1O SUPERFOODS FOODS THAT HEAL

HIPPOCRATES FAMOUSLY COUNSELED, “Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food.” Advice not without merit today, as a blossoming body of research highlights evidence that certain foods and the nutritional bounty they contain can help keep us in tip-top shape from head to foot. So start filling your shopping cart with these edibles proven to have healing powers worth celebrating.

1 ARUGULA

BEST FOR: IMPROVING VISION

If you want to continue keeping an eagle eye on things as you age, it’s a good idea to fortify your salads with this peppery green. A 2018 study in the discovered that people who ate more nitrates from food sources like arugula were at a lower risk of developing early-stage age-related macular degeneration (AMD) over a 15-year period. AMD is a leading cause of vision loss among Americans. In the body, nitrates are converted to nitric oxide, which can improve blood flow to your peepers so they can keep on seeing the world in high definition. The best dietary sources of nitrates are leafy greens such as