Food is more than fuel for your body — it's a tool to help you improve your health. Eating for your health can be as simple as adding certain ingredients to the food you're already accustomed to consuming.
Small changes can add up to improvements in your well-being while satisfying your hunger. Get inspired by these simple formulas from Prevention and keep them in mind the next time you're making a grocery list.
| Meal Base | Add-In | Health Benefit |
| Whole grain cereal | 1/2 cup sunflower seeds | Better immunity |
| Scrambled eggs | 1/2 cup red peppers | Smoother skin |
| Smoothie | 1/4 cup wheat germ | Faster healing of cuts and bruises |
| Sandwich | 3 spinach leaves | Decreased risk of night blindness |
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| Meal Base | Add-In | Health Benefit |
| Garden salad | 3 ounces canned wild salmon | Healthier brain and heart |
| Stir-fry | 1/2 cup kale | Stronger eyes |
| Salsa (or another low-fat dip) | 1/2 cup chickpeas | Lower body weight |
| Low-fat pudding | 1/3 cup nonfat powdered milk | Less PMS |
| Green tea | Lemon | Lower cancer risk |
Visit MSNBC to learn more about how these pairings work as well as more food pairings for your health.
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Sonia Rykiel
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Good ideas! I love salsa and chickpeas, so I think I'll try adding them to my salsa. When it's all pureed, I bet it tastes really good. I should start adding salmon to my salads, but I'm not really a huge fan of canned salmon.
1"1/2 cup sunflower seeds" hmm, that seems like a lot! and lot of calories and fat added.
yum to salsa and chickpeas.
2Scrambled eggs and red peppers? Hmmm...
3tHANK YOU FIT SUGAR XD
4HUH
5Night blindness?
6Thanks for providing the valuable information for the healthy food. I shall add salad to my food that provides healthy brain.
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