You Are What You Eat: A Super Food Quiz
Each week, we'll be offering original recipes and unique ways to use those Super Foods that pack nutritional power. After all, you are what you eat -- make it count!The list of Super Foods here at That's Fit, tucked away in our You Are What You Eat feature, is growing long -- which means it must be time for a pop quiz. So read on, tackle the following questions, and determine how much you know about the Super Foods that have been populating this blog.
- Which Super Food is so rich in antioxidants it can lower blood pressure and minimize the risk of heart disease? It's a sweet one -- so sweet that if consumed in excess, it will deliver you to the dark side.
- One serving of this Super Food contains just 60 calories and packs the most readily available dose of vitamin C. Want cancer prevention? This food might do the trick with its 170 cancer-fighting phytochemicals. What is it?
- This is one fatty food you don't need to cut from your diet. Brains and brawn are likely side effects of this Super Food that if eaten safely and in moderation can keep your heart healthy; your cholesterol and blood pressure down; and your risk of prostate cancer, stroke, and macular degeneration at a minimum. Name it.
- Some say this Super Food is a fruit; others call it a vegetable. Regardless, keeping it at room temperature is best for maximizing the antioxidant properties of this lycopene-rich food which is really more water than food. Time's up -- answer please.
- Another Super Food for the heart and also a winner for the immune system, this item comes with a scent that's to die for. Roast it, toast it, spread it, sprinkle it, or crunch right into this flavorful item and your body will thank you. And this power potion is . . .
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