Studies show that people who eat the most leafy greens have less cancer, less cardiovascular disease and fewer age-related eye diseases. A recent British study pinpointed spinach as the food most likely to prevent cataracts. Focus on these foods. We all want to be calorie misers but nutrition gluttons. Beta carotene is converted in the body to vitamin A, essential for good immunity.
Low levels predict higher risks of cancer, heart disease, infections.
A strong antioxidant. Deficiency is linked to increased colds and infections, cancer, heart disease, high blood pressure, asthma, infertility in men and overall higher death rates. More vital than ever because of its recently discovered powers against homocysteine, a blood protein that promotes artery-clogging. A lack of B6 is linked to increased heart attacks, strokes, depression. Some B6 is lost in canning and cooking.