| Fruit and vegetables are brimming with fibre, plus a | | | | suggestions to think about color to pack nutritional |
| whole range of vitamins and minerals, and because | | | | power in your diet: · White: Eat cauliflower more |
| they're low in calories, they make an important and | | | | often than potatoes, onions and mushrooms.· |
| healthy addition to any diet. Here is some information | | | | Green: Add more dark lettuces, such as romaine and |
| for you about vegetable nutrition. "Eat your fruits and | | | | red leaf lettuce, spinach, broccoli and Brussels sprouts |
| vegetables" is one of the tried and true | | | | to replace iceberg lettuce and green beans. · |
| recommendations for a healthy diet, and for good | | | | Yellow-orange: Substitute more carrots, winter |
| reason. Eating plenty of fruits and vegetables can help | | | | squashes, sweet potatoes, cantaloupe, oranges and |
| you ward off heart disease and stroke, control blood | | | | grapefruit for corn or bananas. · Red: Select |
| pressure and cholesterol, prevent some types of | | | | tomatoes, red peppers and strawberries in favor of |
| cancer, avoid a painful intestinal ailment called | | | | apples. If you are trying to watch your weight, an idea |
| diverticulitis, and guard against cataract and macular | | | | is to make sure you are not eating too many calories if |
| degeneration, two common causes of vision loss."5 A | | | | you are adding these foods to your diet. increasing the |
| Day" is a national health programme in the USA and | | | | amounts of fruits and vegetables you eat can |
| also in the UK to explain why you need vegetable | | | | promote weight control, but only if they replace higher |
| nutrition as well as fruit and to encourage you to eat | | | | fat foods like ice cream, meat and chips to help you |
| more servings of fruit and vegetables every day. | | | | consume fewer calories. But if fruits and vegetables |
| People all over the world are becoming more and | | | | are simply added to what you already eat, total |
| more aware of how important fruit nutrition and | | | | calories won't significantly drop and weight loss should |
| vegetable nutrition is to stay healthy. | | | | not be expected. The most important thing to do is to |
| In general, yellow and dark green vegetables are | | | | vary the fruit and vegetables that you eat from day to |
| excellent sources of vitamin A. Green leafy | | | | day. This is to give your body a variety but to also |
| vegetables are rich in calcium, iron, magnesium, vitamin | | | | keep you interested in your food. There are always |
| C and many of the B vitamins. The greener the leaf, | | | | great new recipes, ideas and ways to make your |
| the richer the nutrients will be. Here are some | | | | food look and taste great! |