Super fruit for winter to stay healthy

Super fruit for winter are have renewing nutrients to keep you energized during the brrr season. Remember winter is a season that most of us pile the weight so try and do your best to keep healthy! Here are some of the best super fruit for this season:

Super fruits for winterTaking 2 –4 oranges a day may help keep colds away, lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones as well as lessen the risk of colon cancer. This food is very low in Saturated Fat, Cholesterol and Sodium. Oranges are extremely rich in vitamin C as well as several other compounds that prevent and fight cancer. It is also a good source of Thiamine, Folate and Potassium, and a very good source of Dietary Fiber. According to colour therapists, orange is a colour that helps lift our mood, makes us cheerful and boosts energy levels.


Super fruits for winter

Avocados are a fruit, not a vegetable, belonging to the genus Persea in the Lauraceous family. Avocados are sodium- and cholesterol-free and have only five grams of fat per serving, most of it the monounsaturated kind. This food is very low in Cholesterol and Sodium. It is also a good source of Dietary Fibre, Vitamin C, Vitamin K and Folate.






Super fruits for winterDid you know: To reduce the amount of 'bad' cholesterol, also known as Low-density lipoprotein (LDL), you can eat eight to 13 walnuts a day and lower your LDL by six percent.  Those who eat 21 halves a day, six days a week, can reduce their bad LDL by nearly 20 percent!  Eating about six walnut halves 25 minutes before a meal helps you feel more satisfied by that meal.If you eat an ounce of nuts or a couple of tablespoons of peanut butter five times a week, your risk of type 2 diabetes drops by half!


--- from "You Docs" from Vancouver, BC's