5 Ways to Add Easy Vegetable and Fruit to Your Daily Routine
Need easy vegetable and fruit ideas for you or your kids? Here are 5 simple ways to add more produce to your diet everyday to help reach your goal of seven to ten servings PER DAY!
Why do we need so many fruits and vegetables anyway?Fruits and vegetables are full of important nutrients that can help prevent chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer. DID YOU KNOW: 1. According to the American Heart Association, more than 80 million Americans have some form of heart disease?
2. According to the National Cancer Institute, 1 in 3 women and 1 in 2 men will have cancer in his or her lifetime.
3. Over 20 million children and adults have diabetes according to the American Diabetes Association.
These are staggering facts!
Be sure you and your family are on the right track to better health with these 5 ways to adding easy vegetable and fruits to your diet:
5 Easy Vegetable and Fruit Ideas
1. SNACKING: Be sure to keep fresh fruit and vegetables on hand on the LOW shelf of your refrigerator for easy access by the kids. Prepare an appetizing after school snack like Ants on a Log (celery with peanut butter and raisins) or Potted Plants (small bowl of hummus with baby carrots sticking out and parsley on top for "leaves") Kids LOVE fun foods! Why do you think they sell so many foods with cartoon characters on them? Want more easy vegetable and fruit snack ideas? Click
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3. COOKING: Simply adding a handful of veggies to an omelet or some berries to oatmeal can be an easy way to add more produce to your diet. Try adding pureed carrots and squash to spaghetti sauce or make a smoothies with low-fat yogurt, berries, ice and even some green veggies like kale and cucumber. (My kids drink this right up and they would NEVER eat kale by itself! I even make the smoothies into popsicles in the summer months.) 4. PILL: YES A PILL!! The USDA recommends we eat 7 to 13 servings of fruits and vegetables every day. Most people don't come anywhere close. Clinically proven Juice Plus+® helps you bridge the gap between what you should eat and what you do eat, every day. Learn more
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With a little imagination and planning, you and your family can meet your daily servings of fruits and vegetables without (too many) complaints from the peanut gallery! ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
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