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Despite the admonition that there are no bad foods, only bad diets, we at EN can think of a few foods that we'd come awfully close to banning (think chocolate-covered doughnuts and fast-food French fries).
Fortunately, it's a lot easier to come up with indisputable nutrition winners--replete with vitamins, minerals, fiber, antioxidants and other protective phytonutrients that may help shield your heart, keep cancer cells in check, bolster your bones, spare your eyes from sight-robbing diseases, boost mood and mind and perhaps even help battle the bulge.
Here, EN presents 15 "super foods," highlighting what gives them their super powers. Include them in your diet often, but not to the exclusion of other healthful contenders (see "Super Food Runners-Up," page 6).
Avocados. Rich in good-for-you monounsaturated fats, avocados also contain phytonutrients like cholesterol-lowering beta-sitosterol and cancer-protective glutathione, along with vitamin E, folate, vitamin B6 and fiber. Ounce for ounce, these creamy "vegetable fruits" contain more blood-pressure-lowering potassium than bananas, but also more calories (about 300 each).
Blueberries. These little blue marvels lead in antioxidant power thanks to anthocyanins, the...
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