DID YOU KNOW?
"Diets containing substantial and varied amounts of fruits and vegetables could prevent 20 percent or more of all cases of cancer." The World Cancer Research Fund, The American Institute for Cancer Research, 1997
Eat your fruits and vegetables!
A Harvard medical report suggests that fruits and vegetables are rich in essential vitamins, minerals, fiber, carbohydrates, and phytochemicals. Fruits and vegetables have been linked to many health benefits, including lowered risk for certain cancers, stroke, heart disease, and high blood pressure. The US Department of Health and Agriculture and several global health agencies recommend that the world population double the intake of fruits and triple the intake of dark green and orange vegetables.
DID YOU KNOW?
Fruits and vegetables fight to protect our health. They are packed with essential vitamins, minerals, fiber, and disease-fighting phytochemicals. Because of this, eating plenty of fruits and vegetables everyday can help reduce your risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, Type II Diabetes, and certain cancers. Fruits and vegetables are very low in saturated fat and total fat, and have no cholesterol. A diet high in fruits and vegetables may also help to improve cholesterol levels. US Department of Health and Human Services
Our lifestyles are busy, stressed and seemingly out of control. It is well established that the food chain that provides us food that is grown in nutrient deplete soils that are saturated with pesticides, herbicides, antibiotics and growth enhancing synthetic fertilizers. Our livestock is fed hormones and antibiotics that are still present when we eat them. It is well established that our foods are more and more processed and treated with preservatives and chemicals to enhance color, taste and flavor allowing for prolonged shelf life.
The reason we need to eat is to provide essential nutrients to our bodies. If we live a life where our bodies do not receive these nutrients we will begin to develop degenerative diseases. The first symptoms of this happening are; fatigue, suppressed immune function, depression, aching joints and muscles, lean body tissue loss resulting weakness and loss of stamina, foggy memory, insomnia, anxiety or edginess, constant colds-flues, lethargy, headaches etc. More severe conditions arise when prolonged deficiencies occur. This will result in health crisis issues, chronic debilitating issues and impairment in your ability to enjoy life or even life-threatening conditions.
