to another research, daily ingestion of an egg is being suggested. But much is
still to be learn from this latest research. Eggs provide more health benefits
of containing essential minerals and by most, the anti oxidant necessary for
eye health and vision. When eggs are mentioned, majority only think of poultry
products and birds. Little is said of fish eggs. Female fish produce eggs that
ranked with birds eggs. The cooked or fried product tastes unpleasant to some
persons. But eggs of dried fishes taste chummy and agreeable. Next time you buy
dried Tilapia and baracunda, check the belly for some eggs and you will be glad
you did for your good health. Many a person fear to eat eggs. The
fat in the egg is the issue. Majority think it contains many bad insoluble
fats, that leads to hardening of the artery walls, and consequently leading to
heart diseases. This norm has now been discredited. It is now proved that the
fat in eggs has essential fatty acids that is crucial for the heart health. I
eat eggs regularly and have not experienced any heart related illness for over
thirty years.
3. Beans: Bean provides vegetable protein.
Beans also contain plenty of fibres, mineral and photochemical and unsaturated
fatty acid. The protein in certain beans like soya, black bean and edemame can
be as good as an egg but lacks few essential amino acid. In other words, the
protein in beans is not a complete protein. If soya beans and kidney beans is
combined, you can combine up to four differing beans to get all the essential
amino acid found in an egg protein for a good diet. Beans are good to be eaten
daily, or you can eat beans two or three times in the week. The Glycemic Index
of all beans is low, and this made it an idea diet for heart health, diabetes
mellitus and other heart challenges. Bean is known to produce gas in the belly. But
bean is not an exception. Many people who do not eat this food are known to
produce gas too. Meat and milk produce gas, and the letter is worst. If you use
garlic regularly as a cooking ingredient, it will neutralize this action.
Again, cooking the bean over night ensures that will work well with the
intestinal bacterial to susppressed the release of gas in the belly.
4.
Oils: Oils are
essential for cooking, for dressing meals and frying. It will give you two
times the energy in a protein or carbohydrate. So oils provide extra body
energy or heat. “Extra” virgin olive oil is gotten from the very first press of
the olive fruit or vine. You can eat it without cooking in your salads or other
meals. It is very rich in vitamin, mineral and photochemical. It tends to be
costly than other olive oil brands. Coconut oil is another good oil source to
consider. Its high mono-saturated chains make it idea oil for cooking or
frying. Palm oil provides beta carotene
for eye health. Oils from natural organic soils or plantations should be
prefer to industrial or inorganic productions. Fish oils from cod and other
marine products line sardines, mullets, tilapia, shrimp and oysters are good.
5.
Fats: Fats are
nowadays a challenging question in many minds. What is the best source of fats?
Like vegetable oils, it is noted that some hundred years ago, fats do not pose
any issue to human diets until the advert of vegetable oils. What is the best
source of fats than? Should vegetable fats be preferred to animal fats? Many
are asking these questions because one way or another, they have been mislead
by advertisement and are at a cross road. Natural organic fats from animals
promote good and heart health. Animal fats include red meat, egg yolk, milk fat
and butter. Animal fat like red meat is safe to eat regularly. Avocado is the
best source of vegetable fats. Its fat is comparable to olive oil. Animals that are grazed on fresh
green grass tastes better than those feed with grains or the by-products of the
cereal industries. If you doubt this, compared the yolk from two poultry eggs
from domestic and industrial source. The red in the domestic egg is much richer
in nutrient content and is better filling including the white than the
industrialized farms. This is because during the milling processes, the
nutrients in the grains removed for other commercial use. Then the by-products
fortified with chemical products, not fit for human consumption.
6.
Nuts: A nut is
not the same thing as a seed. Many nuts like peanut, walnuts, almonds and
cashew nuts are good foods and to be enjoy much of this season. I received a mail in my inbox few days ago from webmed. It recommended a
handful of peanuts, 24 almonds, 7 walnuts and 18 pieces of cashew nuts as enough
for a man. But if you think otherwise, a half cup of peanut as I preferred
because I am a very action in jogging, aerobic exercise and swimming.
7.
Citrus Fruits:
All types of fruits are good. But pay special attention to citrus fruits this
season. Lime, lemon, grape fruit, tangerine and oranges. This is easy to
understand because these fruits have been proved to contain chemicals that that
protects the health and boost the digestive, respiratory and immune systems. A
glass of warm lime or lemon juice in the morning before anything else is both a
digestive and a cold remedy. Its plus side is that it
strengthened both the respiratory and immune systems. You can add a little
powder ginger root to a glass of lime juice to enhanced its effect.
8.
Vegetables:
All greens or green leafy vegetables from organic gardens free of chemicals so
they do not trigger a cold virus. Enjoy your favorites. Use them in stews, soup and salads. Greens like basil, sage, mint,
pumpkin leaves and even the leaves of the sweet potatoes, cassava, coco yam and
its system are good leafy green sources.
9.
Seeds: Enjoy
pumpkin seeds. Flaxed seeds likewise.
These like nuts provide some oils that nourished the body into good
health. Get the ones from organic gardens. These seeds provide polyunsaturated
fats that promoted a healthy heart, good blood vessels and arteries.
10.
Omega Fortified Foods : Omega-3 fortified foods in the
form of breads and other products are now available in most good health food
stores. It is a food supplements. In the webmedicine news letter to me, it was
suggested. In spite of the many and various foods we eat daily, we still have
to supplement them with this stuff. I do not know why this is so, but suffice
to say that majority of us will not get enough omega -3 and -6 in combined
quantity and quality in our chop plates. I am a fisher. Sardines and mullets
are two of my favorite catches. I always sundry my catches and extract the
oils; so I and my family do not fall short of this challenge. At times, I even
baked my “Ezekiel” bread.
Preparing Your Meal: How you prepare your meal is up to
you. Many recipes are available online for the type of diet you badly want for
breakfast, lunch or supper. You can use your imagination to prepare your fancy
chop plate, provide it is nutritious and taste great. Mix your protein, for
example eggs, fish, lean meat and beans with a glass of milk or tea. This gives
you four different protein sources. The same thing applies to fats, nuts,
fruits and seeds, etc. Have you tried a mixture of virgin olive oil and peanut
oil in any of your meals or dressing of vegetables? I do regularly and I enjoy
the health benefit.
Physical Activities: With all these said on food and
nutrition, what good can our meals do if we are not physical active? Exercise
is an excellent aid in food digestion.
Do your
aerobic exercises as you scheduled. Do them indoors this time because the room
temperature will be somehow warmer than the outside. This will keep your
muscles in better sharp.
Non-aerobic
exercises like jogging are best doing outside including games. Jog for at least
half to one mile. Jog briskly. It will tone up and sharp your leg muscles
especially. This will in addition condition all your body muscles.
I will not
suggest swimming here because the water gets very chillier than the outside
temperature. Even if the swimming pool is slightly heated, on getting out you
will get chilled again, and this is bad.
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health this (chilly) season!
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