The SuperFoods Putting Pumpkin in your Diet
Putting Pumpkin in your Diet |
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It’s all very well that pumpkin is such a nutritional powerhouse, but that doesn’t count for much if every time you wanted some pumpkin you had to wrestle one of those big orange gourds into the kitchen. A winter squash, pumpkin is usually available fresh only in the autumn and early winter and the rest of the year you might have trouble finding one. But one of the best features of pumpkin is that it’s readily available all year long in an inexpensive canned form. At our house, my wife Patty’s pumpkin pudding is always on hand. Our kids all love it and their visiting friends, who are sometimes skeptical of “healthy” foods, dig right in when we serve it. Canned pumpkin is one of those foods that give the lie to the notion that fresh is always best. Not only is it sometimes difficult if not impossible to find fresh pumpkin, canned pumpkin is actually more nutritious. Canned pumpkin puree (don’t get it mixed up with “pumpkin pie filling,” which has added sugar and spices), has been cooked down to reduce the water content that you’d find Squash that comes from a cooler climate will often have more flavor and sweetness than one that grows in a warmer place. Check your supplier. |
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What is a “Super Food”? Well, the most important thing for everyone to know is that superfoods are easy to find in every local supermarket. They’re worth looking for! These nutritional powerhouse foods are loaded with nutrients crucial to a healthy, long life. If you can include a variety of them in your diet, everyday, we promise they will change your life! These foods were chosen because they contain high concentrations of crucial nutrients, as well as the fact that many of them are low in calories. Foods containing these nutrients have been proven to help prevent and, in some cases, reverse the well-known effects of aging, including cardiovascular disease, Type II Diabetes, hypertension and certain cancers. When you click on each superfood you’ll find information including a list of the primary nutrients that elevated them to superfood status. This is not meant to be a complete list of every single nutrient that food contains, but rather, a list of the high-profile nutrients that have shown health benefits and that are present in that food in sufficient quantity to make a difference. Many of the superfoods have “Sidekicks”. These are foods that are generally in the same category as the flagship superfood and offer a similar nutrient profile. So click around and find recipes and tips on how to incorporate these foods in your daily diet. SUPERFOODSRX PRINCIPLES: Principle 1: SuperFoodsRx- the best diet in the world Principle 2: Super Foods are whole foods Principle 3: SuperFoods Rx equals synergy Principle 4: SuperFoods Rx are simple and positive |
