Move it Monday.
Davina
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colorful foods+antitoxidants=heathy body
It's important to eat colorful fruits and veggies everyday.
Here's the breakdown on why colors are good for you from the Eating Well site. Make sure to check it our for more great info! (click on each of the links in brown for each of the great recipes)
Antioxidant Rich Recipes
Red/pink: Great source of lycopene, which may protect against prostate cancer as well as heart and lung disease. Tomatoes and watermelon are two sources.
- Quinoa & Smoked Tofu Salad
- Strawberry Bruschetta
- Sugar Snap Pea & Cherry Tomato Pasta Salad
- Watermelon Gazpacho
- Watermelon Slush
Orange: It’s easy to remember carotenoids, the class of antioxidant found in this color: just think “carrot-enoids.” Fruit and vegetables, such as carrots, mangoes and sweet potatoes, store beta carotene, which the body turns into vitamin A.
- Curried Chicken with Sweet Potatoes & Cauliflower
- Fresh Mango Chutney
- Mango-Lime Sorbet
- Moroccan-Rubbed Grilled Steak & Sweet Potatoes
- Sichuan Carrot Soup
Yellow/green: Get your lutein and zeaxanthin—two antioxidants linked with reducing the risk of cataracts and atherosclerosis—in honeydew, avocados and yellow corn. Many green cruciferous vegetables also contain indoles, another antioxidant, which help fight cancer.
- Avocado-Grapefruit Relish
- Broccoli with Caramelized Onions & Pine Nuts
- Calabacitas
- Chipotle Cheddar Chard
- White Sangria
Purple/blue: This color, common to summer treats like blackberries and eggplant, comes from a very powerful kind of phytonutrient: anthocyanidins, which may protect against heart disease by preventing inflammation. Since different foods contain different anthocyanidins, try to eat a range of purple and blue foods to benefit the most.
- Blueberry Ketchup
- Grilled Eggplant Panini
- Quick Pork Saute with Blackberries
- Roasted Eggplant Dip
- Rustic Berry Tart
And don't forget about the challenge this month to get more sleep. To see what the prize is click here for more info.
colorful. LIFE.
Reader Comments (33)
oh fun! thanks for all this awesome info Davina! So for sleep...in bed before every night this week except Saturday...had a wedding that lasted pretty late...but going to bed earlier is feeling great!
i LOVE the sleep challenge! (notice I am writing this at 12:49 AM. not. good.) but I did get to bed last night at 11:45 and got 9 hours of sleep.
thanks for continuing to encourage me to prioritize!!
iiiiiiiinteresting, Davina.
Bedtime: 11:35
Sleep time: 8.5 hours
my body is still exhausted from RR ties yesterday, but it's on to cement pavers today!!!!
i know we're not on tips anymore, but I heard on NPR that cherries are really in season this year ... so much that they're REALLY CHEAP to buy. so I picked some up today. I don't normally eat fresh cherries, but they are pretty good! :)
Went to bed at 11pm and slept til 7:30. 8 1/2 hours.
Did my stomach tape. Still holding off the kids' colds...Emergen-C!
Bedtime: 10:00 pm
Wake-up: 5:30 am
Sleep: 7.5 hrs.
Thanks for the awesome nutrition tips!
monday night: bedtime at 11:45, up at 9:00.
thanks for the post about all the healthy foods. i always try to serve a good variety of colors for meals at my house. it's a lot easier to do in the summer with lots of fresh fruits and veggies.
Bedtime: 10 p.m. (shocker, I know!)
Sleep time: 10.5 hours (and I'm STILL tired).
BIG NEWS: I'm under my goal weight .... now it's time for the next goal. Not sure what did it. But I think I'll come up w/ a new program involving lifting railroad ties. ;)
Today: post setting!!!!!!
Somehow I got more sleep than usual (to bed at 10:00, up at 7:00 - so 9 hours!) and I still feel run over by a truck. Oh well.
this isn't tip month, but here's one anyhow ...
i was getting measured for my friend's wedding (bridesmaids dresses are being made by mom or someone) and had my measurements taken. i never really paid attention, they're not fantastic and they're not horrible .... and I was curious what constitutes an hourglass figure .... and how to calculate something. I ran across this blog post ...
http://winningweight.blogspot.com/2007/07/bmi-ca.html
not sure about any authority in the health realm this person has, but it was certainly interesting.
tuesday night: bedtime at 11:45, up at 7:45. i got up a little earlier than usual for me this morning to go to the gym and finish grocery shopping before it got too hot outside. it was my turn with the car without a/c. at least today was cooler in eastern nc, than the past few days.
To bed at 11pm and woke up at 7:30. Caught the cold, darnit! A good excuse to lay around and catch up on my huge pile of magazines. Feelin' wiped.
Karen, GREAT JOB on meeting your goals!!!
Thanks, Laura. We haven't been to the gym in about a month and a half (bad us), but the summer projects ahve been keeping us active. Erik lost a stinkin' 15 pounds this summer. Booger. I've been sweating more over this project. HOW is he down so much? Well, good for him anyway!
8 hours of sleep to report last night. This has been a long week! But we're going to the beach tonight - so I should be well rested after the weekend!
Bedtime: 11:45 p.m.
Sleep time: only 7 hours ..... :(
Bedtime 11pm. Woke up at 7:30. 8 1/2 hours not counting the times I woke up to blow my nose. bleck.
I did walk a slow 1/2 hour (same route) this morning. Even though I didn't have the energy I think my body feels better.
wednesday night: bedtime at 12:00, up at 9:00.
i want to go to the gym again in the morning; i enjoyed the earlier rise and shine yesterday.
Didn't make to FL today, so I got 7.5 hours of sleep (10:30 pm - 6:00 am). Ran this morning and it felt great.
eeek! I didn't know I didn't post until I came to read!
Bedtime 11, up at 7:30, 8 1/2 hours.
Walked again. Feeling better but still have this dang cold.
I'll have to search for the silver lining.