Get More From Your Food

Want more nutrition from every mouthful? Then ditch focusing on a single food and combine two or more foods for twice the punch. When you focus on just one food or even a particular nutrient, you’re ignoring an important fundamental of healthy eating: different nutrients in separate foods, when eaten together, provide us with the best health benefits yet. To give your nutritional intake and health a boost, add these nutrient combinations to your diet: Vitamin C and IronNeeding to up your iron levels? Try adding berries to your muesli, a glass of orange juice to your porridge or tomato to your whole grain bread sandwich. These foods contain vitamin C which is a potent enhancer of iron absorption in body and the results speak for themselves. A study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that people who … Continue reading Get More From Your Food