Nutritional Therapy with Diana Galindo
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Eating more rainbow vegetables and fruits boosts mental fitness and brain health. Each color is caused by specific phytochemicals with powerful antioxidant, anti-inflammatory properties. Orange and yellow fruits and vegetables are rich in vitamins, and carotenoids. An easy way to eat more orange foods is to put pumpkin into your breakfast.
What colors are on your plate? Rainbow vegetables and fruits are powerful brain food. They give your brain essential micronutrients for growth and optimal function. They reduce inflammation. Brain inflammation is linked to mood, to mental health and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s. Fiber rich, they feed good gut bacteria that influence your mood and cognitive abilities.
Leafy greens give you the most nutrients per calorie. boost your mood, brain health and immune system. Make greens a major part of your meals. Choose the ones you most enjoy. Discover new leafy greens and cruciferous vegetables. Find culinary ways that work best for you:
Did you know that eating leafy greens nearly every day may be one of the most powerful steps you can take for your mental and physical health? Green and cruciferous vegetables help our immune system to protect us from disease. Over 120 of phytochemicals that have been identified that have strong immune-boosting effects.
Nutrient-dense foods have the highest ratio of nutrients per calorie. Nutrients come from vitamins, minerals, fibers and phytochemicals (naturally occurring plant chemicals). Eating large quantities of nutrient-dense foods leads to optimal health. The most nutrient dense foods come from plants. A wide variety of these plant foods is the most beneficial as they each provide unique health benefits.
Our bodies are programmed to fight off infection and cancer. The immune system is like a protective force field. All vegetables contain protective micronutrients that fuel that force field. Cruciferous vegetables are twice as powerful as other plant foods. Eat more broccoli and boost your health.
Plant foods (fruits, vegetables, grains, beans, nuts) are loaded with phytochemicals. These micronutrients are non-vitamin, non-mineral components of foods that support the defensive and self-reparative abilities of the human body. They boost our immune system and protect us from disease.
Micronutrient deficiency is increasingly showing up as a major underlying driver of chronic disease. Every detail of every function of every part (cell, tissue, organ and system) of our body requires nutrients –not just the energy supplied by macronutrients (protein, fat and carbs). These micronutrients include vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals.
Loaded with fruits, vegetables and all the goodness therein, smoothies are one of the best gifts of health we can give ourselves. With four – eight plant foods made into a glassful of deliciousness, it’s an amazing way to start our day. And talk about powerful benefits!
Mini-chef asked what salad I was making. I answered “green and red – spinach, red cabbage and pomegranate. Lots of color, lots of vitamins.” She has a keen interest not just in helping cook, but in the ingredients that go into our food. Once the salad came together she said, “ you know mama, it’s […]