Healthy Fall Foods

If you are like me then you know that there is nothing better than fresh produce from your backyard garden (or farmers market). While your garden may have closed up shop for the winter, it doesn’t mean that your fresh food options have closed too. We all know the best way to lose weight is to exercise and eat healthy. Keeping healthy eating in mind, fall introduces many fresh fruits and vegetables that are packed with delicious flavor and nutrition whose season peaks when the air turns colder. While there are many delicious options 5 favorites are as follows:
Cranberries:
Fresh cranberries are one of nature’s most powerful combatants against disease. Did you know that there is five times more antioxidant fighting power in cranberries that in a serving of broccoli? This attribute helps cranberries to fight against urinary tract infections and kidney stones. Cranberries have also been noted to have the ability to help fight cancer, and raise levels of HDL in the blood.
A half cup serving of cranberries contains only 23 calories and is an excellent source of vitamins C, K and dietary fiber.
Oranges:
A perfect transportable snack as well as a tasty addition too many recipes, oranges provide high doses of vitamin C. This attribute helps in warding off colds, which so many are prone to in the winter time.
Grapes:
Due to their high content in tannin, grapes are an excellent virus fighter. Grapes may also fight against cancer due to their high levels of caffeic acid, which is a great cancer fighter. A personal favorite treat of mine is frozen grapes. This little treat helps me to keep to my goal to lose weight.
Pomegranates:
Containing only 105 calories per serving, this tasty fruit native to the Middle East is a great fighter against the buildup of plaque in the arteries. Pomegranates also promote good prostrate health and are a great source of potassium.
Permissions:
This fruit is loaded with iron and vitamin C and provides a creamy and smooth texture. Permissions can be identifies with their reddish-orange colored skin and sweet-tangy flavor.