If you’re lucky enough to have a garden, you probably are getting to the end of the tomato season. There are usually a few green tomatoes left to harvest before the frost gets them. Or maybe you’ve found a few at the farmer’s market. Wherever you find them, don’t waste those green tomatoes!
Continue readingJust What Are Carotenoids? Simply put, carotenoids are pigments that plants synthesize. These pigments are usually red, orange or yellow, and give various fruits and vegetables their bright colors. They are a natural source of vitamin A, an essential vitamin source for helping eyesight and seeing in the dark. Carotenoids are potent antioxidants, helping with immune function and the growth and repair of tissues.
Continue readingIf you’re looking for one of the best health foods that’s also economical, look no further than eggs. They’ve had a bad rap, being accused of doing terrible things to cholesterol levels. Not true! So it’s another one of those health food myths that eggs are bad news. They’re one of the best natural foods around, and actually quite good for you.
Continue readingJust like tomatoes, watermelons are full of lycopene. This is supposed to help prevent colorectal and prostate cancers. They also have a lot of good-for-you beta-carotene. So slice off a hunk and eat it, put melon cubes or balls in fruit salads, make cubes of juice to add to drinks, or puree it into soup and enjoy watermelon health benefits!
Continue readingTomatoes are packed full of carotenoids, including alpha-carotene,
beta-carotene, lutein, lycopene, phytoene, and phytofluene. All of these are good for your health, but lycopene is really blue ribbon material.
Yes, pumpkin is a great super health food! It is the best source of the carotenoids of alpha-carotene and beta-carotene, two carotenoids that work optimally as a team.
Carotenoids are converted to vitamin A, and pumpkin has twice as much alpha-carotene as carrots. It is the best source of the combination of alpha-carotene and beta-carotene, two carotenoids that work optimally as a team. Carotenoids are converted to vitamin A, and pumpkin has twice as much alpha-carotene as carrots.
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