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    Foods That Look Like Body Parts They're

    Good ForLearn how you can stay healthy by noshing on 10

    anatomically shaped eatsBy Amanda Greene

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    Every child has heard the healthy-eating mantra "You are what you eat." But there may be a

    closer resemblance between good-for-you grub and your body than you thought. We found 10

    foods that mirror the body arts they rovide nutrients for!for eamle# brain-boosting walnutsactually loo$ li$e a brain. %oincidence& 'aybe. (hough these healthy foods are beneficial to the

    whole body# the list below is a fun reminder of what to eat to target secific areas.

    1 !arrot" #ye

    Slice a carrot in half crosswise and it)s easy to see that the veggie resembles an eye!loo$ closely

    and you)ll even notice a attern of radiating lines that mimic the uil and iris. *nd the oldwives+ tale is true, 'unching on carrots will actually romote healthy eyes. "%arrots are filled

    with vitamins and antioidants# li$e beta-carotene# that decrease the chance of macular

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    degeneration# the leading cause of vision loss in older eole#" says Sasson 'oulavi# '#

    medical director of Smart for ife Weight 'anagement %enters in Boca /aton# lorida.Photos

    by iStockphoto

    $ %alnut" Brain

    (he folds and wrin$les of a walnut bring to mind another human organ, the brain. (he shae of

    the nut even aroimates the body art# loo$ing li$e it has left and right hemisheres. *nd it)s

    no surrise walnuts are nic$named "brain food"!according to isa *vellino# dietitian for

    ocus2 iet# "they have a very high content of omega-3 fatty acids# which hel suort brainfunction."Photos by iStockphoto

    & !elery" Bone

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    ong# lean stal$s of celery loo$ 4ust li$e bones!and they)re good for them# too. "%elery is a

    great source of silicon# which is art of the molecular structure that gives bones their strength#"

    says r. 'oulavi. *nother funny bone coincidence, "Bones are 3 ercent sodium# and so iscelery#" reorts *vellino.Photos by iStockphoto

    A(ocados" )terus

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    (he lightbulb shae of an avocado loo$s li$e a uterus# and it suorts reroductive health as

    well. "*vocados are a good source of folic acid#" says Eli5abeth Somer# registered dietician and

    author ofEat Your Way to Happiness. "olate has been found to reduce the ris$ for cervicaldyslasia# which is a recancerous condition."Photos by iStockphoto and Shutterstock

    * !lams" Testicles

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    Studies have offered evidence that clams# which bear a resemblance to testicles# are actually

    good for the male se organs. "/esearch from the 6etherlands has suggested that sulementing

    your diet with folic acid and 5inc!both of which clams are high in77can have a significanteffect on imroving semen 8uality in men#" says r. 'oulavi.Photos by Shutterstock and 3D

    Clinic

    + Grape,ruit" Breast

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    (he similarity between round citrus fruits77li$e lemons and graefruit77and breasts may be

    more than coincidental. "9raefruit contains substances called limonoids# which have been

    shown to inhibit the develoment of cancer in lab animals and in human breast cells#" says r.'oulavi.Photos by iStockphoto and 3D4Medical.com

    - Tomato" .eart

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    Slice oen a tomato and you)ll notice the red veggie has multile chambers that resemble the

    structure of a heart. "Studies have found that because of the lycoene in tomatoes# there is a

    reduced ris$ for heart disease in men and women who eat them#" says Somer. *nd# she adds# ifyou mi them with a little fat# li$e olive oil or avocado# it will boost your body)s lycoene

    absortion nearly tenfold.Photos by iStockphoto and 3D Clinic

    / ed %ine" Blood

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    /ed wine# which is rich in antioidants and olyhenols# including owerful resveratrol# loo$s

    li$e blood. "When you drin$ it# you)re really loading u on the healthy stuff that rotects against

    destructive things in the blood# li$e cholesterol# which can cause heart disease#" saysSomer. "(here)s also a blood-thinning comound in red wine# so it reduces blood clots# which are

    associated with stro$e and heart disease."Photos by iStockphoto

    Ginger" 2tomach

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    *nyone who)s ever reached for a glass of ginger ale when they+ve had a stomachache $nows

    about the antinausea effects of ginger. So it)s fitting that the herb somewhat resembles the

    digestive organ. *ccording to r. 'oulavi# "gingerol# which is the ingredient resonsible forginger)s ungent scent and taste# is listed in the :S* database of hytochemicals as having the

    ability to revent nausea and vomiting."Photos by iStockphoto

    10 2weet Potatoes" Pancreas

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    (he oblong sweet otato bears a strong resemblance to the ancreas# and also romotes healthy

    function in the organ. "Sweet otatoes are high in beta-carotene# which is a otent antioidant

    that rotects all tissues of the body# including the ancreas# from damage associated with canceror aging#" says Somer.Photos by Shutterstock

    Read more: Food Nutrition Facts - Healthy Living Tips at WomansDaycom - Woman!s

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