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Dr Oz Lays Out 11 Foods Men Should Eat Every Day
By admin | August 4, 2008
Dr. Oz, who appears quite often on the Oprah Winfrey show and is the author of the book, You On A Diet, gives men 11 foods they should be eating every day in order to improve their health.
And these aren’t just for improving your health but for making your body run more efficiently and improving your overall fitness as well.
There isn’t anything revolutionary about this list. But that’s really the point.
When it comes to health and fitness, losing weight, or building muscle, the common sense basics work best.
The problem is that there is so much misinformation out there on the topic that people aren’t really sure what those basics are!
Well guys, here you go, the Dr Oz foods you have to be eating.
1) Fruits and vegetables.
Like I said, obvious, but how many people get enough fruits and vegetables every day? Not many.
2) Fiber.
Same thing here. Most people don’t get nearly enough fiber, something I’ve written about before. You should be getting at least 25 - 30 grams of fiber a day.
It’s not just good for your health but good for losing weight and building muscle.
3) Folate
Dr. Oz recommends at least 800 mg a day. If you don’t take it as a supplement, you can find folate in orange juice, spinach and other leafy green vegetables.
4) Tomato Sauce
The best way to get the positive effects is by eating 10 tablespoons of tomato sauce a week.
“It takes 165 raw tomatoes to equal 10 tablespoons of tomato sauce,” Dr. Roizen says. “So it’s much easier to have tomato sauce.”
5) Nuts.
This is another one I recommend. Nuts like almonds and walnuts are great, not only for your overall health, but for fat loss and building muscle as well.
These nuts are excellent sources of heart-healthy omega-3s, and if you eat nuts before sugars (in dishes like pasta or corn on the cob), the fat in the nuts will slow your stomach and help your body most effectively process that sugar.
6) Fish
Dr Oz recommends a few great fish—tilapia, salmon, flounder, cod and mahi-mahi—especially if they are wild caught.
And not only is salmon a great source of protein, it has the added health bonus of being full of omega-3s, which are important for a healthy heart.
7) Eight Glasses of Water
“It helps move the poop and gives you better hydration. It actually cuts down on wrinkles, too, because you hydrate your skin when you take it internally.” says Dr. Roizen.
Red Wine
“Red wine has a chemical in it called resveratrol, which is a very strong antioxidant that’s also been shown to be heart-healthy,” Dr. Oz says.
9) Coffee
Now let’s be clear on this. Dr Oz isn’t recommending the type of coffee that most people seem to be drinking.
We’re not talking about the Starbuck’s junk with 400 gazillion unhealthy calories in it.
Coffee actually has been shown to reduce liver cancer and to be effective with—or with symptoms of—Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, Dr. Oz says.
“So there are a bunch of different places where coffee can play a role. The reason it got a bad name is because it does have side effects, for example, migraine headaches and heart palpitations.
But if you’re not having them, coffee is reasonable.”
10) Milk or Vitamin D-Fortified Orange Juice
The calcium in milk is obviously good for bones—any man with a mother has heard that one.
But the other important ingredient is vitamin D, which is a cancer-fighting agent.
While your body can actually get this vital nutrient from the sun, if you live north of Los Angeles or Atlanta, you won’t get enough vitamin D in winter and you’ll need to supplement it.
A glass of milk or fortified orange juice a day should do the trick.
11) Baby Aspirin
Okay, this might not really be a food or even something you get from food but it made the Dr Oz list.
If there’s a true magic pill, Dr. Oz says it could be baby aspirin.
“It’s cheap and easy to take aspirin,” he says. “Aspirin has many, many helping elements. It helps your skin, it helps about anything you can imagine.
It has some potential risks if people have sensitive stomachs. But for cancer, you’ve got to be on it.”
A man over 35 should take two baby aspirin—or 162.5 milligrams—every day. It can reduce his rise of arterial aging by 36 percent.
If you review the list again, you’ll realize you’ve probably seen most of these foods before.
So why aren’t you incorporating them into your overall diet and health and fitness plan?
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