SuperFood for healthy future
THE SUPERFOOD: WATERMELON
THE SCIENCE: A recent study showed that eating 2% cups of lycopene-rich watermelon significantly boosts the levels of the antioxidant in people’s blood, which may help protect against cervical, pancreatic, prostate and bladder cancers.
HOW DOABLE IS THIS? Very: One large deli cup a day does it. Don’t like watermelon? You can get the same 20 mg of lycopene from a daily cup of tomato juice.
THE SUPERFOOD: TEA
THE SCIENCE: New research shows that drinking 20 ounces of tea (about five to six cups) a day for only two weeks may boost your body’s levels of infection-fighting cells by up to 500 percent. Don’t love tea that much? You may still benefit from drinking less, says study lead author Jack Bukowski, Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.
HOW DOABLE IS THIS? In the age of grande and venti, it’s really not so hard. Replace your 3 P.M. iced latte with a supersize order of tea on ice.
SUPERFOOD: CRANBERRY JUICE
THE SCIENCE: Downing three 8-ounce glasses of cranberry juice a day may reduce your risk of heart disease by up to 40 percent (the polyphenols in cranberries are believed to elevate your “good” cholesterol), according to a study at the University of Scranton in Pennsylvania. Oh, and did we mention the wonders it does if you’re prone to urinary tract infections?
HOW DOABLE IS THIS? Simply replace your lunchtime soda with 24 ounces of cranberry juice (try “lite” cranberry if you’re worried about loading up on all those calories from juice).
THE SUPERFOOD: FISH
THE SCIENCE: A Harvard analysis of nearly 80,000 women published last year revealed that those who eat six to eight ounces offish (about the size of two decks of cards) two to four times per week cut their stroke risk almost in half. HOW DOABLE IS THIS? A serving of fish at dinner and a sushi lunch twice a week is all you need, but focus on tuna, mackerel, herring and salmon, which are rich in heart-helping omega-3 fatty acids. Don’t like fishy stuff? Eggland’s Best eggs are fortified with omega-3’s.
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