WHAT IS A HEALING FOOD?

The editors at Prevention Magazine put it in a simple way that is easy to understand.  A healing food is one that is short on elements we know are bad for us, like saturated fat, cholesterol, salt, and too many calories.  A healing food is chock-full of things we have learned are good for us, like select vitamins and minerals, fiber, and fish oils.  These healing foods can be found in a wide variety of foods that are readily available to us all.  If you think that is complicated, here are a very few examples of healthy healing foods:

• fish
• lean meat
• poultry
• beans
• broccoli
• sweet potatoes
• cauliflower
• cantaloupe
• seeds such as sesame
• yogurt
• fresh fruit
• fresh vegetables
• whole grains
• members of the onion family, including chives

Like I stated earlier, this list is very small but you can see how readily healthy healing foods are.  Remember this, for any food to be healthy, even healing, it should be consumed in reasonable portions.  It is not healthy to overeat any foods.  Also remember how you cook foods and the things you add to them can sometimes destroy their healthy healing status!