Do you find trendy diets a fad or do they have real health benefits....?

1. POMEGRANATE: If you're going to have a martini, at least make it a pomegranate one. This fall fruit has higher antioxidant activity than red wine and green tea.





2. KIWIFRUIT: Don't judge this fruit by its cover: Under that bristly brown peel you'll find a bright green star bursting with antioxidants and full of fiber.





3. BARLEY: When some whole grains, such as wheat and oats, are processed, they lose their fiber content. Not so with barley, which is full of soluble beta-glucan fiber in its whole kernel or refined flour form.





What is your favorite health food that you eat at least once, maybe twice, a day...fruits, vegetable, cereal, drink, etc...?





Do you supplement your eating habits with vitamins/minerals?

Do you find trendy diets a fad or do they have real health benefits....?
First off - I always supplement with complex vitamins and minerals. The thoughts that this is 100% of ____ -the daily requirement is a joke. We're not sure exactly how much each individual needs due to the vast differences in our systems and in our general health. So get a good multi vitamin. It will bolster your system and help to keep you healthy enough to fight off whatever bug is coming your way.





My favorite health food is whole wheat pasta. Great taste, fills you up and is very healthy, a great fiber source. Second,


I find yougurt is a good milk substitute and it almost seems like it is a dessert.





Finally, a combo of dried apricots/cranberries/blueberries mixed with nuts and added to my yougurt. Heavenly





Some diet fads offer 1 or 2 things that are really good - you just have to look at it very carefully.
Reply:I try to eat a variety of fruits, grains, nuts and vegetables in as natural a way as possible. I get my antioxidants from foods - like grape juice instead of wine since I don't need the alcohol.
Reply:that's three different questions, which you should have submitted under three different submissions. so i'll answer only one of them: yes.
Reply:i like green veggies!!love them too..





Well, ask yourself this, if the book/ newspaper/article says that this, so and so is good for you, ..





a) are you going to listen to them and, go get it and eat it ..


b)or, do you just think that they are plain silly and stupid, have nothng better to do..





Well, my choice would be to follow my own heart..eat in moderation. use your common sense! Dont believe in anythng you read.





Sometimes, i feel that they are just out to confuse you. I mean they will say that xxx is good for you, then later they will say that xxx is bad for you.. It's crazy. I've read alot abt such thngs.
Reply:The fruits and grains do have real health benefits.





The trouble with a lot of 'fad' diets is that they are not balanced, and so can create as many troubles as they supposedly solve.





So- sure, learn what the various foods do. But use common sense too.
Reply:I drink kefir ( a fermented milk product) daily but that's because I like the taste. I'm skeptical about all the stuff being 'sold' with health benefits attached. As a nation, we're obese, our food keeps getting modified to make it more 'healthy' and products keep popping up to save our lives. Yet we're getting fatter and fatter. I could use this modified margarine that has plant something-or-others in it all my life and still die of heart disease.


Exercise, on the other hand, is powerful but doesn't sell well on the grocery shelves so it's not going to promise to make you live forever - just makes you feel good.
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Reply:I take an incredible natural supplement called E3 live, daily.





It is a super food that comes from Klamath Lake Oregon.http://www.e3live.com/.


In my opinion a must take for all men women and children.





As far as fads go they are just that.


Where we go wrong is not examining the required amounts and the long term effect of a single item diet. ie missing nutrients etc.





We need to have balance in our diet so having a pomegranate martini might be nice but what does the alcohol do to aid or hinder in the uptake of nutrients from the pomegranate?


I would just eat a pomegranate, they are so fun to eat and leave the alcohol out of it.





Barley and any whole grain may be hard for some to digest.


This is my opinion is how most allergies and food insensitivities are born.





I only consume grain products in the raw.


I soak the kernels first and use them for raw oat meal or when making crust for raw pizza etc.





So even some health foods are not healthy for some.





I hope I answered your question.





E3 for me ;)



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