Food for Your Body: How to Look and Feel Your Best Hardcover

The body needs a variety of the following 5 nutrients – protein, carbohydrate, fat, vitamins and minerals – from the food we eat to stay healthy and productive. …Foods rich in protein include meat, eggs, dairy and fish. According to folklore, the following foods are good for you. Now scientists agree. Cranberry juice is good for urinary tract infections. Why? Because the juice inhibits a type of bacteria that clings to the wall of the bladder and causes infection. Carrots are good for your eyes. Carrots and some other fruits and vegetables contain beta carotene, which can reduce the chance of eye disease. One carrot a day can help prevent macular degeneration, which eventually leads to blindness. Garlic and onions kill flu and cold viruses. Eat onions to fight insomnia. Onions contain a mild natural sedative called quercetin. Yogurt with acidophilus fights the bacteria that causes vaginal yeast infections. And more healthy Food.