Food Linking for Maximum Benefit
Food synergy is the concept that a mixture of food constituents operates in concert. This is a way to maximize the health benefits of a diet. When synergistic foods are put together, the evidence for potential health benefits becomes stronger than individual foods.
Here are some examples of Synergistic Effects of Food Combinations:
Broccoli + Tomato 🡺 has a great effect in reducing the prostate tumors
Oatmeal (raw, not processed) + Orange juice (or any vitamin C juice) 🡺 (for breakfast) “cleans” arteries works against plaque formation + can help preventing a heart attack, because the phenol in this combination stabilizes the LDL cholesterol
Blueberries + Grapes 🡺 more antioxidant response
Apples (has quercetin) + Chocolates (has cachexin) 🡺 loosens clumpy blood platelets, improving cardiovascular health and providing anticoagulant activity
Lemon (or any source of vitamin C as strawberries, tomatoes, bell peppers, broccoli,) + Kale (or any plant-based iron as leeks, beet greens, kale, spinach, mustard greens) 🡺 Vitamin C helps plant-based iron absorb. Since it converts the plant-based iron into form of iron similar to that is found naturally in fish and red meats
Soy + Salmon 🡺 Increases the amount vitamin D bioavailability in colon and prostate and may protect against cancer
Peanuts (think peanut butter!) + Whole Wheat 🡺 Provides the complete chain of amino acid which is absent in wheat, in order to build muscle, particularly for elderly people. Enjoy a guilt-free peanuts-butter sandwich, make sure it is prepared with whole-wheat bread.
Red Meat + Rosemary 🡺 Decreases the carcinogens effect of charred meat, as the Rosemary contains the antioxidants rosmarinic acid and carnosic acid, which lower the amount of the cancer-causing heterocyclic amines
Turmeric + Black Pepper🡺 Enhances the bioavailability of curcumin due to black pepper's hot property called piperine. Then, this will activate the turmeric biological functions of Turmeric, including anti-inflammatory effect, tumor-fighting activities and anticancer properties
Garlic + Fish🡺 Lowers the total cholesterol, since garlic keeps down the small increase in LDL cholesterol that might result from fish.
Eggs + Cantaloupe 🡺 The best protein in breakfast, The protein slows the absorption of glucose, or sugar of the breakfast, which will decrease the insulin and high blood-sugar level. High insulin levels cause inflammation, diabetes, cancer, and other diseases.
Spinach + Beets 🡺 Iron absorption from spinach in intestines is improved by high Vitamin C levels in beets.
Tomatoes + Olive Oil 🡺 Reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease and certain cancers due to the antioxidant component of tomato called lycopene, which is fat-soluble. So, combining it with fat like olive oil improves the absorption of lycopene into the body.
Green Tea + Lemon 🡺 Accelerates metabolism, keeps the body hydrated as it is full of antioxidants. The body absorbs 13 times as many more antioxidants than when these ingredients are consumed alone.
Onions + Grapes 🡺 Inhibits blood clots, enhances overall heart health, and relives allergy symptoms.
Red Beans + Brown Rice 🡺 Provides a complete protein which contains all 9 amino acids, those that can’t be made by the body for muscle building.
Green tea + citrus (green tea with a few drops of lemon): cachexin more active longer, helps with weight loss
Supplement synergies
Vitamin C + Iron 🡺 Vitamin C helps our body absorb iron from food and supplement 100%, as iron is very important to hemoglobin.
Vitamins (B6, B12) + Folate 🡺 Works as partner to reduce the level of homocysteine, which may reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke. Also helps maintaining brain health.
Calcium + Vitamin D + Vitamin K 🡺 Vitamin D helps absorption of calcium, and Vitamin K controls the directions of calcium into bone building.
