More Top Healing Foods

4. Small fruits such as figs, grapes, and berries

"What was the first fruit mentioned in scripture?" If you answered the Fig, you were right! - in Genesis 3:7. Whether you eat them fresh or dried, figs are a good source of fiber and potassium, a mineral that helps control blood pressure. So many people are potassium deficient because they don't eat enough fruits and vegetables, and they consume large amounts of sodium in processed foods.

Grapes are a great source of fiber and antioxidants. Berries are awesome nutritional "powerhouses." They are low in calories and among the highest antioxidant-containing foods on the planet. Some evidence even suggests that blueberries can prevent age-related memory loss.

5. Soups and Stocks

Stocks, or broths, are extremely nutritious and loaded with minerals, cartilage, collagen, and electrolytes. Meat, fish, and chicken stocks also contain large amounts of natural gelatin - a natural digestive aid. Chicken stock, for example, is usually made of backs, necks, and breastbones. Broths and stocks are especially beneficial to those with intestinal disease because they are high in nutrition that the gastrointestinal tract can easily absorb.

6. Healthy Saturated Fats

For years, Americans have been told to avoid fats found in butter and whole milk, even though humans have been eating butter from grass-fed cows and other animal fats for thousands of years. Instead of these healthy saturated fats, our diets now are full of polyunsaturated and hydrogenated fats...thanks to processed oils.

Whole milk butter, from cows grazing on fresh grasses, is loaded with Vitamins A, D, and E. As long as cows have fresh, fast-growing grass to eat, their milk will be high in vitamins.

What oil do you use in cooking? Well, I generally use olive oil. But anytime you cook foods in a pan or bake something in the oven, it's great if you can use extra virgin coconut oil. Coconut oil has been shown to help balance the thyroid and improve metabolic function - keep that in mind if you're trying to lose weight.

- The Great Physician's Rx for Health and Wellness