Sustaining energy while exercising can be easy if you add certain superfoods to your diet.
Super Foods are a group of foods that have extraordinary health promoting benefits such as reducing your risk of certain diseases, improving your physical health and contain more antioxidants and nutrients than other foods.
Super Foods also help to detox the body of waste, which in turn gives you sustained energy and thus promoting emotional well being.
The four super foods listed below are great for adding to your diet in order to improve one’s nutritional intake and maintain weight loss:
Dark Chocolate – helps lower blood pressure and increases blood flow thus helping to prevent blood clots. Dark chocolate also helps to improve your mood as it contains several chemical compounds which when released act like endorphins to create positive energy.
Yogurt – contains healthy bacteria known as probiotics which helps to calm your digestion.
Olive Oil – reduces your risk of heart disease, benefits insulin levels and contains monounsaturated fats which help to lower cholesterol levels.
Cherries – cherries are great for adding to your diet as they are low in fat and calories and contain a high water content. Cherries are loaded with beta-carotene, potassium and melatonin. Melatonin helps to regulate sleep patterns so you can wake up refreshed and reenergized.
