What Should We Be Eating?
What Should We Be Eating
This month I want you to consider what you should be eating:
- Green vegetables
- Green vegetables are packed with vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants that protect us from disease.
- Green vegetables are also anti-aging because they delay the shortening of telomeres which are the protective tips on DNA that shorten with aging. When the telomere is completely gone the cell dies.
- Our greens are also a reliable source of fibre which we need for good digestion and to feed and nourish good gut bacteria.
I hope this will encourage you to eat more greens especially broccoli, spinach, and kale which contain iron which is important for making red blood cells that carry oxygen around the body. A variety of vegetables is also important to ensure we provide our bodies with the vitamins and minerals needed for good health.
- Apples
- Apples are an excellent inexpensive, and nutritious fruit and are low on the glycaemic index, so when you want something sweet, choose apples and reduce your intake of processed biscuits and cakes.
- One Apple has only about 100 calories with 2 grams of fiber. The vitamin and mineral content of apples is amazing; they contain Vitamins C and A and some B vitamins, potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, and iron, and traces of manganese, copper, selenium, and zinc.
- There is a small amount of vitamin E found mainly in the seeds. Sounds great, doesn’t it, so remember, “An Apple a day keeps the Doctor away.”
The importance of good nutrition cannot be over-emphasized; I believe, “If food is not your medicine, then medicine will become your food!” Good nutrition nourishes the body and provides it with the nutrients it needs to protect it from disease, renew cells, remove toxins, and provide energy to enable it to work and play. What we eat is the foundation of good health so please eat those greens and why not take an apple to work with you!
Live with joy and health 💚
Elizabeth Beetham
Nutritionist, Author, and Natural Health Journalist