Healthy Eating to Boost Your Energy

Eat Right, Keep Moving

There is so much emphasis on food today within a social or weight-watching context. So Today, I want to address those foods that drain your energy and talk about how you can boost your energy by implementing a few simple foods into your diet. Start with a good breakfast, or even a good energy based smoothie

Foods that drain your energy also make you fat. The foods that contain simple sugars and fructose syrup and white flour are for sure energy zappers. Folks we know what those foods are, they are the ones we crave because we have an addiction to them. Chips, candy bars, fried foods, ice cream, etc. Change these habits and cut your risk of heart attack by up to 90%. Instead, let food be your medicine. Your immune system asks just one thing of you, and that is put the right raw materials within. This is all you need to get well and stay that way. Mother Nature has placed nutritional Gardens of Cures all around us, and these are the foods that keep us well and healthy. For a lot of you reading this blog, the only thing missing in your life is good health. Make today that day that you begin your healing process by beginning a healthy regime that starts with Mother Nature's most powerful healing foods. Today, I will leave you with one quick tip for a longer life: Cruciferious Veggies, one that is loaded with nutrients and easy to incorporate into many meals is Cauliflower.

Studies have found that Cauliflower helps to wage war against a host of diseases, including cancer. Helps you live longer and keeps the immunesystem strong and healthy because of the excellent sources of vitamins contained within. A quick recipe using cauliflower as the main course: The prep time on this one is only 15 minutes and the cook time is 25 minutes. So dinner can be served in about 40 minutes, after all we have busy lifestyles these days and the chore of cooking keeps most of us out of the kitchen. Roasted Garlic Cauliflower INGREDIENTS: 2-3 tablespoons minced garlic (for garlic lovers use more it takes great) 4 tablespoons olive oil 1 large head cauliflower, separated into florets 1 fresh lemon 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese salt and black pepper to taste 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley 1.Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (220 degrees C). Grease a large casserole dish. 2.Place the olive oil and garlic in a large resealable bag. Add cauliflower, and shake to mix. Pour into the prepared casserole dish, and season with salt and pepper to taste. 3.Bake for 25 minutes, stirring halfway through. Top with Parmesan cheese and parsley, and broil for 3 to 5 minutes, until golden brown, remove and add fresh lemon to the finished dish. This is quick and easy and serves six, so that means you can put some away for later, or as a lunch treat the next day, by adding to a salad to give it more punch. For more great recipes like this one, check out allrecipes.com and do a search. With the exception of extra added ingredients, the original creation of this recipe comes from cookin mama.