NUTRITION FOR AN ACTIVE BALANCED LIFESTYLE There is solid 
scientific evidence that some food such as fruits and vegetables have cancer fighting agents as well as many other decease fighting elements. These are not the vitamin and mineral compounds we are so well aware of, but reach into a much tinier spectrum but no less powerful. They are food based photochemical such as polypenols and bioflavanoids. They have been shown to move mountains so to speak and we should all be doing our best to take advantage of their abilities and incorporate them, by means of the food they are found in, into our active lifestyle. Here is a list of the 15 classes of phytochemicals and the corresponding food in which they can be found:
Ø >Allium----------Food it can be found in: onions, garlic, leeks, chives
Ø Anthocyanins----------Food it can be found in: blueberries, plums, red beans
Ø Caroenoids----------Food it can be found in: carrots, yams, cantaloupe, winter squash
Ø Coumarins----------Food it can be found in: soy beans, citrus fruits, tomatoes
Ø Dithiolthiones----------Foods it can be found in: broccoli, cauliflower, soybeans
Ø Flavonids----------Foods it can be found in: fruits, berries, beans, veggies, kale
Ø Glucosinolates and indoles: Foods it can be found in: soybeans and broccoli and cauliflower
Ø Glyceritinic acid----------Food it can be found in: anise and licorice
Ø Indoles----------Food it can be found in: cruciferous vegetables
Ø Inositols----------Food it can be found in: brown rice, oats, wheat rye
Ø Isoflavones----------Food it can be found in: soybeans
Ø Isothiocyanates and thiocyanates----------Food it can be found in: broccoli and cauliflower
Ø Lignans----------Food it can be found in: flax seeds, wheat, barley, beans
Ø Limonene----------Food it can be found in: citrus fruit
Ø Lycopene----------Food it can be found in: tomatoes, and red grapefruit
Ø Organosulphur compounds---------- Food it can be found in: garlic, onions, leeks, shallots, chives
Ø Phenols---------- Food it can be found in: cocoa, tea, fruits and veggies
Ø Protease inhibitors---------- Food it can be found in: soybeans, seeds, nuts, beans
Ø Saponins---------- Food it can be found in: soybeans, herbs and veggies
Ø Terpenes ---------- Food it can be found in: citrus fruits, caraway seeds, licorice root
Ø Xanthophylls---------- Food it can be found in: dark green leafy veggies.
Each of us needs to aim to fit 10 servings of these super foods into our daily active lifestyle in order to maintain vitality and optimal health. Remember, even though it is possible to get these foods in prepared versions, the nutritional value can be diminshed if they are overly cooked, or processed, so eat foods as close to natural as possible. For example ground flax seed is great, but, it must be freshly ground and uncooked. Once you heat flaxseed, the oil changes and becomes a bad fat. So putting it in bread and then baking it will not have the benefits of sprinkling it on your cereal, or having it in a smoothy. I always think of it as natural food = healthy food.
YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT----SO EAT HEALTHY FOOD!
