4 Foods That Will Surprise You

An apple a day keeps the doctor away. We've all heard this growing up, believed it for a while, and later dismissed it as one more way our parents were trying to trick us into eating our fruits and veggies (and for some reason the apple pieces in pies never counted). Not only are they healthy, but apples can even help you lose weight. Apples have four to five grams of fiber, which will fill you up and not leave you wanting to eat more. On top of having an excellent fiber content, apples can even help you lose some of the fat and calories you have taken in from other foods throughout the day. Apples can also be a great source of energy for your day. If you feel tired from not eating enough and not having enough fuel in your body to keep going, an apple may even wake your body up better than a cup of coffee would. 

 

Cinnamon! It’s surprising how much this little spice can do for you. Cinnamon is one of the oldest spices known to man, it has been used in medicines, creams, rubs, and of course added to our food, but it can do a lot more than make our apple pies taste delicious. Cinnamon offers your body a ton of different benefits. Cinnamon is known to offer anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, and anti-clotting benefits, while also boosting brain function, it helps maintain a healthy colon, and may even help control blood sugar. Oils found in cinnamon, cinnamaldehyde, work against platelet clotting. On top of all these benefits, cinnamon is also known to boost metabolism and help loose body fat. Cinnamon triggers your body into a fat-burning mode by increasing the bodies insulin sensitivity. When your body’s insulin sensitivity is high, the body burns fat instead of storing it, whereas a decrease in insulin sensitivity makes your body store the fat, making it harder to lose.

 

Kiwis are such an underrated fruit, when in fact they are a fruit that offer us so much! Besides the fact that they're a wonderfully delicious fruit, they are also full of vitamins, fiber, and potassium. This fruit really gives your body a lot of what it needs! Kiwis contain as much vitamin C as a medium sized orange does! Vitamin C is important and works as immune system enhancer, helping your body to keep germs away, as well as vitamin K which is important for blood coagulating, making it possible for your body to prevent excessive bleeding from cuts scrapes and even ulcers. The potassium found in the kiwis help keep your heart healthy and helps maintain proper fluid balance in your body, making you less likely to become dehydrated. Don’t underrate the kiwi! 

 

Olive Oil is the best oil you can be using while cooking or topping dishes. Olive oil is a healthy fat, which makes it the perfect replacement for any saturated fats in diets. Saturated fats increase the risk of heart disease and cholesterol, where as olive oil can help lower the risk of heart disease. Olive oil contains healthy fat which will help curb your appetite and hunger. By switching from saturated fats to olive oil, you may also lose some of your belly fat, olive oil helps prevent the accumulation of belly fat. Adding a bit of olive oil to your salad will also allow you to increase the antioxidant's powers of your veggies.