Phytonutrients – What are they and why we need them.

Imagine your life void of all illness.  No flu, no colds, nothing that ails you.  No you do not need to isolate yourself in a sterile environment.  Eat the right foods and get away from the bad ones.  My best friends and I now go by a new CREDO:  If you can’t pronounce it, don’t eat it. 

Look at the label on anything in your pantry. What in the world is a phthalate?  If it has 3 or 4 initials the word is so long they can’t fit it on the label.  Folks,  These are poisons!  Let’s not even get started on diet soda, the biggest poison of them all.  And they don’t even have to tell you what’s in one.  How did the soda companies become exempt?

Solution:  Fun foods and juices, easy to eat.  Fruits and vegetables, nuts and berries.   So what the heck is a Phytonutrient? We know about the common things found in foods. Proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals.  Phytonutrients are things we don’t give much thought to but are as vital as the basics. They are compounds apart from the afore mentioned nutrients that serve as antioxidants, immunity boosters,  anti-inflammatory, antivirals and antibacterials and cellular repair.  They come in many common foods.  Almost anything orange is full of these, cantaloupe yams and carrots.  Berries especially cranberries, Pomegranate, nuts, flax seed and olive oil are all rich in these.  Spices like ginger and turmeric are a must for their benefits.  There are some rare ones too,  the acai berry and amalaki highest in the anti-inflammatory and antioxidant world.

Technical elements that are part of the phytonutrient family are licopene found in tomatoes. Anthocyanin is found in berries.  Flavanoids are found in chocolate.  See how fun it is to eat healthy?

Bottom line, these foods increase your metabolism,  keep bad things away (bacteria and viruses), help with memory, help with alertness.  They actually cure you. Who doesn’t want these benefits? One thing they don’t help with is baldness,  you should see the top of my head.

OK folks let’s get started.  Repeat the CREDO:  IF YOU CAN’T PRONOUNCE IT DON’T EAT IT!!!  Follow this and teach all your friends and neighbors and watch the weight fall off.  Go get some almonds, cranberries and dark chocolate and make all your snacks healthy foods.  What’s wrong with a carrot and celery stick as a light snack?  A bite of dark chocolate with your coffee goes a long way. 

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