Superfoods for a super you.

The following healthy power foods can claim big bragging rights

They can fend off serious diseases like diabetes, cancer, and heart disease; fortify your immune system; protect and smooth your skin; and help you lose weight or stay slim.

If you’re eating most of these healthy foods already, good for you! If not, now’s the time to load up your shopping cart and supercharge your health.

1. Eggs

Egg yolks are home to tons of essential but hard-to-get nutrients.

Some of these nutrients includes choline, which is linked to lower rates of breast cancer (one yolk supplies 25% of your daily need) and antioxidants that may help prevent macular degeneration and cataracts.

Though many of us have shunned whole eggs because of their link to heart disease risk, there’s actually substantial evidence that for most of us, eggs are not harmful but healthy.