| Everyone agrees on the importance of
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| | addition to vitamin C, oranges,
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| eating more fruits and vegetables, but
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| | grapefruits and other citrus fruits also
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| not enough people are following this
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| | contain significant amounts of fiber.
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| important advice. Dietary experts
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| | Fiber plays an important role in
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| recommend that every person should eat at
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| | digestion, and it is thought to have
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| least five servings of fruits and
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| | protective qualities against heart
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| vegetables every day. Increasing your
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| | disease and some forms of cancer. In
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| consumption of fruits and vegetables is
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| | addition, fiber is thought to have the
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| one of the easiest changes you can make
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| | ability to lower high levels of
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| to increase your level of health, lose
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| | cholesterol in the blood.
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| weight and gain fitness.
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| | Another great feature of fruits and
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| The latest food guidelines recommend that
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| | vegetables, especially to those watching
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| adults eat from five to nine servings of
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| | their weight, is the high nutrition, low
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| fruits and vegetables every day. While
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| | fat, and low calorie nature of these
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| that may seem like a lot, it is an
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| | foods. Fruits and vegetables contain
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| important goal to strive for, and a very
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| | very low levels of fats, and a diet low
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| reachable one.
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| | in fat can be quite effective for
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| A serving of a fruit or vegetable is
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| | long-term weight loss. In addition,
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| equal to:
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| | fruits and vegetables contain no
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| 1. 1 medium sized vegetable or fruit
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| | cholesterol, and they are lower in
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| (such as an apple, orange or banana)
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| | calories than many other types of foods.
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| 2. 2 small fruits (such as kiwi fruit or
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| | Fruits and vegetables have a lot of
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| plums)
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| | advantages besides just their nutritional
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| 3. ½ cup of fresh, frozen or canned
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| | importance. For one thing, they taste
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| fruits or vegetables
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| | great and add a great deal of variety to
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| 4. ½ cup of 100% fruit juice
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| | everyday meals. Fruits and vegetables
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| 5. ¼ cup of dried fruit
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| | come in such a wide variety of colors,
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| 6. 1 cup of green salad
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| | textures and flavors that they can be
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| Study after study has shown that a diet
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| | used in virtually every meal. Those
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| rich in fruits and vegetables lowers the
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| | seeking to maximize their consumption of
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| risk of certain cancers, heart disease
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| | fruits and vegetables should get into the
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| and other chronic diseases and
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| | habit of using fruits in salads, as
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| conditions. One reason for the
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| | toppings and as garnishes.
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| recommendation that everyone increase
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| | No matter what your reason for following
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| their consumption of fruits and
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| | a healthy diet, we believe you will find
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| vegetables is that many of these foods
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| | that eating more fruits and vegetables is
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| have been shown to have strong
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| | a delicious, as well as a nutritious, way
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| antioxidant qualities.
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| | to get the vitamins and minerals you need
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| Many fruits and vegetables have high
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| | every day.
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| amounts of many antioxidant vitamins,
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| | I hope that reading the above information
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| including vitamin A, vitamin E and
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| | was both enjoyable and educational for
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| vitamin C. In addition to their
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| | you. When word gets around about your
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| importance as source of vitamins and
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| | command of healthy diet facts, others who
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| minerals, fruits and vegetables also
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| | need to know about fruits and vegetables
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| provide essential dietary fiber.
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| | will start to actively seek you out.
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| Many people do not realize, that in
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