NOURISH WELL TO LIVE LONGER
FOODS for Longevity
FIBER is SO important and with today’s diets it is really hard to get enough. Fiber keeps your metabolism strong, detoxifies your gut which allows your liver to work properly, which keeps hormones in check. It’s huge. Eat 30 grams a day through food and supplements.
FLAVANOIDS
Choose foods with high amounts of flavanoids; phytonutrients (plant chemicals) found in almost all fruits and vegetables. Along with carotenoids, they are responsible for the vivid colors in fruits and vegetables. Flavonoids are the largest group of phytonutrients, with more than 6,000 types. Some of the best-known flavonoids are quercetin and kaempferol.
GENERAL LIST OF FOODS
Broccoli sprouts
Walnuts
Flax seed (in moderation for men and children because of estrogenic effects)
Leafy Greens
Berries (raspberries, blackberries & blueberries)
Red wine (try Dry Farms low alcohol & low sugar for no hangover)
Herbs
Onions & garlic
Avocado
Mushrooms
Apples (organic, unwashed. The white powder on them is good for you)
Cruciferous vegetables
Chia seeds
CHOOSE ORGANIC
Aside from avoiding pesticides and herbicides, organic food is more nutrient dense. It contains higher amounts of vitamins and minerals.
FoodBabe- cute name ;-) has done tons of good research on this, so I will defer to her. You can see in her chart below that her claims of what the pesticides, herbicides, antibiotics and other drugs cause are scary sounding and you might choose to think that they are inflated, but they are not! There are so many studies and lawsuits that we the public don’t hear about.
These chemicals have been clinically proven to alter gene expression thereby causing disease and the obviously a lack of longevity!
Glyphosate, one of the most talked about pesticides used today is an antibiotic. It literally goes into your gut and kills all of the bacteria and alters the DNA in the bacteria. That bacteria is what keep you healthy physically and emotionally.
According to Dr. Stephanie Seneff, a senior research scientist at MIT, glyphosate is largely responsible for the escalating incidence of autoimmune and other neurological disorders that we are experiencing.
In 2020 the number of filed and un-filed glyphosate safety claims against Bayer, the maker of glyphosate, reached more than 125,000.Bayer committed about $11 billion to settle the U.S. lawsuits.
Have a beautiful day and enjoy your veggies!
-Sondra