Healthy Foods Simplified
"Don't focus on how much you eat, focus on what you eat."
Keep It Simple
In the last few weeks, we have been discussing foods that support our immune system. I had a few questions and observations from our subscribers asking if I could simplify our basic food sources and how the Nikken Wellness Home can help us simplify food choices to Be Healthy by Choice.
Let’s take a look at what we all need daily for good health. In the simplest terms, we need three different food groups to provide the nutrition we need. These include proteins, fruits, and vegetables.
Protein
Our body does not store protein, and therefore has no reservoir to draw on when it needs a new supply. We use protein to build and repair tissues, to make enzymes, hormones, and other body chemicals. Protein is an important building block of bones, muscles, cartilage, skin, and blood. A healthy daily protein requirement is based on body weight. The Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA), which is the minimum amount you need to be healthy, is 0.8 grams per kilogram (0.36 grams per pound) of body weight per day. That would equal 54 grams of protein per day for a 150-pound person. We will discuss this further next week.
Vegetables
I’m sure we all remember our mom telling us to eat our vegetables. I surely remember those same words coming out of my mouth at the dinner table when my children were young.
Eating vegetables provides many health benefits. People who eat more vegetables as part of an overall healthy diet are likely to have a reduced risk of some chronic diseases. Vegetables provide nutrients vital for health and maintenance of your body. Most vegetables are naturally low in fat and calories and are important sources of potassium, dietary fiber, folate (folic acid), vitamin A, and vitamin C.
Fruit
Fruits provide nutrients vital for health and maintenance of your body. As part of an overall healthy diet, eating foods such as fruits that are lower in calories per cup instead of some other higher-calorie food may be useful in helping to lower calorie intake. Adding fruit can help increase the intake of fiber and potassium which are important nutrients that many of us do not get enough of in their diet.
Fruit are important sources of many nutrients, including fiber, vitamin C, and folate (folic acid), and phytochemicals for added health benefits.
The American Cancer Society advises at least five servings of fruit and vegetables per day for good health. The Harvard School of Public Health recommends nine servings of vegetables and fruits each day. It is advised that two-thirds of your plate should include fruits and vegetables.
In our fast-paced lives, this is problematic for many of us. The Nikken Wellness home has the answer. Our core nutritional pack provides us with healthy protein from our Kenzen Vital Balance® protein shake and our vegetables from our barley grass supplement, Jade GreenZymes®. Which was the subject of a recent Healthy by Choice Class, Foods that support our immune system.
Our newest addition Kenzen Super Ciaga Powder is a delicious, convenient, and cost-effective way for us to get our daily fruit requirements.
Kenzen Super Ciaga has only 10 calories per serving. This advanced formula is made with a select group of superfruits chosen for their nutrient-density and immune-boosting characteristics. It combines an organic superfruit mix of elderberry, maqui berry, blackberry, and blueberry for their anthocyanins and high antioxidant content, with an ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) value of 5,000. This superfruit antioxidant mix is naturally sweetened with organic monk fruit which is super sweet and has no calories.
A great replacement for sodas, simply adds a scoop of Super Ciaga to a glass of PiMag® water or seltzer for a naturally sweet and healthy beverage. Super convenient, Super Ciaga Powder is packed in easily portable jars that you can take on airplanes. You don’t have to refrigerate it after opening, simply keep at cool room temperature. The Nikken Wellness Home contains many immune support foods. Our next Healthy by Choice class will be on Tuesday, May 12th at 6 pm PDT. We will be talking about Nikken’s newest edition to our nutritional support products, Kenzen Super Ciaga. To join the broadcast click this link and follow the prompts www.theroyalalliance.com/live, see you on Tuesday.
Healthy by Choice.
