"Eat more fruits, vegetables and grains."Isn't that what you always hear and what you always say?
It's the one recommendation in almost every diet/nutrition plan, every guide to nutrition and every fitness book. Health authorities around the world recommend and all agree we should be eating 5-10 servings of fruits and vegetables. But as much as it's preached, most people still don't eat enough fruits and vegetables every day. Maintaining Optimum Health
Experts agree: the best way to prevent our most prevalent health problems is to eat healthier. Almost every day, another piece of research or another news story reveals the impact our dietary choices has on our health -- especially the benefits of eating more fruits and vegetables.
Whether it's a new vitamin, an antioxidant, or some other phytonutrient not yet "discovered" by science, fruits and vegetables contain an unparalleled array of nutritional elements that offer protection for our bodies -- nutrition that we simply can't get from vitamin pills and other traditional nutritional supplements. And, the thousands of nutrients found in fruits and vegetables work together in ways that science is just beginning to explore.
The message is clear: we need more of the healthful whole food nutrition of fruits and vegetables in our diets, every day. It's the one thing everyone agrees we can do to improve our health and longevity while reducing our risk from many lifestyle related disorders. The Facts about Losing Weight If you think that you need to lose weight, you're not alone. As a whole, our society weighs more than it did twenty years ago. Ten years ago. Even just five years ago. And every extra pound of fat leads to an increased risk of health problems.
But losing weight is not just a matter of eating less and exercising more. It's also a matter of eating right. Reducing calories. Increasing nutrition. Making changes to your diet that you can maintain for a lifetime.
Experts agree that this is the only way to take weight off and keep it off -- and to lead a more healthy life in the process.
Fruits and vegetables are a "dieter's dream." Not only do they replace less healthy foods in our diets, but they also contain more healthy nutrients per calorie than any other category of food. And scientists continue to discover more health benefits all the time.
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