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Healthy Eating Print E-mail

Feel stressed?

Eating a healthy, balanced diet and avoiding or limiting certain foods or drinks such as caffeine, alcohol and chocolate may help you reduce stress. Eating 5 portions of fruit and vegetables is a great way to improve your diet - they provide essential vitamins and minerals, as well as fibre to help keep you healthy.

Fruit and vegetables should form about a third of your diet. They are low in calories and bursting with vitamins and minerals. Fruit and vegetables can help maintain a healthy heart and immune system.

Please note. The contents below is provided as "additional information" and NOT in anyway related to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).

Strawberries

Vitamins B, C, E, beta-carotene, folic acid, niacin M Calcium, potassium, magnesium, iron, sodium, sulphur, phosphorus, zinc + Ellagic acid (has anti-cancer properties).

Good for building blood, boosting the immune system, slowing down signs of ageing.

Grapes 
  
Vitamins B, C, E, beta-carotene M iron, calcium, phosphorus, potassium + pectin (forms a gel in the intestine that eliminates toxins).

Good for calming the nervous system, alleviating constipation, cleaning the system, restoring alkaline balance.

Oranges 
  
Vitamins A, B6, C, beta-carotene, folic acid M Calcium, potassium, iron, Phosphorus, zinc + Citric acid.

Good for destroying free radicals that cause signs of skin ageing, scouring the intestine and flushing toxins.

Apples 
  
Vitamins A, B1, B2, B6, C M Calcium, chlorine, magnesium, potassium, phosphorus, sulphur, Iron + Ellagic acid, malic acid, pectin.

Good for protecting against cancer.

Pineapples 
  
Vitamins B, C, E, folic acid M Potassium, iron, calcium, sodium, Phosphorus + Bromelain.

Good for Digestion and alleviating hay fever and asthma.

Raspberries 
  
Vitamins B, C, E, beta-carotene, niacin M Calcium, iron, potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, sodium, zinc + Ellagic acid.

Good for maintaining healthy male reproductive function, slowing down signs of ageing.

Bananas 
  
 Vitamins B, C, beta-carotene, folic acid M Potassium, magnesium, sodium, calcium.

Good for slow-releases energy, boosting the immune system, staving off PMS symptoms, lowering cholesterol.

Carrots 
  
Vitamins B, C, D, E, K, beta-carotene M Calcium, iron, phosphorus, potassium, sulphur, chromium, magnesium, sodium, iodine, silica.

Good for healthy eyes and skin, cleaning the liver. 
 


 

 
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