Variety is as important as quantity
No single fruit or vegetable provides all of the nutrients you need to be healthy. The key lies in eating a variety of different fruits and vegetables that you eat.
Some basic fruit and vegetable tips:
- Try to eat more fruits and vegetables. If you need 2,000 calories a day to maintain your weight and health, aim for at least 4½ cups a day.
- Choose a variety of different fruits and vegetables. Include dark-green, leafy vegetables; yellow, orange, and red fruits and vegetables; purple and deep red fruits, tomatoes; and citrus fruits.
Fruits contain the unique magic mix of micro and macronutrients, anti-oxidants, vitamins, phytochemicals, fibre and flavanoids!. No tablet in this world can ever provide this unique magic mix.
Get the benefits of all colors in nature!
The key lies in variety. Eat a variety of fruits and vegetables every day!
If you are already eating them, eat more of them!
Recommendations
Dietary fibre is the complex carbohydrate component of plant food which is not digested by enzymes in the digestive tract and which finds its way to the large bowel. Very young infants should not be given fibre. Fruits, vegetables and cereals must be introduced carefully as part of a proper weaning programme only after 6 months. |
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