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Vegetables: Nori, seaweed and dulse are beneficial to thyroid function.

Wheat Germ: Contains Vitamin E which is healthy and a powerful anti-oxidant.

Soy, Tofu Soy Milk: are high in protein for energy, non-allergic and help avoid breast cancer.

Whole Grains: Promote good bowel function and boosts immune function.

These are just some of the benefits of the preferred raw state of foods that deliver more powerful benefits than cooked foods.

Eating By Color Prevents Diseases:

The most powerful foods are oddly enough the most colorful and some studies reveal that these colors provide a whole host of benefits.

Red Foods: Tomatoes, red peppers, radishes, cranberries, and strawberries
The red family provides lycopene in tomatoes which protects against eye and prostate problems as well as lung, and heart diseases.

Yellow Foods: Squash, corn, bananas, chickpeas, almonds, ginger and beans.
These are a source of foods that reduce cataracts and macular degeneration of the eyes.

Purple Foods: Eggplant, Currants, Beets, Red Cabbage and blueberries.
Purple foods contain high concentrations of chemicals which reduce blood clots, delay or reduce Alzheimer's disease, delay aging and heart disease.

White Foods: Potato, Cauliflower, Garlic, Onions, Pears, White Endive and leeks.
White foods have anti-tumor properties and very the onion and garlic help to rid the body of virus, cold and flu.

Green Foods: Beans, limes, kale, celery, zucchini, cabbage, bok choi and broccoli.
The green foods contain indoles which fight off cancer by stopping its growth and anthocyanins that slow the growth of colon cancers.

No matter which way you look at foods, whether by color or by using raw foods such as fruits or lightly steamed vegetables consuming more of foods that prevent disease translates to you saving money and using your foods as your medicine.

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