Life Saving Foods

There are a variety of great tasting foods that help maintain healthy bodies and can be deemed life saving considering the diseases and illnesses they help prevent.

Antioxidants - Foods Having a Good Source of Vitamin A,C, E and Selenium. (Antioxidants help protect the body from free radicals which attack our cells leaving our bodies subject to diseases and cancer.)

• Sweet Potatoes, Carrots, Spinach (vitamin A)


• Green Peppers, Papayas, Oranges, Cantaloupe (vitamin C)


• Almonds, Pecans, Wheat Germ (vitamin E)


• Onions, Seafood, Cabbage (selenium)


• Broccoli (vitamins A,C, and selenium)
  
  
  
  

Potassium-rich Foods That Can Help Lower Your Blood Pressure (High blood pressure can affect the body in many ways like over exerting your heart or damaging the inner linings of your arteries potentially rupturing them.)

• Banana
• Avocado
• Baked Potato
• Orange Juice
• Apricots
• Salmon
• Cod
• Turkey
• Squash
• Skim Milk
• Broccoli
  
  

Foods With a Low Glycemic Index (A low GI results in a slower rate in which sugar enters the blood stream which in turn requires less insulin needed to be released to regulate the sugar. Too much insulin can cause you to develop diabetes, gain weight, have strokes or heart attacks, overwork your kidneys, and raise your blood pressure.)

• Prunes 15
• vermicelli 35
• black beans, boiled 30
• soy milk 31
• apple juice 40
• grapefruit 25
• yogurt, plain 14
• yogurt, fruit 36