Spine and Sports Medicine NYC

• Drink green tea (unsweetened or sweeten with agave)
• Limit your alcohol consumption
• Cut down on red meats and processed meats (healthy substitutes)
• Stew, braise, or steam your meats instead of frying/grilling
• Eat folate-rich foods (whole-grains, orange juice, eggs, beans)
• Eat 5+ servings of fruits and vegetables per day
• Tomatoes: fresh, juiced, or sauced
• Purple and red grapes or grape juice
• Broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, kale
• Mustard greens, lettuce, spinach, chicory
• Strawberries, blueberries, raspberries
• Eat turmeric (the Indian spice)

Via WebMD “Top Cancer-Fighting Foods”

• Cook at home, from scratch
• Use spices and peppers instead of salt
• Choose low-sodium or sodium-free processed food options
• At restaurants, ask server what foods are made without added salt
• Avoid instant and microwavable foods (usually high in sodium)
• Eat more fresh fruits and vegetables 

Via US New & World Report “9 Surprisingly Simple Ways to Cut Salt”

• Kale
• Oranges
• Peanuts 
• Kidney Beans
• Salmon
• Whole Grains 
• Apricots

“Eat a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, choose healthy fats and high-fiber carbs, and reduce your intake of red meat, sugars, and refined flours.”

Via RealAge “7 Foods for Healthy Eyes”

Via The Environmental Working Group

Here at Spine and Sports Medicine we promote a healthy lifestyle to help keep you looking and feeling great. We always recommend eating organic but we also understand that it gets expensive. This list by EWG highlights fruits and vegetables with the most and least pesticide contamination this year. Hope it helps!