A Tropical Fruit High In Magnesium Is Also Packed With Protein And Vitamin C

Functional foods are those that contain a range of nutrients and, consequently, harbor potential health advantages. This means you can check off many nutritional boxes by eating a single functional food, allowing you to get a bigger impact out of every meal.

That said, you may want to choose functional foods carefully. According to registered dietitian and certified dietary nutritionist Toby Amidor (via Food and Wine ), many so-called functional foods are more hype than help. Says Amidor, "We are seeing protein added to chocolate, and dyes taken out of gummies. Does that make them better? No. It is still candy and added sugar."

There's an easy fix for this problem: Reach for foods in their rawest edible forms (as long as they're safe). Fruits and veggies, for instance, tend to be good