Food Chart (Know the Benefits of the Food You Eat)

January 18th, 2007 by Sexy Mom · Viewed 11318 times · 29 Comments

I couldn’t help but share an excellent food chart that a friend passed on to me (thanks, Viv!). The name of the person who compiled the list was not written, though.

I was delighted to find out that beets, cabbage, carrots, chestnuts, olive oil, and peanuts, which we have in abundance promote weight loss. And I thought only green tea would help (see related post). Find out more below.

APPLES: Protect your heart, Prevent constipation, Block diarrhea, Improve lung capacity, Cushion joints
APRICOTS: Combat cancer, Control blood pressure, Save your eyesight, Shield against Alzheimer’s, Slow aging process

ARTICHOKES: Aid digestion, Lower cholesterol, Protect your heart, Stabilize blood sugar, Guard against liver disease

AVOCADOS: Battle diabetes, Lower cholesterol, Help stop strokes, Control blood pressure, Smoothen skin

BANANAS: Protect your heart, Quiet a cough, Strengthen bones, Control blood pressure, Block diarrhea

BEANS: Prevent constipation, Help hemorrhoids, Lower cholesterol, Combat cancer, Stabilize blood sugar

BEETS: Control blood pressure, Combat cancer, Strengthen bones, Protect your heart, Aid weight loss

*BLUEBERRIES: Combat cancer, Protect your heart, Stabilize blood sugar, Boost memory, Prevent constipation

BROCCOLLI: ,Strengthens bones, Saves eyesight, Combats cancer, Protects your heart, Controls blood pressure

CABBAGE: Combats cancer, Prevents constipation, Promotes weight loss, Protects your heart, Helps in relief of hemorrhoids

CANTALOUPES: Save eyesight, Control blood pressure, Lower cholesterol, Combat cancer, Support immune system

CARROTS: Save eyesight, Protect your heart, Prevent constipation, Combats cancer, Promote weight loss

CAULIFLOWER: Protects against prostate cancer, Combats breast cancer, Strengthens bones, Banishes bruises, Guards against heart disease

CHERRIES: Protect your heart, Combat Cancer, End insomnia, Slow aging process, Shield against Alzheimer’s

CHESTNUTS: Promote weight loss, Protect your heart, Lower cholesterol, Combat cancer, Control blood pressure

CHILI PEPPERS: Aid digestion, Soothe sore throat, Clear sinuses, Combat cancer, Boost immune system

FIGS: Promote weight loss, Help stop strokes, Lower cholesterol, combat cancer, Control blood pressure

*FISH: Protects your heart, Boosts memory, Protects your heart, Combats cancer, Supports immune system

FLAX: Aids digestion, Battles diabetes, Protects your heart, Improves mental health, Boosts immune system

GARLIC: Lowers cholesterol, Controls blood pressure, Combats cancer, Kills bacteria, Fights fungus

GRAPEFRUIT: Protects against heart attacks, Promotes Weight loss, Helps stops strokes, Combats Prostate Cancer, Lowers cholesterol

GRAPES: Save eyesight, Conquer kidney stones, Combat cancer, Enhance blood flow, Protect your heart

GREEN TEA: Combats cancer, Protects your heart, Helps stops strokes, Promotes Weight loss, Kills bacteria

HONEY: Heals wounds, Aids digestion, Guards against ulcers,Increases energy, Fights allergies

LEMONS: Combat cancer, Protect your heart, Control blood pressure, Smoothen skin, Stop scurvy

LIMES: Combat cancer, Protect your heart, Control blood pressure, SmootheN skin, Stop scurvy

MANGOES: Combat cancer, Boost memory, Regulate thyroid, Aid digestion, Shield against Alzheimer’s

MUSHROOMS: Control blood pressure, Lower cholesterol, Kill bacteria, Combat cancer, Strengthen bones

*OATS: Lower cholesterol, Combat cancer, battles diabetes, Prevents constipation, Smoothen skin

OLIVE OIL: Protects your heart, Promotes weight loss, combats cancer, Battles diabetes, Smoothens skin

*ONIONS: Reduce risk of heart attack, Combat cancer, Kill bacteria, Lower cholesterol, Fight fungus

*ORANGES; Support immune systems, Combat cancer, Protect your heart, Straighten respiration

PEACHES: ,Prevent constipation, Combat cancer, Help stop strokes, Aid digestion, Help in relief of hemorrhoids

*PEANUTS: Protect against heart disease, Promote weight loss, Combat prostate cancer, Lower cholesterol, aggravates diverticulitis

PINEAPPLE: Strengthens bones, Relieves colds, Aids digestion, Dissolves warts, Block diarrhea

PRUNES: Slow aging process, Prevent constipation, Boost memory, Lower cholesterol, Protect against heart diesease.

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29 responses so far ↓

Toe // Jan 18, 2007 at 4:02 pm

I am drinking green tea as I am reading this.

But hey, you forgot cake, ice cream, pizza, potato chips, french fries… ay mali! Weight loss ba ang pinopromote?
Rach // Jan 18, 2007 at 5:25 pm

Interesting list. Thanks for sharing.
Jaja // Jan 18, 2007 at 5:51 pm

mas effective pa daw na pampagising ang apple kesa kape.tapos if u want to suppress your appetite just eat an apple.

ung pomegranate din,it has antioxidants saka parang anti-cancer din.

but this is really interesting.thanks for sharing!
houseband00 // Jan 18, 2007 at 6:55 pm

Hello Dine,

What an interesting blog you have. Nakakatakot, actually. Panay health issues kasi. =)

Great list! My breakfast everyday consists of oatmeal. I also try to have fruits as my snack instead of chips or a sandwich.

More power, Dine

Hb00
eric aka senor enrique // Jan 18, 2007 at 7:51 pm

I can really use shedding off 30 lbs. I don’t know but I find it virtually impossible to lose weight here in Manila

But green tea I’ve gone back to drinking regularly once again.
Leah // Jan 18, 2007 at 8:10 pm

Great list to remind us of what should we include in our daily diet. Today, I have 4 in your list in my lunch bag. Not bad huh.
ba // Jan 18, 2007 at 8:20 pm

Nasan yung chocolates?
vic // Jan 18, 2007 at 10:22 pm

thanks for a visit and comments on the Janice Del Rosario case. She will be soon the legal problem of the Philippines, since her deportation is going on, lest she files another of her delay dally tactics, using the kids as a “humanitarian” case.

Anyways, I think Garlic in any form is one good food for LDL control too. It may be offensive to some.
mr nice ash // Jan 19, 2007 at 8:22 am

haha. Maybe that’s why I don’t gain over 120lbs… I ate lots of fruits, esp. apples and pineapples…
karmi // Jan 19, 2007 at 5:39 pm

hi ate D..

maybe I should start eating fruits again.. I dont know why I suddenly stopped eating apples and bananas… Maybe that’s why I started gaining weight.. I thought that you can substitute chips for apples.. hehehe..

Thanks for the list mommy D..
—karmi
Prab // Jan 19, 2007 at 5:57 pm

Hmm.. magkakasundo tayo. I’m a vegetarian kasi eh.
dimaks // Jan 19, 2007 at 9:12 pm

How about ginger? I dont know the medical benefits of it but I use it as anti-bacterial.. mixed with hot or cold water.
Belle // Jan 20, 2007 at 11:54 am

nice post, dine! i used to drink beet-carrot-apple juice everyday but now I switch to odwalla juice (super food). it has wheat grass, fruits, spirulina, algae, green tea, broccoli spinach, odorless garlic…and more.
Alternati // Jan 21, 2007 at 4:03 am

I eat everything on the list except Flax. What is that? hehehe

This post gave me a yearning for peaches
annamanila // Jan 21, 2007 at 10:16 pm

Hi. Very useful info .. thanks. And hey, you scooped the Inquirer Magazine. Today’s issue is all about food, the losing weight bandwagon, diets, champion meals, etc. I mean, your blog came out earlier than the mag.

Hey, I tagged you again. I hope you don’t mind writing about five things that happened to you because of blogging. All best!
bw // Jan 23, 2007 at 6:45 am

I am an apple and banana a day guy M to F so I guess I’m not doing too bad. Definitely a list worth keeping
Sexy Mom // Jan 23, 2007 at 2:30 pm

thanks, ALL! for the informative, to the entertaining to the funny comments!
sesame // Jan 24, 2007 at 10:41 am

Hey, this is useful tip! Okay if I use this in my other blog viva woman for bloggertips?

sexy mom says: sure dear! and hey! viva woman (www.vivawoman.net/) is a very interesting and useful site. i will endorse it to my friends.
viva woman! » BloggerTips: Food for weight loss // Jan 26, 2007 at 7:58 am

[...] I saw this very interesting foodchart over at The D Spot from Sexy Mom which details which food promote weight loss and smoothen skin and asked her if I can share it here. Beets: Promotes weight loss, controls blood pressure, combats cancer, trengthens bones, protects your heart. [...]
katiann // Jan 27, 2007 at 3:01 am

I lost 30 lbs by drinking green tea, cutting out ice cream and all sweets, eating more fruit and a salad for lunch every day, yoga, walking at least 1/2 mile every day. The pounds shed off quickly. It works. I went from a tight 12 to a loose 10.

We are what we eat.

What is the source for the food benefits chart? I need to know to pass on to my friends.
Francesca // Jan 28, 2007 at 4:31 pm

I agree with oranges that promotes our immune system, i am drinking it at the moment due to severe cold.
But. (hehe)may But ako.

Yung peanuts, does not lower cholesterol, daw?
Kasi here in France, they do not use that much because of high cholesterol content. I once bought a bottle as bread spread, ang sigaw ni Frenchman, kala mo nakakita ng multo! even sa kare kare ko, ayaw niya gamit ko, kasi daw kataas ng cholesterol non!
dont know, so far di ko na lang touch yung peanut butter…
Sexy Mom // Jan 28, 2007 at 11:01 pm

thanks, katiann – that’s a feat! as to the source of the chart, i asked and asked, but could not really find the source. it was passed on by a friend, who passed on…

francesca – i hope you are well now. as to peanuts and other nuts, i take them in moderation.
claire // Feb 16, 2007 at 3:08 pm

what a list! ...very informative talaga! Kaso I have a comment, kasi sabi d2 sa lugar namin, avocados can raise cholesterol levels and may even cause toxemia or preeclampsia to moms-to-be like me… Me and my husband really love eating avocados pa naman (frozen with milk)...

I am glad that you came up with this list…now I have something to prove our “critics” wrong… Hehehehehhe
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vk // Mar 24, 2007 at 11:13 pm

since my gyne. says about my Uterus…..i started drinking -green tea, as what my papa says, Green tea is good for our Health…..

i think it helps, kasi my uterus is ok and my myome? is not active-growth, and my menst. is ok too…....

My gene. says momentarily, there´s no need of OP….

i think from Green Tea, i drink this since 2003…....since i have this problem….
makapayat pa…...lol
Wellness is Eating Well : The D Spot // Aug 6, 2007 at 2:37 am

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brad // Nov 10, 2007 at 10:22 pm

great info but why does your list stop at prunes?
brad // Nov 10, 2007 at 10:26 pm

I just got the results from my last blood test and my cholesterol is high (243). I am using your info as a guide to help me eat right and exercise to bring my cholesterol level down to normal.
Thanks for your help
Brad
Cholesterol Chart // May 26, 2009 at 5:27 pm

This can be used as a diet guide for reducing cholesterol levels. Thanks for the information.

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