Simple Health Cures

   It’s important  that we eat plenty of different fruit and vegetables every day. Diets rich in fruit and vegetables may reduce the risk of cancer and other chronic diseases. Fruit ad vegetables provide essential vitamin and minerals, fiber, and other substances that are important for good health. Most fruits and vegetables are naturally low in fat and calories and are filling.

   You’ve probably heard about the 5 a day for better health program. It provides easy ways to add more fruit and vegetables into your daily eating patterns. It’s vital that we eat a wide variety of colorful orange/ yellow, red, green , white, and blue/ purple vegetables and fruit everyday. By eating vegetables and fruit from each color group, you will benefit from the essential vitamins, minerals, and fiber that each color group has to offer alone and in combination

   There’s several different yet simple ways to start incorporating vegetables and fruit into your familiar and favorite meals. You can begin your day with 100 percent fruit or vegetables juice, slice bananas or strawberries on top of your cereal, or have a salad with lunch and an apple for an afternoon snack. Include a vegetable with dinner and you already have about 5 cuos of fruit and vegetables. You may even try adding a piece of fruit for a snack or an vegetable at dinner.

  Don’t be afraid to try something new to increase your vegetable abd fruit intake. There are so many choices when selecting fruits and vegetables, Kiwifruit, asparagues, and mango may became your new favorite. Keep things fresh and interesting by combining fruits and vegetables of different flavors and colors, like red grapes with pineapple chunks, or cucumbers and red peppers.

   Get in  the habit of keeping fruits and vegetables visible and easily accessible you’ll tend to eat them more. Shor cut and cleaned produce at eye-level in the refrigerator, or keep a big colorful bowl of fruit on the table.