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What are the 7 power foods?

Top 10 Power Foods to keep you healthy Blueberries. Kale. Salmon. Black beans. Sweet potatoes. Walnuts. Avocados. Broccoli. More items... •

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Top 10 Power Foods to keep you healthy

Article adapted from Gordon Food Service's website, Le Groupe Maurice's partner.

What is a power food? This term refers to very nutritious foods that will contribute to your well-being. Whether it's to protect you from chronic diseases, improve your heart health or give you more energy, these 10 superfoods should be on any healthy diet. Try these nutrient-packed foods to keep you healthy and feeling great from the inside out!

Blueberries

High in vitamin C—helps with wound healing. Good source of fibre—helps you feel full. Add them to cereal or yogurt!

Kale

Contains omega-3 fatty acids and folate—good for brain development. Excellent source of vitamin K—helps with blood clotting. Good in soups and salads!

Salmon

High in omega-3s— improves blood flow and heart health. Good source of protein—helps build and repair muscle.

Black beans

High in fibre—helps with digestion. Rich in antioxidants— may protect against cancer and other chronic diseases.

Sweet potatoes

Rich in vitamin A—important for good vision. Provides magnesium—important for bone health.

Walnuts

Source of vitamin E—important for healthy skin and eyes. Good plant-based source of protein. Add to salads or yogurt for extra crunch!

Avocados

Excellent source of monounsaturated fat—promotes heart health by lowering blood cholesterol levels. Rich in vitamin E—helps improve immune function. Add to smoothies and salads or mash to make a creamy spread for toast! Also goes great with eggs!

Broccoli

Good source of vitamin K—helps with blood clotting. Cruciferous vegetable—may protect against cancer. One cup has as much vitamin C as an orange!

Greek yogurt

Contains probiotics (good bacteria)—supports digestive health and immunity. Good source of calcium—important for strong bones and teeth. Greek yogurt has almost twice as much protein as regular yogurt. Use plain Greek yogurt in place of sour cream or as a veggie dip!

Quinoa

Whole grain— contains essential vitamins, minerals, and fibre. Excellent source of protein. Use in place of rice in any recipe!

To learn more about Gordon Food Service, visit their website.

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All in all, you wouldn't be healthy or comfortable. That said, some groups of people have survived—even thrived—on an animal-only diet. Research suggests that traditionally the Inuit ate any number of meats, including seal, whale, caribou and fish. But they rarely, if ever, ate plant fiber.

You might get scurvy, like a pirate. Cooked meat contains very little vitamin C, notes Donald Beitz, a nutritional biochemist at Iowa State University. Without the vitamin, scurvy would bring on rashes and gum disease, not to mention very bad breath. Moreover, meat lacks fiber, so you’d probably be constipated. All in all, you wouldn’t be healthy or comfortable. That said, some groups of people have survived—even thrived—on an animal-only diet. Research suggests that traditionally the Inuit ate any number of meats, including seal, whale, caribou and fish. But they rarely, if ever, ate plant fiber. The key to their success, says Harriet Kuhnlein, the founding director of the Centre for Indigenous Peoples’ Nutrition and Environment at McGill University in Montreal, was eating every part of the animal, “and you have to eat some of it raw.” Raw meat contains vitamin C (which is lost when cooked), and the skin, hooves and bones contain fiber. For greens, Kuhnlein adds, traditional Inuit “ate the stomach contents of caribou and deer.” Historically, they were quite healthy, she says; they almost never suffered from heart disease. Today, the meat-heavy diet lives on in the form of the controversial Atkins Nutritional Approach. Formulated by cardiologist Robert Atkins in the early 1970s, the diet prescribes that adherents dramatically cut their carbohydrate intake. The American Heart Association issued a statement in 2001 condemning the diet for cutting necessary sources of nutrients, stating that devotees were “at risk for compromised vitamin and mineral intake, as well as potential cardiac, renal [kidney], bone and liver abnormalities.” This article originally appeared in the June 2011 issue of Popular Science_ magazine._.

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