{"id":1130,"date":"2010-03-16T12:23:56","date_gmt":"2010-03-16T19:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.weight-loss-center.net\/weight-loss-blog\/?p=1130"},"modified":"2010-03-16T12:38:27","modified_gmt":"2010-03-16T19:38:27","slug":"healing-weight-loss-foods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weight-loss-center.net\/weight-loss-blog\/2010\/03\/healing-weight-loss-foods\/","title":{"rendered":"Weight Loss Foods with Healing Powers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of your reasons for losing weight might be to improve your health.  This is a great motivator.  But when you are designing your weight loss program, it can seem like calories are the only things that matter \u2013 not true.  In order to heal your body and lose weight, there are a number of foods you will want to add to your diet plan.  Not only are these foods healthy for your body, but they are also low in calories, allowing you to create a diet that does it all.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1131\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1131\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1131\" title=\"Healing Weight Loss Foods\" src=\"https:\/\/www.weight-loss-center.net\/weight-loss-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/healing-weight-loss-foods.jpg\" alt=\"Healing Weight Loss Foods\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.weight-loss-center.net\/weight-loss-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/healing-weight-loss-foods.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.weight-loss-center.net\/weight-loss-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/healing-weight-loss-foods-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1131\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Berries, such as blueberries, are high in antioxidants while being low-calorie, which makes them the perfect healing weight loss foods.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Healing Weight Loss Foods to Add to Your Diet<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While this list is not exhaustive, you should try to add at least a few of these foods to your diet to improve your overall health:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Healthy fat fish \u2013 Adding fish like salmon and tuna to your day will not only give you some protein to boost your energy and help to manage your blood sugar levels, but these fish can also help to reduce cholesterol and improve blood circulation.<\/li>\n<li>Green tea \u2013 The tannins in green tea help to promote a faster metabolism, but they also help promote cell repair in the body.  This can help to offset infections and some studies have shown green tea might be a cancer preventing food.<\/li>\n<li>Ginger \u2013 With ginger, you can help to heal and to prevent a number of stomach and digestive woes. Adding this to recipes or eating it raw will help give you the maximum effect.<\/li>\n<li>Cabbage \u2013 While this food may seem to be primarily water, cabbage is linked with many healing properties, helping to create a healthy life.<\/li>\n<li>Leafy Greens \u2013 The vitamins, minerals, and antioxidant properties of leafy green vegetables, such as spinach and kale, will help your body feel energized, while also helping to prevent cancerous growths in the body.<\/li>\n<li>Soy \u2013 Study after study has linked soy with helping the heart become healthy and to help the hormones be balanced over the long term (for more information about soy, read the post &#8220;<a title=\"How Healthy Are Soy Products\" href=\"https:\/\/www.weight-loss-center.net\/weight-loss-blog\/2009\/08\/how-healthy-are-soy-products\/\" target=\"_blank\">How Healthy Are Soy Products?<\/a>&#8220;).<\/li>\n<li>Garlic \u2013 This food has been linked with antibacterial and anti-viral properties, allowing it to help boost the immune system, while also protecting the heart and the blood vessels.<\/li>\n<li>Citrus fruits \u2013 The antioxidant properties of citrus fruits have been widely researched, showing they can help to prevent damage from free radicals in the air, while also boosting immune system function.<\/li>\n<li>Berries \u2013 Berries also have antioxidant properties that can help a person improve their health while also allowing the person to protect themselves from environmental damage.<\/li>\n<li>Dark chocolate \u2013 The antioxidants in chocolate are also revealing themselves to be healthy for the heart as well as for managing depression and anxiety (also see the post &#8220;<a title=\"Chocolate Increases Weight Loss\" href=\"https:\/\/www.weight-loss-center.net\/weight-loss-blog\/2009\/05\/chocolate-increases-weight-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chocolate Increases Weight Loss<\/a>&#8220;).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Choosing to add some of these weight loss foods with healing powers to your diet will not only help to promote good health, but their calorie counts are low, making them helpful for diet plans.  Try adding just one or two of these foods each week to see what you enjoy and what you do not.  Over time, you will create a diet that protects you as much as it helps you to be slimmer.<\/p>\n<p>Other Related Posts and Articles you May Find Interesting: \u201c<a title=\"Eating Organic Foods\" href=\"..\/2009\/03\/eating-organic-foods\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a title=\"Antioxidants Weight Loss\" href=\"https:\/\/www.weight-loss-center.net\/weight-loss-blog\/2009\/08\/how-antioxidants-enhance-weight-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\">How Antioxidants Enhance Weight Loss<\/a>\u201d, \u201c<a title=\"Weight Loss Diet Prevents Cancer\" href=\"..\/2009\/07\/healthy-weight-loss-diet-prevent-cancer\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a title=\"Best Weight Loss Foods\" href=\"https:\/\/www.weight-loss-center.net\/weight-loss-blog\/2008\/10\/best-foods-for-weight-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\">Best Foods for Weight Loss<\/a>\u201d, \u201c<a title=\"Weight Loss Diet Prevents Cancer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.weight-loss-center.net\/weight-loss-blog\/2009\/07\/healthy-weight-loss-diet-prevent-cancer\/\" target=\"_blank\">Healthy Weight Loss Diet May Prevent Cancer<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a title=\"Heart Healthy Foods\" href=\"https:\/\/www.weight-loss-center.net\/weight-loss-blog\/2009\/06\/foods-that-improve-heart-health\/\" target=\"_blank\">Foods that Improve Heart Health<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Choosing to add some of these weight loss foods with healing powers to your diet will not only help to promote good health, but their calorie counts are low, making them helpful for diet plans. Try adding just one or two of these foods each week to see what you enjoy and what you do not. Over time, you will create a diet that protects you as much as it helps you to be slimmer. <\/p>\n<p>Read More <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weight-loss-center.net\/weight-loss-blog\/2010\/03\/healing-weight-loss-foods\/\">Weight Loss Foods with Healing Powers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1131,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,1],"tags":[182,901,648,113,656,853,8,792,871,242,243,129,1384,168,1489,118,386,1053,1113,1002,14,1042],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weight-loss-center.net\/weight-loss-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1130"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weight-loss-center.net\/weight-loss-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weight-loss-center.net\/weight-loss-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weight-loss-center.net\/weight-loss-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weight-loss-center.net\/weight-loss-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1130"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.weight-loss-center.net\/weight-loss-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1133,"href":"https:\/\/www.weight-loss-center.net\/weight-loss-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1130\/revisions\/1133"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weight-loss-center.net\/weight-loss-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weight-loss-center.net\/weight-loss-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weight-loss-center.net\/weight-loss-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weight-loss-center.net\/weight-loss-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}