Why Dr. Hoody Endorses this recipe:
Well, it turns out Popeye was right! Spinach is good for your body. Sauté spinach with garlic and heart healthy olive oil to bring the taste up to a whole new level. Spinach is one of our best sources of Vitamin A, C, K, Folate, Magnesium, Iron and Calcium. Plus, garlic helps regulate blood pressure and protect against cancer.
Each serving just 41 calories!
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3 Reasons to Cook at Home
Home cooking not only tastes better, but it’s much, much, much healthier! And if you do it with family, friends or partners, it becomes healthier yet because it is a bonding activity. More on that later.
Home cooking means, well, actually cooking the meal at home. It doesn’t matter if you eat it at home, but cook it at home.
Home cooking generally has three benefits:
1 Fewer Chemicals
Most foods that you purchase outside the home have chemicals added to preserve them. According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), research has found links between chemicals in packaged foods and reproductive and developmental problems, liver and kidney disease, adverse effects on the immune system, and carcinogenic effects in rodents. Environmental Health Perspectives states that people who eat out more often are more likely to have higher levels of these chemicals in their blood.
2. Preparation Makes It Smarter
Cooking at home requires a little thought, so you will normally prepare what is best for you and healthier. An article in Public Health Nutrition proves that the more you cook, the healthier you live. People who frequently cook dinner at home consume fewer calories than those who cook less, according to a study of more than 9,000 people.
3. Bonding Makes It Healthier
Most importantly, there is a quality beyond the bio-chemistry. The energy we put into cooking at home is just as important and home-cooked foods require more loving caring. That is a huge part of health. And this is where bonding comes in. We are social animals. We love to eat together but cooking together before the meal only increases the pleasure, camaraderie, and taste.
At Healthier2gether we regularly post recipes that are healthy and fun to prepare. Check out A Delicious Way to Fight Diabetes
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Now it’s time to get healthy and possibly lose some extra weight that you put on.
Rather than choosing One healthy recipe, I think its good to have a staple to be used as a snack, for lunch or dinner – even for breakfast – its holiday season, you can do what you want. This is a recipe you can use all year long in place of starchy or fried food. And because it contains about 500 less calories than regular tacos, you can lose a pound or two each month if you make this a go-to-food.
What do we all love to eat? Tacos!
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Foods That Make You Younger and Healthier
Vegetables, vegetables, vegetables. The planet needs more plants to survive to convert carbon dioxide to oxygen and we need more vegetables and fruits to convert into energy and a strong immune system. Fruits and vegetables provide potassium, dietary fiber, folate, vitamin A, B and vitamin C. Decades ago the FDA recommended 5 to 6 servings of vegetables per day, but because of the huge amount of toxicity in our environment today (25 times more toxic chemicals) we need 10 to 12 servings of vegetables per day. Seems almost impossible! But by eating wisely, we can feel younger, healthier and stronger. New research shows that eating fruits and vegetables can produce better cardiovascular health, lower your blood pressure and boost your immune system. Here are a few nutrients found in fruits and vegetables that can give your body the nutrients it needs to thrive!
1 Potassium
Potassium helps regulate fluid balance, muscle contractions and nerve signals. A high-potassium diet reduces blood pressure and water retention, protects against strokes, osteoporosis and kidney stones. Healthline.co
2. Vitamin A
Vitamin A is important for normal vision, immune and reproduction health. It helps the heart, lungs, kidneys and other organs work properly. National Institute of Health, NIH.gov
3. Vitamin C
Vitamin C is vital to your body’s healing. It is used to form an important protein used to make skin, tendons, ligaments and blood vessel. Mayoclinic.org
Which two in each category are your favorites?
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Being healthy and enjoying life can coexist and it should. How many people have diabetes? 34.2 million people, or 10.5% of the U.S. population, have diabetes. Roughly 7.3 million people have diabetes but have not yet been diagnosed. This is not OK but thankfully there are solutions.
Living with diabetes or getting healthier to avoid diabetes, does not mean sacrificing good food and fun. This column will prove that. A family that eats together, stays together, and with the recipes we will share, will stay together for a long time.
We’ll share a Cherry Balsamic Pork Tenderloin recipe and here is why it is Healthy:
Cherries have fiber, potassium and many vitamins. They also contain anthocyanins which are bio active compounds that provide antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, and pro cardiovascular. They stabilize blood sugar due to their low glycemic index. They contain quercetin which protects your DNA and helps breast, prostate and fights lung cancer. Cherries can ease joint pain and also help you recovery from exercise.
Balsamic vinegar improves skin health, reduces high blood sugar, promotes healthy digestion, it can decrease your cholesterol, often helps with weight loss and to decrease hypertension.
Pork Tenderloin contains concentrated amounts of vitamins and minerals including thismin, selenium, proteins, niacin, B6, phosphorus, zinc, riboflavin and potassium. It is low sodium and high potassium are two nutrients that help regulate blood pressure. The tenderloin cut of pork meets the criteria for the American Heart Association checkmark. This means it is low-fat, low in saturated fat and low in sodium.
From Kim Peterson on giveitsomethyme.com
Give this recipe a try and let us know what you think.
