What kind of food that can serve as a healing tool for your body?

Fruits and veggies certainly are the best natural remedies to cure your illness and have the safest way compare to standard medicine. They also function to maintain your overall health, in other words, as prevention to illness.

As quoted from Oprah site, the important nutrients in vegetables and fruits are vitamins, minerals, fiber and phytonutrients (naturally occurring plant compounds that help fight disease and enhance overall health, such as lycopene, anthocyanin and lutein). Deeply colored vegetables and fruits, such as beets, carrots and berries, are typically the most nutritious-so load up!

Let’s dig more about those fruit and veggie.

BEETS

• One cup of beets has 58 calories.
• Beets are chock-full of two different antioxidants that help protect healthy cells against damage all over the body.
• The folic acid in beets also helps keep kids’ cells growing and functioning the way they should.
• And beets are good for heart health and for keeping kids’ blood pressure regulated, because they provide a nice amount of potassium.

BROCCOLI

• One cup of broccoli has 30 calories.
• Along with all other veggies in the cruciferous family, broccoli is important because it contains natural substances that may help the body fight certain cancers.
• Broccoli also helps heal kids’ cuts and wounds-it’s a particularly good source of vitamin C.
• And, for a vegetable, broccoli can’t be beat in helping build strong bones and teeth (it’s one of the best nondairy sources of calcium-better absorbed by the body than spinach).

BUTTERNUT SQUASH

• One cup of butternut squash has 63 calories.
• The deep orange color of this winter squash reminds us that it contains beta-carotene, which is great for keeping your child’s eyes and skin healthy.
• Plus, this vegetable contains potassium, which is important for heart health.

CARROTS

• One cup of butternut squash has 63 calories.
• The deep orange color of this winter squash reminds us that it contains beta-carotene, which is great for keeping your child’s eyes and skin healthy.
• Plus, this vegetable contains potassium, which is important for heart health.

CAULIFLOWER

• One cup of cauliflower has 25 calories.
• Cauliflower is a member of the important cruciferous family of veggies that may help our bodies fight off certain types of cancers.
• Cauliflower may help kids resist infections (it’s a good source of vitamin C).

PUMPKIN

• One cup of pumpkin has 30 calories.
• Pumpkin helps build healthy hearts because it’s high in potassium.
• Its pretty orange color also signals that pumpkin is a rich source of beta-carotene, which helps keep kids’ skin bright and eyesight sharp, and encourages overall good health.

SPINACH

• One cup of cooked spinach has 40 calories.
• Spinach is your best bet for folic acid, which helps keep cells all over the body growing and functioning well.
• And it’s an incredible nonanimal protein source of iron, which delivers oxygen all over the body, providing much-needed energy to kids’ muscles.
• Spinach also helps regulate blood sugar and keeps your children’s hearts healthy because it’s high in potassium and magnesium.

SWEET POTATO

• One small sweet potato has 112 calories.
• Sweet potatoes help stabilize kids’ blood sugar levels by providing soluble fiber.
• And they’re good for skin, eyes and all-over good health because they’re rich in beta-carotene and other antioxidants.