Dr Michael Roizen, US Nutrition expert claims “your diet can help cure what ails you”
Dr Michael Roizen has been studying the effects of food on health for over 25 years. He’s the chief wellness officer of the academic medical centre the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. He also developed something called the RealAge test, (in a bestselling book) — that showed how diet and lifestyle can affect your health in such a way that you can have a biological age several years older (or younger) than your chronological age. In his new book, Roizen discusses another effect that diet can have on our wellbeing — how eating specific foods when our bodies have specific needs can make a real difference to our overall health, as well as how we feel and how we recover from illness. Here’s just a few of his suggestions of what to eat – and what to avoid:
For headaches
Eat: cashews & Brazil nuts (these contain magnesium which can help headaches), & spinach (folate & B6 which can reduce migraine symptoms)
Avoid: Chocolate, red wine & Soy sauce
Insomnia
Eat: Chicken, eggs, pumpkin seeds
Avoid: sugar, fats
For Colds
Eat: mushrooms, garlic, ginger
Avoid: orange juice! (contains high levels of sugar which can make the viruses propagate)
To avoid Bloating
Eat: Porridge oats & whole grains
Avoid: Acidic fruits (high-acid foods such as oranges, grapefruits, tomatoes & lemons) – these can irritate stomach lining
Hot Flushes
Eat: Soya beans & tofu (contains phytoestrogens – helps control hormones), vegetables, red wine
Avoid: coffee!! (can elevate heart rates and cause dehydration)
Source: The Times.co.uk
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