Healthy Foods

By Joseph Hazan, M.D., FACOG

The following foods are listed in

alphabetical order and have beneficial

effects on your health:

APPLES contain antioxidants that

 help prevent free radical damage.

They help protect your lungs by

providing quercetin.

Also by eating two apples daily the

acetylcholine in the brain is boosted.

This neurotransmitter is important in

memory function.

BANANAS  help fight off H. pylori which

cause stomach ulcers.

BARLEY helps lower LDL cholesterol

and triglycerides.

BLACK TEA  helps prevent skin cancer

by providing polyphenols.

BLUBERRIES help decrease the risk

of colorectal cancer by one third.

This benefit is due to the antioxidants

called anthocyanins.

BROCCOLI helps prevent osteoporosis

because it contains vitamin K.

Eating three ounces of broccoli daily

provides this benefit.

BROWN RICE helps protect your lungs

 from asthma because it has

Selenium which lowers free radicals.

CAULIFLOWER  helps prevent breast

cancer by providing sulforaphane.

Best served steamed.

CARROTS help protect the skin against

free radical damage by providing

beta-carotene. 

They also help protect the eyes from cataracts.

A cup of carrot juice daily can provide this

benefit.

CHINOOK SALMON helps prevent Alzheimer’s

by providing niacin.

CITRUS helps prevent skin cancer by providing

d-Limonene.

COLLARD GREENS help protect from macular

degeneration and cataracts.

Aim for two servings of collard greens and 

spinach daily.

Best served cooked.

GRAPES help prevent heart disease by

providing antioxidant polyphenols.

OLIVE OIL please see the entry here

two days ago.

ORANGES help prevent osteoarthritis

by providing vitamin C.

PEARS help protect the lungs by providing

quercetin.

PINTO BEANS help lower LDL cholesterol

by providing beta-glucan.

POPCORN helps prevent diverticulosis

and diverticulitis by providing

fiber.

TOMATO helps protect the skin and breast

by providing lycopene which is

an antioxidant.

TUNA helps protect the skin by providing

selenium which is an antioxidant.

WALNUTS help protect the retina against

macular degeneration by

providing omega-3.