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“Eat your fruits and
veggies; they will help
you grow.” “Eat your
fruits and veggies; they
will keep you healthy.”
We have all heard these,
or saying like these all
of our lives. Whether we
heard them at home or at
school or both, they are
ingrained into our
brains forever, and when
we have children we will
tell them the same
things. This is a good
thing to do, because
those sayings are true.
Fruits and vegetables
have vitamins, minerals,
fibre and more inside of
them, and our bodies
need these things to
live and keep healthy.
Eating fruits and
vegetables is a good and
necessary part of every
day. However, we need to
watch how we are eating
them and how often we
are eating them.
We are all supposed to
have at least five to
ten servings of fruits
and veggies per day.
Although this sounds
like a lot, it really
isn’t. A serving is only
a medium sized apple,
carrot or banana. Five
to ten of those are
really not too hard to
consume in one day. Try
pre-cutting them and
storing them in small
bags. That way, when you
feel like a
snack,
instead of reaching for
chips or cookies, have a
serving or two of fruit
or vegetables. Another
way to help eat the
recommended amount is to
bring some fruit and
veggies to work so you
can
snack on them
throughout the day.
One of the things that
we can do to our
vegetables that is not
good for you is
overcooking them. When
you do this, you are
robbing yourself of all
the good things that
veggies have to offer
your body. Overcooking
your veggies also wastes
your money. There is no
point in buying
vegetables if they do
nothing for your health!
Eating your vegetables
raw sometimes is a good
idea. Raw veggies
contain more of the good
stuff than cooked
veggies do. Even if you
cook your vegetables the
right way, they still
don’t have as much value
for your body as the raw
ones do.
A lot of people don’t
eat enough vegetables
because they don’t want
to take the time to
prepare them before a
meal or snack time. One
way to eliminate this
trouble is to pre-cut
your veggies. Take a
little time each week to
plan your vegetable
consumption, and cut
them up as needed. That
way, when you feel like
a snack, or are
preparing a meal, you
can just reach into the
fridge and pull out
whatever vegetables you
want, already
pre-prepared.
A couple of ways to make
sure you get your
recommended amounts of
fruits and veggies
everyday, is to put
fruit in your morning
bowl of cereal. This
tastes great, and it
will get you off to a
good start. You can also
have a small salad with
your meals. Salads are
light and will satisfy
your hunger so you won’t
fill up on
carbohydrates. Another
way to increase your fruit and veggie
servings is to drink
juice. Fruit juice taste
good and gives you more
than one serving. Also,
consider purchasing a
juicer and making veggie
juice. Many people think
that this idea is a
gross one, but if you
put a whole bunch of
vegetables through that
juicer and then one or
two pieces of fruit, the
taste of the fruit will
overcome the taste of
the veggies. Try it and
see for yourself. Eat
your fruits and
vegetables. Your body
will thank you for it.
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