These are all taken from the very useful Natural Health Products e-news. NHP is the company who makes the Lose Your Belly Fat, menopause and agnus castus plus products we recommend.
- Almonds, avocado, and olive oil. These foods are high in fat but about 70 percent of that fat is monounsaturated – the healthy heart kind. They also help make your cells more insulin sensitive, which means more blood sugar balance, and resulting weight loss.
- Kiwi. Kiwis have a low glycaemic index, meaning that their glucose enters the blood stream very slowly. They taste sweet and can offer you the fresh sweet fruit taste to beat sweet tooth cravings, yet they contribute just a fraction of the sugar that other sweet-tasting foods do.
- An update on the arsenic in rice story…’10 per cent of the rice sold in UK supermarkets contains 10 times the levels of arsenic allowed in China! Most rice contains some arsenic, a poisonous element, and arsenic is present in many foods. However, rice is grown in flooded fields, so the arsenic naturally present in the soil is absorbed by the plants through the water. Long-term exposure increases the risk of skin, lung, and bladder cancer, so the Food Standard Agency says that if you want to eat rice more than three times a week, consider switching to Thai or Indian grown rice, which have lower arsenic levels’.
- Watermelon contains a compound called citrulline that relaxes blood vessels and boosts circulation in a way similar to the drug, Viagra, used by men to reignite their sex lives!