How to add more Antioxidants in your Diet
July 22, 2009 by Admin
Breakfast – Your breakfast is the main meal that you take in a whole day, taking healthy and heavy breakfast has been always recommended for a better performance of your body. However, it is even more important that you will add those food products that increase the level of antioxidant like strawberries, berries, apple, and other fruits along with flavoured cereal for a boost to the energy level of your body.
Snacks – During snacks, most of us tend to take tea and coffee, wherein they can add a good amount of grapes, yogurt, berries, and light carrot dishes so that in a way one can consume antioxidants.
Lunch and dinner – We often eat many food products which are may be rich in vitamins, minerals but we tend to forget that adding appropriate amount of those food items that are antioxidant rich is even more important. Which they can easily do by adding a salad of tomatoes, cranberries, red onions, string beans, field greens, with some pepper that will surely complete the main need of antioxidant in their diet.
Dessert – Often dietician or fitness instructor obstructs to consume desserts, as it may contain a big amount of calories but it is even possible that you can make your dessert a healthy sweet tooth. For instance, by adding several berries with less cream and honey you can make a antioxidant rich dessert for your after lunch crunching.
Cook lightly – Yes, this is what mostly all mothers tend to ignore, and hence end up while eradicating good amount of antioxidants and other minerals from their food. Example, when you cook a food by the method of boiling, you are actually wasting all those beneficial properties of a particular food while make it less convenient in oder to meet all necessary nutritive needs.
Plant a garden – Planting a garden will not only give you a specific way to use your time with some beneficial things but also it will make you more inclined towards healthy and natural creatures that will surely give you healthy eating products like vegetable, fruits, and herbs.
