Fit and healthy body is the dream of all. For this to happen, it takes a strong commitment, healthy lifestyles and quality of nutrition derived from the food they eat.

Especially for men, it is useful to know the types of nutritious foods and nutrition to the body. Below are several common types of food you eat, but some have never known before. But there is nothing bad about eating for health:

1. Little
Bulbs that this is a very sweet taste than other vegetables. The dark red fruit contains a large amount of sugar in the layers of rough skin. Why unhealthy? As spinach, beets rich in folic acid and betaine. There are two types of these nutrients may reduce levels of homocysteine ​​in the blood vessels.

Homocysteine ​​is a compound in the blood may damage arteries and increase the risk of heart disease. The content of natural pigments – called betacyanins – in bits is the natural cancer prevention.

2. Col / cabbage
Who does not know this vegetable. One cup of chopped cabbage contains 22 calories and a number of other important nutrients. It’s called sulforaphane, a chemical that can increase production of enzymes in the body that inhibit the cellular damage caused by free radicals and reduce the risk of cancer. Experts from the Stanford University said, sulforaphane can increase the production of an enzyme inhibitor of cancer is more effective than other chemical compounds contained in plants.

3. Guava
The guava or guava is a tropical fruit that has a complex structure of acid. The sweet taste of this fruit you will know when you bite the middle. Guava rich in lycopene, a type of antioxidant that can cope with prostate cancer. A cup of guava juice contains 688 milligrams of potassium, or 63 percent more than what is found in bananas. Guava is also known as fiber-rich foods. There are about nine grams of fiber in a glass of guava.

4. Chard
One-half cup cooked chard contains 10 mg of each of lutein and zeaxanthin. According to scientists at Harvard University, these two compounds – also known as carotenoids – may protect the retina from damage caused by aging. Two of these nutrients, which is actually a pigment, accumulates in the retina, which used to absorb different types of short-wave rays that can damage the eye. Therefore, more lutein and zeaxanthin are consumed, the best protection of the eyes.

5. Cinnamon
Cinnamon can help control your blood pressure, which affects the risk of heart disease. In fact, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) states, people with type 2 diabetes consuming a gram of cinnamon daily for six weeks (approximately 1 / 4 teaspoon per day) significantly decreased the levels of blood sugar , triglycerides and LDL cholesterol.Cinnamon methylhydroxychalcone containing polymers, which can increase the ability of cells of the body to metabolize sugar by up to 20 times.

6. Purslane
Purslane or purslane (Portulaca oleracea) is a weed growing in the plantations of Chile. Weeds are known as nutritious crops in several countries such as China, Mexico and Greece. In Indonesia, purslane is also known to be useful as a drink, a tonic on the state of fatigue or a substitute for ginseng

According to experts at the University of Texas at San Antonio, purslane in omega-3 is very good for heart health. Scientists also reported, purslane contain melatonin – a type of antioxidants can prevent cancer growth – 10 to 20 times more than any other fruit or vegetable.

7. Pomegranate juice
For years known as the pomegranate juice drink, popular in the Middle East. Israeli scientists reveal that men who drank 2 ounces (60 ml) of pomegranate juice every day for a year systolic pressure was reduced by 21 percent. These habits also improve the blood circulation. Get used to 4 ounces of pomegranate juice, which can cover 50 percent of vitamin C on body draft.

8. Wolfberry fruit Gojiberri or
Because of its light sweet, red herbal long been used as a nutritional ingredient that can be added to meat dishes cooked chicken or seafood.

Wolfberry fruits contain beta-carotene, vitamin C, vitamin B1 and B2, beta-sitosterol (an anti-inflammatory), linoneat acid, and other useful materials. Based on the theory of traditional Chinese medicine effective Wolfberry strengthen blood circulation, strengthen the kidneys and liver and provide moisture to the lungs. Wolfberry is often used to treat diseases “consumer”, characterized by a sensation of thirst (as in diabetes and tuberculosis), dizziness mengarasi, blurred vision, lack of clear vision and chronic cough.

Plums fruit 9
This fruit contains chlorogenic acid neochlorogenic, a type of antioxidant that is effective against the “superoxide anion radical.” Types of free radicals can damage cells, especially that caused cancer.

10. Pumpkin seeds
Pumpkin seeds can be the most bernutirisi in the flask. By eating pumpkin seeds, your body needs magnesium to be met. This is important because French scientists recently found men with high levels of magnesium in the blood have a tendency to risk less than 40 percent of premature death than men with low levels of magnesium. Men should consume an average of 353 mg of this mineral every day, while the USDA recommends at least 420 mg.