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Eat to live, live to eat!
Besides eating to stay healthy, researches also show that you can also eat to live longer. You can find a myriad of healthy foods that possess anti-aging properties. Even though these foods can’t turn back time, they can still help strengthen your immune system, help to fend off diseases, and increase your life span.
BROCCOLI
Broccoli contains more vitamin C than most citrus fruits, more calcium than a glass of milk, more fibre than a slice of whole wheat bread and a whole lot of anti-oxidants.
It stimulates the body to produce its own cancer-fighting substances while helping to prevent cataracts, heart diseases, arthritis, ulcers and viruses.
CRANBERRIES
These festive berries are high in vitamin C, bacteria fighting chemicals and the anti-oxidant quercetin.
Cranberries help fight urinary tract infections, cancer and also help prevent harmful bacteria from sticking to the internal body surfaces.
OILY FISH
Oily fish like salmon, trout, mackerel and herring are all extremely high in omega-3 fatty acid.
These help lower blood cholesterol levels and prevent strokes and blood clots.
LEMONS
They can halp the body cleanse itself by promoting perspiration and acting as a natural diuretic while stimulating appetite, aiding digestion and strenghtening the body’s defence system.
They help ward off infections, their acidic nature also has anti-bacterial properties, which fight off mouth ulcers and sore throats.
ONIONS
Onions are high in vitamin C, the anti-oxidant quercetin and sulphur.
They protect your body from asthma and other inflammatory diseases, while helping to raise the ‘good’ HDL cholesterol in blood. They also safeguard cells from turning cancerous.
OATS
These grains are high in calcium, as well as soluble and insoluble fibre.
Eating oats strenghtens teeth and helps keep bones from breaking as you age. They also lower cholesterol, reduce blood pressure and fight colon cancer.
GREEN TEA
Green tea is full of anti-oxidants, cate-chins and polyphenols, as well as vitamins A, C and E.
Drinking it prevents oxidation of cells, which can lead to cancer, fortifies the immune system and thins the blood to prevent blood clots.
TOMATOES
They are rich in anti-oxidant lycopene.
Tomatoes strengthen the immune system, slow the progress of degenerative diseases and reduce the risk of certain cancers, especially prostate, lung and stomach cancers.
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