Become a healthier you with the new food guidelines recommend that we eat between five and nine fruits and vegetables a day.
It is easy to fit that many serving of fruits and vegetables into your daily diet, even if it seems like a lot. The shelves of the grocery stores are full of fresh fruits and vegetables. Vegetables and fruits are some of the cheapest and most health-giving foods in the supermarket. It is easy to make your daily meals and snacks with the variety of fruits and vegetables you have.
It is easy to get five to nine serving of fruits and vegetables per day if you take into account how much a serving really is. The recommended daily amount equates to two cups of fruit and two cups of vegetables every day. It is easy to see how easy it is to reach this daily goal when you consider how many fruits and vegetables are available and how low the prices are.
One way to get the vitamins you need from fruits and vegetables is to eat a lot of different foods. Pick a variety of fruits and vegetables in every color of the rainbow and in every conceivable shape, size and texture to give yourself a varied diet every day.
It is important to choose the right colors for fruits and vegetables. This is more than just an artistic thing. Selecting a variety of colors will help you get all the vitamins and minerals you need each and every day.
Try new recipes
You can find new recipes to get the five to nine serving of fruits and vegetables per day. New recipes may give you the motivation to eat all those fruits and veggies. A daily smoothie might be the way to go.
New and inspiring ecipes can give you the chance to try out some new things. Everyone has eaten oranges, but have you tried the fruit? Is there any other vegetable you would like to see? Trying new things is a great way to find new favorites.
People think that they don’t need to eat fruit and vegetables every day if they take a supplement. Nothing could be further from the truth. Fruits and vegetables contain more vitamins than what is identified by science. The vitamins C, A and E are important to good health, but so are hundreds of other elements in fruits and vegetables. These elements are not available in a pill, so they must be taken through a balanced diet that includes plenty of fruits and vegetables.
Fruits and vegetables are less expensive than vitamins. Fruits and vegetables are very cheap when grown in the area. Getting the nutrition you need from the food you eat is much cheaper and more effective than taking vitamins every day.
You should get five to nine serving of fruits and vegetables a day. It may seem like a lot, but you can meet this goal by including fruits and vegetables as snacks, side dishes, and meals.
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