The seven super foods that help women stay young are Barley, Sprouted wheat, wheat bread, Hand pounded rice, Turnip green, Garlic and Orange Juice.
These super foods could help men also in retaining their youth, but the stark truth that is that neither sex add even two of these foods in their diet.
These seven super foods are rich in Selenium, Mineral, Which, along with Vitamin ‘E’ acts as an anti – oxidant. These two vitamin – mineral Combine, boosts the disease resisting strength of delicately skinned cells and tissues. They protect the cells and tissues and keep the tissues young, strong and well – lubricated. Thus the ageing process is delayed.
If the body is deficient in selenium, if becomes vulnerable to high rish diseases like frequent inflammations, cancer and heart ailments. production of free radicals which damage the cells, increases. Afflicted person looks older than her age and cataract (of the eyes) occurs early.
Selenium could avert almost all types of cancer. It inhibits substances that may promote occurrence of cancer. Heart muscles are protected against damage. Selenium salt alleviates menstrual problems. It even prevents dandruff. Even if dandruff does occur, the seven super foods get rid of it. Selenium helps in eliminating the metallic toxins, from the body.
Lack of selenium in the blood, could cause occurrence of cancer and heart ailments. Therefore women, by including selenium and vitamin E in their food can live healthily, retaining their youthful exuburence. They need not go to the doctor and thus can avoid medical expenses!
In the olden days, people cured many diseases with “Colourful” foods. They ate red coloured fruits and vegetables in the morning – the reason being that ‘red’ foods help in metabolism. Red, yellow and orange coloured fruits encourage proper and faster metabolism.
In 1992, Dr. Gabriel Cousins of USA, porbably the first nutrition expert of the world, introduced a diet system known as the “Rainbow diet”. This diet regimen includes all coloured fruits and vegetables.
This ‘rainbow diet’ plan, helps women to shed extra weight, and live younger and longer. Using this diet, our calorie intake could be kept between 1000 and 1200 calories, thus keeping us younger. The diet plan given here is not complete by itself, but indicates what should from part of your usual diet.
Morning diet:-
Red coloured food:-
1 cup orange juice or Tomoto juice with 3 slices of bread or one cup yoghurt – or –
Yellow coloured Banana, Pine apple slices or 1 cup pine apple juice, with roasted bread 1 slice – or – orange or apple (any one) can also be taken.
Note:-
Orange & Yellow fruits eliminate undigested food and prevent constipation
Lunch – Green:-
Greens, Green vegetables, Green Grapes. are to be included. Other foods are Rice or chapathi (one), 1 cup salad made of lettuce, Onion, Cheese, Cucumber and if available 1 tsp olive oil.
Add 50 gms of greens or vegetable soup with green grapes. The soup may contain Lettuce, Cabbage, Spinach Green apple.
Benefits:-
The Potassium, Calcium, Magnesium etc contained in the greens, vegetables and fruits fortify heart and bones. They help heart in its function. These green substances help in proper functioning of Pituitary glands. These foods also help in digestion.
‘Blue’ food for the night:-
Foods that are blue purple oindigo in colour, calm and soothe the nerves and promote sleep. White or golden coloured foods can also be included in the night diet. Idli, Milk and Butter milk can be taken. One cup rice, Beetroot, Brinjals (boiled) with a slice of bread or Roti can be taken. Beet root can be taken in the form of juice.
If you can follow this “rainbow” diet even for a week or 5 days in a month, you could lose 5 pounds of your weight and become slim and beautiful! you could see the results in the first month it self. You would feel younger and more energetic. Hence, obese and over weight women, better start this diet system.
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Selected ‘Super foods’
Red, Green, Orange, Deep blue, Purple – coloured vegetables or fruits are ‘Super foods’. They contain Carotenoids and anthocyanins, which provide colour to these foods. These have the health enhancing anti – oxidants. Therefore coloured foods are good for the heart, prevent heart diseases and cancer. Some of these foods are:-
Red – Tomotos:- Contain lycopeine which protects yainst prostate and cervical cancer.
Green:- Broccoli – prevent colon cancer and spinach provides calcium.
Orange / yellow:- Carrots, Pumpkin, Sweet potatos, Yams – avert skin cancer and
Deep blue / purple:- Brinjal, Plums, blue berries, Straw berries, Raspberries and black berries – keep hart healthy by reducing Cholesterol levels.
Weight reducing recipe
Ingredients:-
Ash Gourd - 250 gm
Water - 200 ml
Carrot, Beans, Garlic,
Onions, Tomato,
Ginger, Coriander leaves,
Curry leaves, Pudina
– all mixed - 75 gm
Salt, Pepper, Cuminseeds, Sprouted cereal ‘milk’ or milk powder — As nessary
Method:-
• Cut the Ash gourd into pieces and boil in water.
• Add other vegetables to the boiling water and cook.
• Mash the boiling vegetables.
• If available add sprouted wheat powder, cereals etc.
This soup helps in proper kidney functon. Regular consumption of this
soup helps in reducing cholesterol levels, obesity and nervousness. It is good for soothing peptic ulcer.
Selenium
Selenium is very “friendly” with Vitamin E (tocopheral). To gether, they help in combating muscular diseases and protect cells against damage by free radicals. They also facilitate union between oxygen and hydrogen, at the end of metabolic cycle. Experiments have shown that selenium in small quantities, help in relieving muscular discomfort. Selenium helps in preventing cancer.
Dietary sources of selenium are cereals, meat, poultry, fish, sea food dairy products etc. The selenium content of foods dependent on its amount in the soil where the grains were grown. Selenium supplements should be taken in consultation with doctors, as it is toxic in high doses.
