Fall Vegetables That Make You Younger and Repair Damage To DNA

Three Fabulous Fall Vegetables That Make you Younger…

It’s that time of year when the leaves turn yellow-orange-red, along with the FALL VEGETABLES, that can make you young.

Pumpkins, sweet potatoes and winter squash are not only appealing to the eye and great tasting, but they are full of carotenoids. Why care about carotenoids? Carotenoids are wonderful nutrients that fight the DNA damage that can make you ill or even old before your time…that is why!

Here is how DNA damage works…during your lifetime, whether you are a beach bum, surfer dude or one of the top women dress designers of the world…your DNA accumulates damage. It also copies that damage, making new cells.  It is like when you make copy on a Xerox machine. Little flaws and imperfections start to show up, even if everything started out perfect.

Same thing can happen with your DNA. It starts to pick up the flaws.

You might not think that is such a big thing, but what if I told you  that this can lead to that ultimate cell replication error, CANCER…A word that most people find it hard to even say. CANCER.

Researchers are now finding that carotenoids, which is the plant pigments that also give pumpkins and cantaloupes their rich orange hues, may help protect against the kind of DNA damage that happens with age. That means that you will be able to keep making clear, good copies of your cells longer.

So, here we have the seasons’ vegetables, which will be less expensive since they are the fresh product, not a product that has to be shipped in from another state or country. Picked when it is ripe, so that it will have more nutrients, bursting full of flavor.  It’s one more way to take good care of your taste buds with the season’s peak produce and also take better care of your body.

Baby Boomers, it is a thumbs up for FALL VEGETABLES.  Personally, I adore all of the squashes, yams, parsnips, pumpkins and root vegetables. There are lots of great recipes in our Recipe Section.

Save your pumpkin seeds to make Roasted Flavored Pumpkin Seeds…you will find a recipe for Ye’ Old Fashioned Roasted Pumpkin Seeds in BBAC’s Recipes Section.

~The Baby Boomer Queen~

Here are some great Fall Kitchen Gizmos…even a Pumpkin Carver…

And do not forget that you are what you eat and if you are not using the correct cooking ware, you can be slowly poisoning your family.

We hope that you enjoyed “Fall Vegetables That Make You Younger and Repair Damage To DNA.” There are great fall recipes in BBAC’s Recipes Section.

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But even if you always use the freshest and best ingredients, make sure that the cookware you’re using to prepare your meals is safe? Is there Safe and HEALTHY COOKWARE, in your cabinets or pots and pans selection?