Ten Reasons to Use Superfoods

Consider the Great American Diet. Pre-packaged lunches, take-outs from fast-food restaurants, pre-cooked mircrowave meals, greasy pizzas, pancakes with loads of syrup, the great American burger and fries, canned and processed foods, sugary sweet desserts all washed down our systems with sweetened aerated drinks. These foods are available fast and so have become convenient to our lifestyle.

Unintentionally we overlook our nutritional requirements. It's become a way of life. We don't stop to think that day in and day out, we are choosing foods that are nutritionally empty, high in calories, saturated in fat, cholesterol, and salt; and low in fiber. We don't realize, in effect, we are choosing foods that may slowly kill us prematurely.

Enter the SUPERFOODS! Superfoods are possibly the greatest revolutionary answer of the decade to solve our nutrition-deprived diet. So what is a superfood and how does it work? Superfood is a term coined to define foods rich in phytonutrient content which are believed to have maximum health benefits. There are many fruits and vegetables classified as superfoods because they contain abundant amounts of Antioxidants, Flavonoids, Carotenoids. Vitamins and Phytonutrients.

Nutritionists know that these superfoods are remarkably high in essential nutrients needed to bring our bodies to optimum health. Clinical evidence suggests that superfoods:


Help lower blood pressure and help in keeping your arteries from clogging.
Are known to reduce free radical activity which happens during the normal process of oxidation. Antioxidants, prevalent in superfoods, help reduce harmful damage to cells caused by free radical activity.
Help to promote and sustain the immune system
Help slow the process of aging
Play a vital role in helping to repair and maintain healthy cell functioning.
Research shows their potential in acting against certain cancers and in reducing coronary heart disease.
Fiber is also believed to help stabilize blood sugar.
They are good for the eyes
Contain omega-3 fatty acids, which fight heart disease. Also contain plant sterols, which lower cholesterol
Fight bad bacteria, aid digestion, help metabolize food and generally tune your system up

Ten good reasons to make superfoods part of your daily diet. Most superfoods taste good and have very few calories-you can eat as much as you want! Some of the top natural superfoods are believed to be apples, avocados, beans, beetroot, blueberries, broccoli, dark chocolate (yes, you read right!), green tea, kiwis, lemon grass, oats, oranges, papaya, pumpkin, soy, spinach, tomatoes, walnut, yoghurt.

But we still have a problem don't we? We are not used to eating healthy, and may not have the time to. How do we ensure that we are getting all the benefits superfoods have to offer us? Doctors will always recommend that you get your nutrients from natural sources as far as possible, along with regular exercise. This is the best for you.But if for any reason you cannot fit this into your schedule, and you find your diet is inadequate, you can fill the nutritional void by superfood supplements like Ruby Reds and Royal Greens Ultra. In just one product, they provide you with all the benefits of superfoods mentioned above.

These superfoods are made from real food, not chemicals.Wholesome. Good to taste. Good to eat. And moreover-good for you!

For more reference on this subject you can read:

Qualified Health Claims: Letter Regarding Tomatoes and Prostate Cancer (Lycopene Heath Claim Coalition) FDA Docket No. 2004Q-0201 November 2005
Dietary carotenoids, vitamins A, C, and E, and advanced age-related macular degeneration.
Eye Disease Case-Control Study Group. Journal of the American Medical Association. 1994 Nov 9;272(18):1413-20. Seddon JM, Ajani UA, Sperduto RD, Hiller R, Blair N, Burton TC, Farber MD, Gragoudas ES, Haller J., Miller DT. Epidemiology Unit, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston 02114.