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Top 8 Healthy Foods

Top 8 Healthy Foods.

Eggs

Eggs

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You can have eggs for Breakfast, lunch or dinner to get essential proteins without adding too many calories. Eggs contain nature’s purest forms of protein. The various preparations with eggs include omelets, scrambled eggs or hard boiled eggs. Eggs are packed with nutrients including essential vitamins like A, D and K.

Green Vegetables.

Spinach

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Spinach, broccoli or cabbage—green vegetables are recommended to people of all ages to lower their cholesterol levels and ensure daily intake of essential nutrients. You need your daily, basic dose of antioxidants to defy aging-inducing free radicals. These are provided by vegetables.

Tomatoes

Tomato

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Tomatoes are high in important antioxidants such as vitamin C and Vitamin A. These vitamins work to fend of DNA damage from free radicals. Tomatoes contain immunity boosters like lycopene. Tomatoes contain important nutrients, such as niacin, folate and vitamin B6, that have been associated with the reduction of heart disease risk.

Fresh Fruits

Fruits

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Fresh fruits should be an integral part of your daily food intake. If eating raw fruits seem too demanding, try sugar-free fruit juices. Try a combination of a variety of fruits, including the apples, peaches and blackberries along with citrus fruits like oranges and pineapple. Fruits provide fiber that defines the overall efficiency of your digestive system.

Lemon.

Lemon

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Lemon is a great natural source of Vitamin C. We need vitamin C for keeping our immunity sharp, skin healthy and ensuring that critical psychological functions are properly executed.

Low Fat or Skimmed Milk

Milk

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Milk is one of the best sources of natural calcium, which is essential for healthy bones. Milk is a great way to de-stress at the end of the day. A glass of warm milk will help to relax tense muscles and soothe frayed nerves and induce good sleep.

Yogurt & Cottage Cheese

Yogurt and cottage cheese are your safest sources of protein along with providing essential nutrients like zinc, riboflavin, potassium, vitamin B12, iodine, phosphorus and trace elements like molybdenum. Yogurt is the one of the best probiotics that should be consumed on a daily basis. You could introduce cottage cheese in your diet if you do not consume non-vegetarian food to ensure you get your daily dose of calcium and protein.

Oatmeal

Oatmeal is a low calorie food and stops food cravings. It provides high levels of fiber and protein and low levels of fat. Stabilizes blood sugar and reduces risk of type 2 diabetes. Oatmeal removes your bad cholesterol without affecting your good cholesterol.

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Top 10 Money Saving Tips to save you a ton of cash !!

Money

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1. Print a grocery list and stick to it.

2. At the grocery store look down. Items below eye level are often cheaper.

3. Try the store brands. Generic itemes are similar if not better than Brand names,  and you’re paying for all the advertising they do to have a brand name.

4. Ask for a discount on big ticket items like a refrigerator or washing machine.

5. If you don’t have health insurance, you must seriously consider getting it now! If you are uninsured, health care is more expensive.

6. Buy Compact fluorescent bulbs. Compact fluorescent bulbs use about 75% less electricity than incandescent.

7. Clear your credit card debt. One of the golden rules of financial planning is to clear your most expensive debts first, in other words your credit card debt. Credit card interest rates are normally high, so if not cleared it could cost you a lot of money repaying the interest and fines.

8. Pay your bills on time and avoid late fees.

9. Do regular scheduled maintenance on your vehicles. Do not cut down on or forget to do regular oil changes. Remember to check the air in your tires often. And follow the maintenance schedule mentioned in the owner’s manual of your car. These small steps taken by you, can significantly lengthen the life of your car, giving you years of use, and also save you a ton of money on major maintenance or breakdown issues.

10. Make saving a game. Set goals and give yourself a reward if you reach them.

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