Superfoods for a Super-Bod - Ever Wondered What Happened to Your Food's Nutrients?

By Raquel Reyna Albert

Spinach in the 1950's had 250 milligrams of Iron

Today Spinach has .2 milligrams of Iron

UGH!! Most illness comes from mineral deficiencies. So what can we do about this... no not supplements! Well for the most part most of the supplements do not digest and because they are removed from the natural fibers and other ingredients that make up their structure they really do basically... nothing.

So today we are going to talk about:

1.How to get all the nutrition you need
2.How to feel great look great and never get sick
3.How to lose weight and feel like a million bucks

All at the same time with one magic word... Superfoods!

By implementing Superfoods into your diet will also help you to more fully recognize your body's true natural healing potentials, you will have a lot less emotional highs and lows, you will fill your body with the nutrients and minerals you long for. So also, your emotional eating becomes much easier to deal with as well because your basic physiological cravings for nutrition are satisfied.

To be healthier we need to switch to a more nutritious diet. Many labels, diet products, and pills claim to be nutritious by declaring that they offer supplements the body needs to stay healthy or that they are fat free, sugar free, or low on the glycemic index. BUT no no no... we want real, organic, health foods that are born from the earth that have a more complex structure and provide more fuel for the bang!

YUP high nutrition and low calories... NATURALLY!

Fruits and vegetables are the most nutritious foods. Most people know this to some degree. However, due today's complex and over-productive farming issues, we have depleted many of our rich and nutritious soils. Some of the darker vegetables that were once rich in nutrients are now depleted of nutrition. Most people do not have the time or energy to plant their own food, so because of this, we must look further.

Usually cutting calories almost always leads to less nutrition. But this is awful, you lose your luster, your hair and skin quality, and ultimately your health. We follow these low calorie diet with adding processed supplements that in large part are not compatible in our bodies. In layman's term, your body does not break down or use many of the vitamin and mineral capsules you spend a lot of money on.

You can get your nutrition from high-quality sources... through Superfoods!

"Within you is power which will astonish you. Within you are the seeds of greatness, of beauty, of discipline, of excellence, of destiny. This is the last moment of the way you used to be. It is time to give yourself permission to reach the absolutely highest possible state of health." ~ David Wolfe ~

So lets talk about the #1 Superfood on the planet!

Cacao (raw chocolate) is the same ingredient in chocolate bars, but without the processing, sugar, milk, or other added ingredients. In its pure form, it's one of the most nutritious foods in the world! When you drink a cacao smoothie you:

Have less food cravings, lose weight, and live longer and more vital
Are free from lows like depression
Increase your glow and sensual pleasure
Double your energy
Nourish your brain
Increase your minerals and nutrition
Feel it as an aphrodisiac
Can make the most wonderful healthy desserts

Superfoods are a class of the most potent, super-concentrated, and highly nutrient foods. They also taste great and are easy to use. You can easily blend a batch in the morning and drink that same batch in between your meals, which you can do easily with a raw cacao smoothie.

So Super Secret #1 start your day with a Superfood Smoothie!

Here is a simple and easy recipe:
One young coconut scoop out and fresh young coconut meat
Coconut water
scoop of your Divine Raw Cacao-Goji Mix
Blend and enjoy!
Raw Cacao and Raw Coconut water is like divine ambrosia!!!

So easy the hard part, is just opening the coconut. So go to Wholefoods and ask them to open it for you, and look for my upcoming video blog on how to do this at home!

Here are the top Superfoods you can also add to your morning Superfood Smoothie!

Goji berries
Cacao beans (cacao nibs, cacao powder, cacao butter)
Maca (regular maca, red maca)
Acai berries
Bee products: honey, bee pollen
Blue-green algae
Aloe vera
Noni
Yacon root (powder and syrup)
Hemp seed
Incan berries
Kelp
Mix with coconut water and ENJOY!

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Rules in Developing A Paleo Diet Eating Plan

By J. Wheeler

These are the rules that you should remember when developing your own Paleo diet eating plan. You don't need to count or measure anything, just remember what you should eat and what you should stay away from. Here is a guideline that will make transforming into the diet and sticking to it easier for you:

Eat lots of vegetables. Vegetables are vital to every diet. They provide us with almost every nutrient that we need and they make us healthy so eat lots of them. In the Paleo diet, vegetables are part of every meal and they add color to your plate so make your plate as colorful as you can. They can be paired with anything from fish to meat to chicken.

Have protein. It can be in the form of chicken, fish or meat. The Paleo diet encourages you to eat proteins in your meals because they are very good for you. Protein is responsible for making everything work in our bodies and the body needs it for maintenance, growth and repair of all our cells.

Fruit snacks. Snacks don't have to come from a box or packaged that you can eat right away. Snacks can be fresh and healthy. Fruit is a great snack. Fruit is also a great dessert. Fruit is healthy and you can eat as much of it as you can. They are a great source of vitamins and antioxidants. Like vegetables, they are really good for us and are highly encouraged in the Paleo diet.

Avoid dairy. Dairy products contain sugars and carbohydrates, and these are two of the many substances that you should avoid because our bodies do not need them and too much harms our health. Dairy was discovered during the Neolithic era, after the Paleolithic period, another reason why it is not allowed in the Paleo diet. If you're worrying about calcium, don't. Vegetables are actually a good source of it.

Avoid grains and other starchy vegetables. Grains and starchy vegetables, just like dairy products, were discovered and developed in the Neolithic era. These foods are rich in carbohydrates, another reason why you should avoid them. These two forms of carbohydrates are processed by our bodies in a way that increases the blood sugar level and therefore increases the risk of diabetes.

Have a drink. Go ahead, have a glass of wine or a 12-ounce beer. Everyone knows that a glass of wine is good for the body and in the Paleo diet; it is also popular for improving one's insulin sensitivity while reducing the appetite. It is even well known for flavoring food and can save you from adding more salt. Yes, you may substitute wine for salt. Beer is okay to drink, too, just as long as you only take one 12-ounce can or bottle. You can drink either wine or beer in the Paleo diet but only in moderate amounts.

Author John Wheeler can help you understand the Paleo Diet eating plan. There also is an email course on the essentials of the Paleo Diet available at http://paleodietlearningcenter.com/.

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Chapter 3

Healthy Food Items To Help You Lose Weight

Learning exactly how to lose tummy fat and tone your stomach is in many cases the first thing we all plan to start focusing on when losing weight. Regardless of the amount of bodyweight you need to lose, the safe and healthy way is the best method to ensure the ideal results. Note: Every person looking to learn how to lose 10 pounds should talk to a family qualified medical professional before you start any type of weight loss technique to make certain there are no unknown health-related problems or allergies. This is accomplished by eating much more regularly, scaled-down helpings of meals to avoid feeling hungry.
Lots of people feel that by eating less often they'll burn more body fat but in reality, this will make the entire body store more fat whenever you do eat. Now I'm not going to tell you that you might want to go to the health club and carry out a three hour cardiovascular workout and also do a hundred ab crunches to start tightening your tummy and lose your belly fat, for the fact you almost certainly listen to this constantly. Just by having particular healthful food you'll be able to drop weight and eliminate excessive abdominal fat safely and not having to have costly fitness center memberships or products.
It's not hard to get the marvelous body you wish as soon as you recognize it's not actually about "Weight-loss", it comes down to "Losing body fat" and specific fatty foods can help lose a lot more abdominal fat quicker. Begin reducing fat for good and much quicker than normal with specific meals. Eggs yolks contain more than 90% of the nutritional vitamins and also a whole egg is additionally extremely high in amino acids. Grass fed beef contains greater amounts of healthy omega-3 fatty acids and minimal levels of inflammatory omega-6 fatty acids and triple the Vitamin E. Beef allows you to burn unwanted Tran's fatty acids and help build healthful body muscle mass. The more muscle mass your body has, the more fat and calories you will burn.
Avocados consist of 34% of the recommended fat of the 2000 per day calorie consumption, which is a tremendous quantity. Uncooked avocados are full of dietary fiber, vitamins A, C, D to name a few and Calcium, Magnesium, Potassium, and consists of 110 grams of water to help you breakdown unwanted body fat. Peanuts in addition to other varieties of nuts have the good kind of fat that helps the body get rid of the undesirable bad unwanted fat.
Complete fat for every 1 cup of nuts is 47 grams, but 29.3 grams is Monounsaturated Fat which is fat that is excellent for a person. Nuts are very filling and will help help you to feel less hungry for a longer period of time between meals and are really high in Proteins, Nutritional Fiber that will help our body burn off more unwanted fat, despite the fact that nuts are very high in fat. Fruits are not just great tasting but very nutritious also, because they're full of vitamins A and C along with many other absolutely essential nutrients and vitamins that will help control blood pressure levels along with blood cholesterol.
Supplying yourself the knowledge about what precisely works for people who want to lose fat can be helpful for you tremendously using your plan to lose weight, and even if it is merely ten pounds you would like to shed. If you include things like these types of healthy food items I've suggested, you will attain your individual diet goals fast. The simple truth about how to lose 10 pounds without doing much, if any, exercise is all about eating right. There are many healthy foods that help you lose weight naturally. Adding these to your daily diet will help. Try it for 30 days and see what happens. I know you will be happy with the results.

Extract taken from "Tip And Tricks To Lose Weight" free e-book (e-book sent when you opt in)