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Health
Stay Well And Halt Sick Days
The cold and flu season is upon us and now is the time to get your disease-fighting defense in top form.
Grow more germ- fighting cells with nuts and seeds. Nuts are rich in selenium, magnesium and essential fats, a trio of nutri- ents that rev-up your body’s production of germ-fighting immune cells.
Nourish your defenses with a multivitamin. Tak- ing a basic multivitamin everyday will cut your risk of infections – including colds and the flu – by as much as 76%.
Amp-up protection with grapefruit extract. Taking a supplement (500- 1,000 mg.) daily of this pow- erful antimicrobial can kill 72 different viruses and bac- teria on contact.
Make more antibodies with garlic and ginger. Eating one clove of garlic and 1/8 tsp. of ginger daily will cut your risk of colds and flu as much as 43%. Garlic is loaded with 33 different sul- fur compounds which fires up your production of germ- killing antibodies. Ginger en- ergizes protective immune cells including your lungs, revving your defenses against invading germs.
Kill cold viruses with zinc-rich meals. Red meat, poultry, fish and eggs are packed with zinc, a min- eral that destroys cold viruses.
Add Years To Your Life
According to anti-aging scientists, the following foods will add lots of healthy years to your life.
Cut your heart disease risk by 15% by eating bell peppers. Vitamin C helps build connective tissue that supports the heart and other organs. Plus, it’s a potent an- tioxidant that protects every cell in your body from dam- age by troublemaking mole- cules called free radicals.
Boost your odds of a long, healthy life by 33% with a 2-minutes walk. Getting up to move often – just for 2 minutes – revs your metabolism, balances your blood sugar and even burns calories, a trio of ben- efits that helps to stop the onset of many diseases.
Tack on even more years by snacking on peanuts. Nuts are loaded with health-boosting antiox- idants, fiber, iron, magne- sium, Vitamin E and
terol in check, prevent blood clots, improve your blood- sugar level and even rein in your appetite, fending off obesity.
Enjoy a longer, health- ier life with spicy food. Bioactive compounds in spicy foods (such as cap- saicin, which gives those foods their heat) appear to lower your levels of blood fats and unhealthy digestive bacteria while taming in- flammation and guarding cells from harm.
Lower your risk of dis- ease by 29% with chamomile tea. Chamomile provides a host of health benefits, including balancing blood sugar, low- ering cholesterol, reducing inflammation, fighting infec- tion and sidelining stress.
monounsaturated polyunsaturated fatty acids that help keep your choles-
and
Get An Autumn Berry Health Boost
Rich, tart-sweet berries of Autumn have even more health-boosting superpow- ers than Summer berries. Here are a few ways you can benefit from eating a variety of berries.
Elderberries
– Fight the flu. Elderberries
have the power
to zap at least 10
strains of influenza, lowering your risk of illness while en- suring you get fewer symp- toms and recover up to 4 days faster if a flu bug slips by. For double protection, getting a flu shot and eating Elderberries boosts your im- munity by nearly 100%.
Bonus: Black, blue and purple Elderberries all boast more Vitamin C per ounce than oranges and tomatoes.
Cranberries
– Protect your
smile. They help
to combat gin-
givitis, tooth
decay and UTIs. The Teflon- like compounds in cranber- ries make it almost impossible for troublemak- ing bacteria to stick to teeth, gums and cells in the blad- der lining. Cranberries also have probiotic properties that increase friendly bacte- ria in the digestive tract, in immune enhancer all by it- self.
Bonus: Cranberries boast lots of bioflavonoids, a huge amount of healing Vi- tamin C and tons of fiber.
Mulberries
– Keep you
young and slim.
Turning back
the hands of the
clock with mulberries that are loaded with rejuvenating resveratrol – an anti-aging compound found in red wine which also helps to reduce your risk of dementia and keep your skin young by slowing the natural aging of cells.
Bonus: Mulberries block sugar absorption before it can be digested, the reason they help prevent obesity, metabolic syndrome and di- abetes.
Black Currants – Im- prove your vi-
sion. Do you
stare at a com-
puter screen all
day? If so, Black
Currants can help to ease eyestrain and can even sharpen your vision. They are rich in bioflavonoids, an- thocyanins and healthy fatty acids (Omega 3s and gamma-linoleic acid), they nourish the retina with blood and oxygen, moistur- ize dry eyes and relax eye muscles – the reason they’re also shown to enhance night vision and help stave off cataracts, glaucoma and age- related blindness.
Bonus: Black Currants deliver many essential min- erals, including cooper, phosphorus and man- ganese.
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