Skip the aspirin and instead have a giant helping of spicy curry? Forget your blood pressure meds and sip another cup of green tea? Give up cholesterol-lowering statins and try a handful of almonds or walnuts?
Could good health and reduced risk of disease really be as easy as eating some super nutritious foods?
Although few nutritionists would ever guarantee that super foods will make you super healthy, most agree that edible superstars will give your body many of the nutrients it requires to operate at peak performance.
“More and more, what we see is that what we eat and do not eat is becoming the central front in (determining) whether we (are in) a state of optimum health,” says Dr. David Leopold, family practitioner and integrative medicine specialist at the Scripps Center of Integrative Medicine. “When we look at why people do well throughout life, it continually comes down to two things: Regular exercise and eating a nutritious diet.” ...more
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