Warning: If You’re A Woman Over 25, You Should Eat These Foods
To Prevent Diseases That Claims Most

Do you keep your health care plan in the fridge? It’s not a bad
idea actually because if you pick your foods the right way, you
can pack heart disease, colon cancer, osteoporosis, and diabetes
prevention all in a day’s worth of groceries
Heart Disease It kills nearly 500,000 women a year The American
Heart Association warns that heart disease, including stroke,
claims more women’s lives than the next six causes of death
combined Yet few women realize their risks for heart disease
Hip 30-something singer Toni Braxton thought her chests pains
were just from parenting stress before she discovered that she
had heart disease While the singer is OK now, she’s getting the
word out about heart disease as the spokeswoman for the American
Heart Association’s “Go Red For Women” campaign
If you want to be heart smart, you need to be food wise For
example, according to the Tufts University Health Nutrition
Letter, a diet loaded with whole grains may lower your risk of
developing heart diseases
Another clinical research from the Archives of Internal
Medicines found a link between increased dietary fiber and
reduced blood pressure In short, more fiber may reduce
hypertension and thus lower the blood pressure
Where to get fiber and whole grains: Apples, grapes, celery,
whole grain bread and cereal (make sure that sugar is not a main
ingredient), whole-wheat pasta, popcorn, barley, oats and
oatmeal, rye, corn, brown rice, bulgur or cracked wheat, and
wheat germ
Colon Cancer The fiber gleaned from a whole oat rich diet also
reduces the risks of developing colon cancer Similarly in
animal studies, selenium has shown anti-cancer benefits
Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health noted that
calcium limits the development of rectal lesions, which could
become cancerous
Where to get calcium and selenium: Broccoli, bran, brown rice,
cottage cheese, garlic, onion, Brazil nuts, molasses, eggs,
yogurt, celery, tahini, kidney beans
Osteoporosis Are you going to scream if someone else tells you
to drink your milk to make your bones strong? While calcium has
hoarded the spotlight for osteoporosis prevention, Dr Alan R
Gaby points out in the Townsend Letter for Doctors Patients,
that magnesium, manganese, and zinc are just as important in the
fight against osteoporosis
Where to get them:
Magnesium: Almonds, bran, oat, hazel nuts, pecans, lentils,
sunflower seeds
Manganese: Avocado, walnuts, pineapple, buckwheat, parsley,
spinach
Zinc: Cheese, raw cashews, egg white, sunflower seeds, macadamia
nuts, wheat germ
Diabetes Christine Gerbstadt, MD, RD, spokeswoman for the
American Dietetic Association suggests limiting your risks for
diabetes by consuming orange and leafy green veggies Adding on
a high quality fiber rich cereal can also limit your risk for
diabetes
Where to get orange and leafy green veggies: Spinach, yams,
papayas, peppers, rich green varieties of lettuce, lemons,
parsley, cilantro
Here’s a final reason to stash your health care plan in the
fridge A finding presented at the Annual Scientific Session of
the American College of Cardiology that analyzed the records
from 2,857 heart attack survivors treated at Michigan hospitals
found that men had a better chance of surviving after treatment
than women
One reason for this could be that the women receive less
one-on-one sessions with the doctors or nurses before going
home The lesson here is to put health in your own hands before
you even need to use your health insurance
Increase your chances of beating heart disease, colon cancer,
diabetes, and osteoporosis now It’s as easy as buying apples,
beets and carrots I’ll see you in the produce section

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