
Surprisingly Healthy Foods
1.Red Meat It has to be the right kind: We’re not talking prime rib or greasy hamburgers. Lean red meat – when you’ve trimmed
1.Red Meat It has to be the right kind: We’re not talking prime rib or greasy hamburgers. Lean red meat – when you’ve trimmed
1.Garlic When it comes to antioxidant power, raw garlic packs a punch. Allicin, garlic’s antioxidant workhorse, needs a few minutes to start working after
1.Peppermint’s Past Ancient Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians used mints, including peppermint, as medicine thousands of years ago. But peppermint wasn’t recognized as a distinct
1.Weight Control It’s true nuts have lots of fat, but that doesn’t mean you have to avoid them. The high protein and fiber keep
1.High in Vitamin C Move over oranges: One cup of mango has 70% of your recommended daily allowance. In addition to boosting your immune
1.Serve Up Calcium Of all the nuts, almonds have the most calcium, at about 75 milligrams per ounce. Calcium is key for bone building,
1.Guava Guava is one of the most protein-rich fruits around. You’ll get a whopping 4.2 grams of the stuff in every cup. This tropical
1.What the Research Says With all of their nutrients, cherries are clearly good for you. It’s no wonder they have a reputation for all
1.Frozen Veggies Frozen produce, like green beans, have the same nutrients as fresh and sometimes retain them even better. No shelling, shucking, or soaking
1.Heart Lycopene also may help lower your levels of LDL, or “bad” cholesterol, as well as your blood pressure. And that may lower your
1.Red Meat It has to be the right kind: We’re not talking prime rib or greasy hamburgers. Lean red meat – when you’ve trimmed
1.Garlic When it comes to antioxidant power, raw garlic packs a punch. Allicin, garlic’s antioxidant workhorse, needs a few minutes to start working after
1.Peppermint’s Past Ancient Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians used mints, including peppermint, as medicine thousands of years ago. But peppermint wasn’t recognized as a distinct
1.Weight Control It’s true nuts have lots of fat, but that doesn’t mean you have to avoid them. The high protein and fiber keep
1.High in Vitamin C Move over oranges: One cup of mango has 70% of your recommended daily allowance. In addition to boosting your immune
1.Serve Up Calcium Of all the nuts, almonds have the most calcium, at about 75 milligrams per ounce. Calcium is key for bone building,
1.Guava Guava is one of the most protein-rich fruits around. You’ll get a whopping 4.2 grams of the stuff in every cup. This tropical
1.What the Research Says With all of their nutrients, cherries are clearly good for you. It’s no wonder they have a reputation for all
1.Frozen Veggies Frozen produce, like green beans, have the same nutrients as fresh and sometimes retain them even better. No shelling, shucking, or soaking
1.Heart Lycopene also may help lower your levels of LDL, or “bad” cholesterol, as well as your blood pressure. And that may lower your