If you want to add an easy healthy food to your diet, you can’t go wrong with healthy bananas! They’re full of good-for-you vitamins, minerals and fiber.
Continue readingIf you’re lucky enough to be able to get hold of some fresh figs, by all means, eat some of them fresh out of hand. They’re a delectable tasting fruit, and good no matter how you eat them. (For tips on buying fresh figs, see “Wondering How To Eat Figs?) However, if you want to try something a little different, why not try grilling fresh figs?
Continue readingFresh Fig Benefits – They not only taste good, but they are a good source of fiber, complex carbohydrates and rich in several minerals, including potassium, calcium, magnesium and iron. In fact, when you eat a half-cup of figs you get as much calcium as when you drink a half-cup of milk. So if your wondering how to eat figs, so you get these healthy fruits in your diet, here are some suggestions. . .
Continue readingFunctional foods are defined as “foods that have been linked to potentially healthful benefits.” The New York State Dietetic Association recently chose what they consider to be the top five functional foods. They polled nutritionists in their organization to list foods they considered to have the best health benefits and value. Not surprisingly, three of their choices are on the Super Hero Health Foods List.
Continue readingYou know figs aren’t a vegetable. But did you know figs aren’t a fruit either? Technically, the fig is what’s called a synconium. It starts out as a green globe with an opening at one end.
Continue readingCompanies are cashing in on the fiber craze. You’ll find fiber in foods that never had it before! In an ingenious effort to get you to buy their product, all of a sudden yogurt, ice cream, juices, and other products are boasting about their high fiber content. Buy this product, it’s got lots of fiber! But you see, that’s just the problem. It’s a man-made product. It’s not the real deal.
Continue readingIf you’ve read some of my past posts, like Whole Grains for Good Health, you know 100% whole grain bread is an important health food. In yesterday’s post I talked about fiber, and noted that whole grains have fiber. Here’s a little video about finding the right bread for good health from the folks at Relish […]
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