BEST SUPERFOODS FOR YOUR HEALTH (PART II)

This is the second part of the best supefoods for your health list. Get to know they numerous benefits and add them to your healthy and balanced diet. Have you chosen your favourite yet?

Quinoa

La quinoa es una semilla que posee características únicas al consumirse como un cereal. Posee muchas más proteínas y grasas que los cereales, aunque la mayoría son insaturadas (como los ácidos Omega 3 y Omega 6). Aporta gran cantidad de fibra y destaca por su alto contenido en potasio, magnesio, calcio, fósforo, hierro, zinc, y vitamina A y E con función antioxidante.

Quinoa is a seed with unique characteristics when consumed as a cereal. It has many more proteins and fats than cereals, although most are unsaturated (such as Omega 3 and Omega 6 acids). It provides lots of fiber and is known for its high content of potassium, magnesium, calcium, phosphorus, iron, zinc, and vitamin A and E with antioxidant properties.

Moringa

Features

Moringa is a tree that comes from Africa and India. All its parts are edible and it is used both for food and agriculture and medicine due to its innumerable benefits.

Benefits

Help with the following symptoms:

• anemia
• pain in joints
• cancer
• constipation
• diabetes
• stomach pain
• migraines
• heart problems
• high blood pressure
• fluid retention
• thyroid disorders
• birth Control
• bacterial infections
• increased sexual desire

Consumption

It can be prepared as a tea or cooking the leaves like spinach, green beans, or roasted like nuts. They can also be dried and sprayed as a condiment.

Camu Camu

Features

Fruit that comes from the Amazon rainforest and countries like Peru, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela. It is considered one of the best fruits in the world for its beneficial health properties and especially its high content of Vitamin C.

Benefits

• Natural source of Vitamin C (60 times more than an orange).
• Strengthens the immune system.
• It helps digestion by serine facilitating fat metabolism.
• Detoxifying.
• Prevents cancer and heart disease.
• Revitalizes the nervous system.
• Antidepressant. It helps fight stress.
• Production aid of male sperm.
• Combats aging.
• Anti-inflammatory.

Consumption

It can be eaten raw, squeezed on a juice or in tablet you’ll find in herbalists shops.

Acai

Feautures

The acai is the fruit of a Brazilian palm tree with enormous health benefits due to its antioxidant and important source of protein, minerals and vitamins power. It is ideal for people who have amnesia, fatigue or anorexia.

Benefits

• Decreases appetite.
• Enhances the skin rejuvenation.
• High in fiber.
• Great antioxidant. It helps the absorption of free radicals.
• Strengthens the immune system.
• It helps control blood cholesterol levels.
• Enhances sexual desire
• Decreases appetite and helps reduce body fat
• It has vitamins A, E, C and B, fatty acids such as Omega 3, Omega 6, Omega 9, phytosterols and 16 amino acids.

Consumption

To maintain its high nutritional content, the fruit must be processed within 24 hours after falling off the tree. Therefore outside Brazil it can only be consumed in dried powder added to juices, fruits, milk or fruit salads.

Goji berries

Features

Es una fruta de color rojo con forma de pasa que procede de los valles del Himalaya, Tibet y Mongolia. Son conocidas como el mejor alimento para combatir el envejecimiento de las personas. Han sido utilizadas durante años con fines sanitarios como uno de los alimentos con más nutrientes del planeta.

It is a red fruit with the shape of a raisin, coming from the valleys of the Himalayas, Tibet and Mongolia. They are known as the best food to combat aging in people. They have been used with medical purposes for years as a food with most nutrients on the planet.

Benefits

• antiaging
• antioxidant
• it provides energy to the brain
• boosts the immune system
• boosts the immune system
• it helps control appetite
• it helps reduce cholesterol levels
• high content on vitamins A, B2, C, iron, calcium, potassium, zinc and high nutritional value.

Consumption

A daily intake of 20 to 50 grams of dried berries is recommended for health benefits.