Fuel Your Body
Eating to live
Food is about strategy. Eat what fuels your body and builds your strong!
Now we know this food is an obvious one, but did you know that non-organic avocados are known to have high amounts of chemicals and pesticides used during the growing process? Avocados for us are a daily staple of our diet. We eat them as a meal themselves with hot sauce, throw them on top of a salad or put them in a smoothie. We always have them on hand as they are a great source of healthy fat and healthy fats keep you full longer. One cup of sliced avocado (145g) contains 234 calories, 21g of fat, an amazing 708mg of potassium (20% of daily value) 10g of fiber (40% of daily value) and almost 3g of protein. We call the avocado a hormone superfood. The avocado has such an impact on our hormones that often times when you take a hormone test, you must abstain from eating them.
Cilantro is the next food that makes our list for several great reasons. Also called Corriander, and also called Chinese Parsley, this food is known for it ability to help support heavy metal removal and detoxification. This reason alone, put Cilantro at the top of our list of healthy healing and beneficial foods. It's rich in phytonutrients, flavonoids and many polyphenolic compounds. It's extremely low in all fats, cholesterol and has almost a non existent calorie content. All the while providing a good source of dietary fiber, vitamins A, C, E, K and minerals calcium, iron, potassium and magnesium. Cilantro has also been reported to support healthy blood levels, healthy heart, and many other functions of the body. We eat cilantro on top of salads or really any dish for that matter. We also will add a pinch of it to green juices. It also can be used in guacamole, salsas and curries.
The Golden Berry fruit grows wild in the mountain slope regions of Peru and Chile. The berry has been sold for centuries throughout markets in western South America. It grows at high elevations between 1,500 and 10,000 feet. This small orange colored and tart tasting berry contains per 100 grams 1.9g of protein, 19% of the daily value of niacin (B3) and 13% of the daily value of vitamin C. The Golden Berry is also sometimes called the "Pichuberry" named after Machu Picchu in Peru. Golden Berries are known to be beneficial and support healthy inflammatory processes, support healthy cholesterol, healthy liver and kidney function, healthy vision and healthy immunity. A great way to add them into your daily diet is to add them to your favorite healthy trail mix, salad or smoothie. Lindsey likes to make his own trail mix with raw, organic almonds, Brazil nuts, macadamia nuts and golden berries. He snacks on this throughout the day.
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