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10 foods you should eat every day

Stock your kitchen with these super foods to ensure your diet is packed with antioxidants, fibre and other healthy properties

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Adapted from Food Cures (Reader's Digest); available in the Best Health shop now.

Beans

Beans are in fact good for your heart, thanks in large part to their soluble fibre, which soaks up cholesterol so the body can dispose of if before it can stick to artery walls. Studies find that diets high in soluble fibre can cut total cholesterol by 10 to 15 percent. A recent study also ranked beans among the top antioxidant foods.

How much? ¾ cup (175 mL) of beans equals one serving of meat and alternatives.

Tip: Beans contain more protein than any other plant food, but the protein is incomplete. Eat a grain such as rice at any time of the day to “complete” the protein.

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4 Comments

@Wynn
The best way to drink your tea to get all the health benefits from it is without milk. The proteins in milk kill some of the healthy properties of tea and prevent your body from absorbing them.

Submitted by amanda on Thu, 2011-06-30 12:36pm.

I drink my tea with milk (English style). Is this still beneficial?

Submitted by wynn on Wed, 2011-06-29 1:38pm.

Too bad blueberries that you purchase at the grocery store (along with many other foods) contain over 40 pesticides including 24 hormone disruptors! Unless you buy organic of course.

Submitted by pookie on Wed, 2011-06-29 10:06am.

Blueberries are good for you if they're organic or wild from uncontaminated land. The product showing up in grocery stores now probably comes from commercial plantations that started up to take advantage of high demand. Those blueberries will be heavily saturated with herbicides, pesticides and chemical fertilizers which negate the healthful benefits of the fruit. Why eat low grade food to save a couple of dollars?

Submitted by James on Wed, 2011-06-29 12:19am.