| When considering what to include in a
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| | retain the nutritional benefits. Tomatoes
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| weight loss diet, there are two factors
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| | are therefore my health food super hero.
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| that you should always consider early.
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| | Garlic
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| The first is whether or not your chosen
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| | When it comes to making boring foods
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| diet will be sufficiently nutritious to
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| | tasty, garlic is way up there amongst the
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| keep you healthy. The second is if the
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| | best. Along with tomatoes, garlic is an
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| diet will be tasty enough to maintain
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| | important part of the Mediterranean Diet.
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| your interest, rather than for you to opt
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| | Like tomatoes, it can be used with just
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| out through boredom.
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| | about any other cooked food, so whatever
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| It is possible to address both of these
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| | your diet regime is, you should find you
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| concerns at the same time by considering
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| | can utilize garlic widely to satisfy your
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| health food vitamins, and in so doing you
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| | palate.
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| may be in for some pleasant surprises.
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| | Garlic has some important nutrients too,
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| Much will depend in your tastes in food,
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| | such as calcium, vitamin C and vitamin
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| but with experimentation, you should be
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| | B6, phosphorus and selenium, plus
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| able to construct a diet, within the
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| | antibiotic properties.
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| guidelines of your nutritionist and
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| | Basil
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| doctor, that is also interesting enough
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| | Basil is a humble and popular herb that
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| to enable you to not only stick to the
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| | can be used liberally to bring its
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| diet but enjoy it also.
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| | distinctive flavour to other foods. What
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| If you are able to end up with a diet
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| | you may not realize is that basil also
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| that you can really enjoy, then there is
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| | packs a punch when it comes to calcium,
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| a chance that it will become a lifelong
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| | phosphorus, vitamin A and vitamin C.
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| habit. It is possible to make permanent
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| | Also, basil is a good source of iron,
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| changes; I know that from personal
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| | potassium and magnesium, and carotenoids
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| experience. Initially, it can be
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| | such as beta carotene.
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| difficult to make drastic changes, but it
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| | How about tomato and basil soup, with a
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| can be done much easier if you are
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| | touch of garlic? A super combo of health
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| enjoying the food you are eating. In many
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| | foods that will fit into most diets.
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| cases, drastic changes may not even be
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| | Strawberries
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| needed, but that is something it is best
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| | The mention of strawberries seems like a
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| to discuss with your doctor in relation
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| | self indulgence; their flavour to some
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| to your own health and weight problem.
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| | can seem too good to be true (me
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| I have selected five of my best diet
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| | included). Well, indulge, because the
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| foods, health foods rich in vitamins and
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| | strawberry is a great health food too,
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| other nutrients, which will provide you
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| | with some nutrients you may not have
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| with some of the most important nutrients
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| | anticipated. Strawberries contain Vitamin
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| to sustain you during your diet:
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| | C, vitamin K and manganese, folic acid,
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| Tomatoes
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| | potassium, riboflavin, vitamin B5,
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| I find tomatoes one of the most versatile
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| | vitamin B6, copper, magnesium and omega-3
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| and useful foods for cooking, and can be
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| | fatty acids.
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| used to add interest to all sorts of
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| | Strawberries are best fresh and eaten on
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| meals, such as curries, casseroles and
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| | their own. (Please read carefully. I did
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| soups. Tomatoes go well with lean meats,
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| | not say strawberries should be eaten
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| or mixed with other vegetables, when used
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| | laced in sugar with a dollop of clotted
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| for cooking. They are also delicious raw,
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| | cream.)
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| if you can find good tomatoes rather than
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| | Spinach
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| the insipidly flavoured tomatoes you may
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| | Many may turn their noses up at the
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| find in the supermarket.
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| | mention of spinach; I know I did as a
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| Tomatoes also happen to be one of the
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| | child. However, once you discover its
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| most valuable health foods, rich in
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| | true flavour, spinach does make an
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| lycopene, plus vitamins A and C. Lycopene
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| | excellent food as a side vegetable, in a
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| is a powerful antioxidant, which is why
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| | soup or in a curry. All the old stories
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| much scientific attention has been paid
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| | about the goodness of spinach were true,
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| to tomatoes in recent years. Lycopene's
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| | as it contains Vitamin C, iron, beta
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| ability to neutralize free radicals that
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| | carotene and calcium., plus vitamins E
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| cause cell damage has been the centre of
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| | and K, fibre, lutein and zeaxanthin
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| attention, due to the possible potential
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| | (carotenoids).
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| in cancer prevention.
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| | Those are just a few ideas for healthy
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| Tomatoes also have one other special
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| | foods, rich in nutrients, that can add
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| asset. That is, that the nutrients are
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| | flavour and interest to your diet, as you
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| not destroyed during cooking, and even
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| | set out to make a permanent lifestyle
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| processed tomato products such as tomato
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| | change to lose weight.
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| sauce or ketchup, and canned tomatoes,
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