Eight Foods You Should Include In Your Daily Diet

As more and more people are getting health conscious, so here are eight foods that you should include in your daily diet as they will help you in fighting disease, will help you in maintaining diet and are delicious enough to eat.

Spinach

From our childhood we have seen Popeye eating Spinach for strength. Not only for Popeye it’s true for you also as spinach helps in building biceps. It reduces the risk of heart disease; stroke and osteoporosis as it contain omega-3s and folate. Folate act as a catalyst for sex as it increase the flow of blood to penis.

Tomatoes

Tomatoes are rich in lycopene which is an antioxidant that helps you in keeping your heart healthy and also protect you against skin cancer, stomach, lung and heart diseases. Always keep in mind to pick the red tomatoes as they contain the most lycopene.

Carrots

Carrots are excellent source of beta-carotene and vitamin A which not only help in preventing cancer but also reduce the risk of asthma and arthritis. It also helps in protecting eye, especially night vision.

Yogurt

Yogurt boosts immune response. Consuming yogurt daily helps in lowering LDL (bad) cholesterol while raising HDL (good) cholesterol. It also boosts the growth and activity of osteoblasts (cell that builds bone) as it contains an iron building protein i.e. lactoferrin. Not only has it helped in preventing arthritis, it also help in healing arthritis.

Black Beans

Black beans contain fiber which helps in lowering cholesterol. Along with this, it helps in preventing blood sugar levels from rising with its high fiber content. They’re full of anthocyanins which is antioxidants that boost brain power and improve brain function.

Blueberries

Blueberries are one of the best source of antioxidant such as vitamin C and E, anthocyanins and phenolics which not only help in age related memory changes but also helps in preventing cancer, stroke,  it improve night vision. It prevents the bacteria responsible for urinary tract infections from attaching to the bladder wall.

Walnuts

This nut is excellent source of omega 3 fatty acid which helps in keeping heart healthy. It also contains an antioxidant that helps in preventing cancer but supports the immune system. It also prevents and controls high blood pressure.

Oats

Soluble fiber called beta glucan are provided by Oats which acts like a sponge during digestion, soaking up and removing cholesterol from the body, thus lowering the risk of heart diseases. It also stabilizes blood sugar, prevents against breast cancer and also enhances immune response to infection. You will be glad to know that for heart-disease prevention potential, Oats are the first food to get FDA approval