Boyett Health News

July 2013

When someone mentions the word "summer", all kinds of things come to mind. High temperatures, sunshine, flowers, fresh fruits, vacations! In regards to meals, we often lean toward lighter, fresher meal ideas in the summer season. We encourage you to take advantage of abundant fresh, seasonal produce when it's at its most delicious and nutritious. When summer recipes are fresh and delicious, it's easy to fill your diet with low-calorie, antioxidant-rich fruits, vegetables and herbs. Perfectly ripe peaches boast beta carotene, bursting-with-flavor blueberries are rich in vitamin C and fresh-picked corn is full of folate. If you're lucky enough to get produce fresh from your garden or find some at your local farmers' market, all the better! Click here for some quick and easy summer recipes that are good for you!!

8 Steps for Healthier Summer Living

In the warmer, longer, lazier days of summer, the living may not be easy, but your life probably feels less chaotic. Even adults tend to adopt a "school's out!" attitude in summer. That's why this is a perfect time to improve your health in a fashion so seasonally laid back you'll barely notice the effort.

Eight health experts in fields such as diet,fitness, stress, vision, and oral health were asked: If you could only suggest one simple change this season to boost personal health, what would it be? Here are their top eight tips.

1. Give Your Diet a Berry Boost

If you do one thing this summer to improve your diet, have a cup of mixed fresh berries -- blackberries, blueberries, or strawberries -- every day. They'll help you load up on antioxidants, which may help prevent damage to tissues and reduce the risks of age-related illnesses. Blueberries and blackberries are especially antioxidant-rich.

A big bonus: Berries are also tops in fiber, which helps keep cholesterol low and may even help prevent some cancers.

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