Let Good Health Be Your New Year’s Resolution

Observe your weekly eating habits and note down which day/days you had a proper home cooked nutritional meal. If three meals are taken as standard meals in any given day, then we have an opportunity to feed our body with 21 meals in a week. So, how many times have you had a bowl of freshly cut fruits? Did you have homemade soups which carry no Maida or corn flour? Keep the answer to yourself. I will tell you what is needful for you to know.

Starting alphabetically, Vitamin A is necessary for your eye sight. Best sources of Vitamin A include mangoes, sweet potato, cilantro, broccoli and carrots. Vitamin A is heat sensitive and therefore can be lost due to overcooking. Vitamin B family is huge and here is how they can be received independently. Nuts, Kidney, legumes are found to be good sources of Vitamin B1.

Vitamin B2 can be sourced from spinach, broccoli and milk. Tomatoes and tuna give us Vitamin B3. Legumes, egg yolk and mutton provide us with Vitamin B6 and B12 can be taken from salmon, sardines and kidney. They boost proper functioning for cardiovascular system.

The immunity is increased by Vitamin C. It is present in almost all citrus fruits like oranges, lemons and berries. Indian gooseberries are observed as one the richest sources of Vitamin C. Pineapples and Strawberries are also excellent source. These fruits also work as great antioxidants and help reduce ageing symptoms in an individual. It is for the same reason that many products have started putting strawberries in soap and cream based products.

Vitamin D is essential for proper growth and functioning for your bones. Sitting 15 minutes in bearable sun will initiate your body to make natural Vitamin D. Egg yolks, liver and fish are other important sources. The beauty Vitamin E is a must to have a beautiful and healthy skin. Sources include shrimp, soybean, Green vegetables, sunflower seeds and wheat germ.