Super Greens - One Easy Way to Get Superfoods into Your Diet

I try to get a variety of super greens into my daily diet but it's not always easy to keep green produce on hand. One easy way to eat superfood super greens is to use a super greens powder. I've tried lots of different powders, which can be mixed into a smoothie or simply into a glass of water or juice, any my favorite is Vitality Super Greens by Body Ecology.

Every since I read The Baby Boomer Diet by Donna Gates, I've been trying to get more probiotics and digestive enzymes into my daily diet. If you suffer from poor digestion or constant gas and bloating, you aren't absorbing much of the nutrients in the foods you eat. Your diet can be very healthy and you may be eating lots of supergreens, but the nutrients aren't being used at all. Digestive enzymes and probiotics can take care of this problem for you.

Vitality Super Greens have lots of digestive enzymes and probiotics to aid digestion, plus it contains Glutimmune, which can help heal your gut so it functions more efficiently. Many people suffer from "leaky gut syndrome" where your intestines become permeable, allowing food to escape into the body where it is attacked by the immune system as a "foreign invader." A leaky gut is common in autoimmune disorders and leads to symptoms which cause breakdowns in the body.

If you haven't read The Body Ecology Diet or The Baby Boomer Diet, I urge you to get a copy of either of these books by Donna Gates. They tell you easy ways to regain health, promote healing and longevity, and avoid degenerative diseases. Vitality Super Greens is just one of many of their quality products.

Superfood Recipe - Carrot and Blueberry Salad

I'm always looking for new recipes to add superfoods to my diet. This festive, colorful blueberry salad recipe includes two superfoods. Besides blueberries, this superfood salad also contains heart healthy walnuts and fresh carrots.

Ingredients

Juice of 1 lemon

4 tsp of maple syrup – use sugar free if you’d like to save calories

½ tsp salt

Dash pepper

1 c diced green pepper

2 tsp olive oil

1 2/3 c blueberries, fresh or frozen and thawed

3 large carrots

1/3 c walnuts

½ c pineapple pieces

Directions for Superfood Salad

Squeeze juice from lemon and remove any seeds.

Add maple syrup, salt, pepper and oil to lemon juice and blend.

 

Add blueberries, mix and set aside.

Peel carrots. Using a vegetable peeler, peel carrots into strips. Set aside

Chop walnuts. Then combine carrot strips, walnuts and pineapple in a salad bowl, then add blueberries and mix gently.

 

Makes 6 servings of superfood blueberry salad

This superfood recipe contains only 105 calories per serving using sugarfree syrup!

Whole Food Nutrition - Get Superfoods in Your Diet Daily

The newest trend in nutritional supplements is whole food nutrition. You can get superfoods in your diet, like acai berry, noni fruit and chia seeds, plus flax seed, dozens of fruits and veggies and more in convenient and economical powder or supplements.

Instead of isolating different vitamins, like C or B, whole food supplements gives your body hundreds of micronutrients, antioxidants, phytonutrients and vitamins, all working together synergistically at the cellular level to give you optimal energy and health, slow the signs of aging and protect your body from diseases like cancer.

Finding economical whole food nutrition

Whole food supplements can be more expensive than other isolated vitamins, because they must be carefully processed to keep nutrients live and whole. However, when you measure the cost of whole food supplements against buying separate and artifically produced vitamins which you body may or may not absorb, whole food nutrition becomes very economical. And have you checked the cost of buying superfoods like acai berry and noni?

Does your Whole Food Nutritional supplement contain Superfoods?

I eat superfoods daily and I also use whole food supplements, which contain the acai berry, noni fruit and chia seeds, all in one product by Beach Body called Shakeology. Shakeology is like a salad in a glass and contains over 70 healthy nutrients derived from whole foods, including greens like wheat grass and wide range of natural-source enzymes, minerals and probiotic bacteria. Here is a small listing of the whole foods Shakeology contains:

Noni Fruit
Acai Berry
Goji Berry
Chia Seeds
Red and green grapes
Blueberries
Raspberries
wheat grass
spinach
broccoli
kale
kelp
beets
ginger

Shakeology also contains omega3 fatty acids and whole food nutrition of natural ingredients like flax seed, oat bran and chia seeds and probiotics.

Shakeology gives you all this whole food nutriton economically. Compare Shakeology to other brands for price. For instance, Garden of Life's Perfect Food retails for $78 for just 300 capsules. Juice Plus capsules are $40 a for 60, or a one month's supply.

Using the whole food nutrition and superfoods contained in Shakeology, you also save money because you don't have to buy other vitamin supplements.

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However, if you'd just like to use the Shakeology meal plan, you can simply order and try it as a customer. See if you don't feel better.

Healthy Breakfast Oatmeal Bake Recipe

Start Your Day with a Tasty Oatmeal Breakfast Bake

If you'd like to get your kids to try eating oatmeal, serve them this warm, spicy oatmeal dish, fragrant with the aroma of cinnamon. Let's face it, plain old oatmeal is – well, plain. A delicious oatmeal bake is easy to prepare and filled with superfoods to add nutrition to the start of your day.

Here's what you get form one tasty recipe:

• Oats are a great superfood. They are packed with magnesium and potassium for heart health. Oats are low in fat, yet full of fiber which helps fill you up for hours. Studies also show that oats help lower cholesterol.
• Crunchy nuts add omega3 fatty acids
• Sweet and spicy cinnamon boosts your metabolism, helps lower cholesterol and helps regulate your blood sugar.

Including dried fruit, like cherries, raisins or blueberries, or fresh apple in your oatmeal, adds a powerful nutritional punch to begin your day.
Healthy Ingredients

3 cups skim milk, plus more for serving if desired
6 tbs packed brown sugar*
1 1/2 tbs margarine
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 1/2 cups old fashioned oats
1 1/2 cups peeled, finely chopped apples
3/4 cup dried cranberries
3/4 cup coarsely chopped walnuts or pecans
Cooking spray

Directions for Preparation of Healthy Baked Oatmeal

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Coat a medium square baking dish lightly with cooking spray and set it aside.

Mix the brown sugar, margarine, cinnamon and milk in a medium saucepan. Bringing it t0 a boil, stir frequently.

In another bowl, mix dry ingredients - oats, apple, cranberries and nuts. Spread this mixture evenly into oil coated baking dish.

When milk mixture begins to boil, pour it over oatmeal and fruit mixture.

Leave uncovered and bake for 30 minutes.

You'll know your baked oatmeal is ready to eat when all liquid is absorbed and oatmeal is soft.

Garnish with fresh apple slices.

Makes 6 servings.

Nutritional Information per Serving

*Substitute Splenda or other brand low-calorie brown sugar for regular to save 4.5g of carbohydrates and 17 calories. Use half the amount of brown sugar called for (3 tbs).

A full 12g of fat in this recipe come from heart-healthy walnuts with their omega3 fatty acids and Monounsaturated Fatty Acids that actually aid weight loss.

Calories 324
Fat 14.1g
Sodium 113mg
Potassium 455mg
Carbohydrate 42.3g
Fiber 4.7g
Protein 10.5g
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For Optimum Health Add Superfoods to Your Diet

If you want to improve or maintain your health, add one or more of these superfoods to your diet each and every day:

• Blueberries - Blueberries are on every superfood list and other berries are nutritional powerhouses as well. Berries are also low in calories.
• Beans - Beans help lower cholesterol, add fiber to the diet and contain antioxidants, folic acid and potassium
• Avocado - Avocados are a source of "good" fat which actually helps you lose weight. They contain potassium and folate which helps guard against heart attacks, strokes and high blood pressure.
• Nuts - Nuts are a great source of fiber and protein, as well as being full of heart-healthy omega 3 fatty acids which help lower "bad" cholesterol and raise "good" cholesterol
• Oats - Oats also help lower cholesterol and are full of fiber and B vitamins for a calming stress.
• Broccoli - Broccoli helps you ward off cancer with its cancer-fighting phytochemicals. Broccoli also contains Vitamin K for bone health and Vitamin A and C for a healthy immune system
• Tea-Whether green or black, tea is full of antioxidants and nutrients. Replace unhealthy, sugar packed colas and fruit juice with the health benefits of tea
• Olive oil - Use heart healthy olive oil in cooking, as a marinade or in salad dressings. Use cold pressed or extra virgin
• Garlic- Garlic helps the liver get rid of the toxins which cause cancer. It is also an anti-viral food and boosts immunity
• Yogurt and kefir- These two products are full of probiotics to boost immune system.
• Cinnamon - Did you know that only one quarter teaspoon a day of cinnamon will lowers bad cholesterol? It also helps stabilize blood sugar levels
• Flax seed-Flax seed, either the seeds or flax seed meal, contains the same heart-healthy omega 3 fatty acids found in salmon and nuts. It also contains antioxidants. Add some flax seed meal to recipes or to cereal or yogurt each day.
• Spirulina-A whole whole food with Gamma-linolenic acid (GLA). It also contains vegetable protein, B-complex, beta carotene.
• Dandelion - This simple herb is a a nutritional powerhouse. Dandelion helps to cleanse the liver, blood and kidneys of toxins which cause health problems.

Some of the superfoods on this list are found in Uri Life Whole food products like The Feast and Beyond Berries. The Feast and Beyond Berries contain live, whole foods, For more information on these nutritional powerhouses, click here.

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If you're looking for ways to improve your health, adding just a few of these superfoods to your diet each day will help you reach and maintain superior health and wellness.

Stay Young & Healthy with Antioxidants!

”The amount of antioxidants in your body is directly proportional to how long you will live."
- Dr. Richard Cutler, former Director of the National Institute of Aging, Washington.

We would all like to stay young. Not only young but, just as important, healthy. Imagine growing older but retaining your vigor, energy levels, mental focus and overall health as the years go by. No cancer or heart disease or any of the so-called age-related diseases.

Do you need more antioxidants? Here's what they can do for you:

Antioxidants protect our cells from free radicals, the harmful oxygen molecules formed in our cells from exposure to the toxins in our environment, plus habits like smoking, drinking alcohol, or being stressed out. These free radicals damage cells and result in:

• wrinkles and sagging, aging skin
  
• cancer
• atherosclerosis
• Alzheimer's
• rheumatoid arthritis
• aging of our bodies
• allergies
  

Ok, so you know you need antioxidants, where do you get them?

Fruits and veggies are the best source of healthy antioxidants. I know you've heard that getting 5-9 servings of fruits and veggies is important - now you know why! Supplements like vitamin e and C are also antioxidants and can be added to your diet.

Here's one very easy way to get your daily dose of antioxidants - Beyond Berries by UriLife. Many of these berries, like Pomegranate, blueberries and acai are on every Superfood list. Here's a list of the berries that Beyond Berries contains in each inexpensive packet:

• POMEGRANATE - Has 3X the antioxidant ability of green tea and a substantial amount of potassium, polyphenols, fiber, Vitamin C & Niacin.
• BILBERRY -Has outstanding antioxidant properties. Rich in vitamins C & A.
• RASPBERRY -Rich in anthocyanin antioxidants and phytochemicals: ellagic, coumaric & ferulic acid. Contains fiber, calcium, manganese, enzymes, vitamins A, B, C, E, & folic acid.
• PURPLE GRAPE - Contains over 12 antioxidants including polyphenols, quercetin, resveratrol & proanthocyanidin flavanoids. Contains Vitamin C, K, quercetin, manganese, fiber & potassium.
• ELDERBERRY - Rich in nutrients, polyphenols, antioxidants, amino acids, flavanoids, tannins & carotenoids.
• CRANBERRY - Rich in potent antioxidants - polyphenols, procyanidins & resveratrol. High in Vitamin C & dietary fiber.
• STRAWBERRY - Excellent source of antioxidants & phenols. Contains vitamins B, C & K, manganese, potassium, iodine, magnesium, copper & omega-3 fatty acids.
• APPLE - Provides vitamin C, B, iron, magnesium, calcium, zinc, potassium, folic acid & fiber.
• NONI FRUIT - Contains Vitamins A, B, C & E, amino acids, calcium, linoleic acid, selenium, xeroinine & proxeronine.
• MANGOSTEEN - High in antioxidants, potassium & Vitamin C.
• WOLFBERRY – GOJI - Extraordinary antioxidant & nutrient value. Contains polysaccharides, 18 amino acids, 21 trace minerals, 6 essential fatty acids, flavanoids, Vitamins B1, B2, B6 & E, with 5X more Vitamin C than oranges & more Beta Carotene than carrots.
• ACAI BERRY - Provides a complete range of vitamins, minerals, trace minerals, plant sterols, essential fatty acids & essential amino acids. Contains fiber, protein and over 16 antioxidants & phytonutrients. Rich source of flavanoids including anthocyanins & proanthocyanidins. A super-antioxidant with an incredibly high ORAC value.
• BLACK CURRANT - Rich source of antioxidants & essential fatty acids. Provides iron, phosphorus, potassium, calcium and Vitamins A, E, B1, B2, B3 & B6, and 3X more Vitamin C than oranges.
• BLACKBERRY - High antioxidant/ORAC value. Contains Vitamin C, E, calcium, folic acid, potassium, iron, anthocyanins, enzymes, ellagic acid & fiber.
• BLUEBERRY - Provides high antioxidant values. Contains vitamins A, C & E, resveratrol, zinc, potassium, iron, calcium, magnesium & fiber.

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Each Serving of Beyond Berries Powder Provides:

• 15 Antioxidant Concentrated Rich Fruits & Berries
• 83+ Active Enzymes and Full Spectrum Fulvic Mineral Blend
• 22 Strains of Resilient Living Probiotics
• 1000’s of naturally occurring phytonutrients
• Does not contain synthetic, isolated or inorganic vitamins and minerals
• Dried at temperatures below 100°F
• Preservative free
• Non-pasteurized

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