are always conflicting reports about what
is healthy and what is not, and it can be
tempting to just give up and eat for conve-
nience and comfort.
But there is a better way. Instead, you
can be smart about the kinds of foods you
eat – foods that taste delicious, make satis-
fying additions to your meals, and provide
amazing beneficial nutrients. In fact, many
of the foods you may already enjoy are truly
nature’s pharmacies. As Hippocrates said
over 2,000 years ago, “Let y our food be your
medicine, and your medicine be your food”.
It was good advice then, and remains so
today.
To start off, I can guarantee you that
these foods will make you healthier and
feel much better. And you may be happily
surprised by some of my choices.
So in this Terry Talks Nutrition®,
we’re going to look at my favorites and
what makes them ideal choices. Consider
this your detailed shopping list, and bring
your appetite!
1. COLD WATER FISH
Cold water fish (salmon, mackerel,
sardines, herring and cod) is one of the
healthiest things you can eat. These fish
are a rich source of essential omega-3 fatty
acids, including EPA (eicosapentaenoic) and
DHA, (docosahexaenoic). The benefits of
omega-3s are outstanding: they keep your
heart healthy, relieve pain through anti-in-
flammatory action, enhance immunity,
elevate mood, and alleviate the symptoms of
ADHD, diabetes, skin diseases, menstrual
pain, and more. In fact, one of the most
important uses of DHA is the promotion of
brain and vision development in infants and
children, and omega-3 fatty acids are vital
for fetal brain development during preg-
nancy. Omega-3s are important for brain
health in adults as well. In fact, researchers
have found that eating baked or broiled
fish (not deep fried!) at least once a week
reduced the risk of Alzheimer’s by 5 times!
Cold water fish is also considered ‘heart
friendly’. When rates of heart attack are
compared between those who rarely eat
fish, to those dining on it just 1 to 3 times
a month, the individuals enjoying a fish
dinner now and then still saw a reduced risk
of heart attack greater than 20%.
For all these reasons, I encourage
everyone to add fish to their diet! If you
just don’t like fish, you can still boost your
omega-3 intake. That may lead one to think
about fish oil as an alternative. However,
fish oils have many disadvantages. They
are highly refined and processed making
them unstable and highly susceptible to
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