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Health tips:
- Try to eat more fruits and vegetables. If you need 2,000 calories a day to maintain your weight and health, aim for at least 4½ cups a day
- Choose a variety of different fruits and vegetables. Include dark-green, leafy vegetables; yellow, orange, and red fruits and vegetables; purple and deep red fruits, tomatoes; and citrus fruits.
- Vegetables are brimming and overflowing with fibre, and also a whole range of vitamins , anti-oxidants , minerals and many other protective ingredients, and are also low in calories.
- Dark green and orange vegetables help protect against cancer of the throat and lungs. These vegetables contain beta-carotene, a pigment which is converted into vitamin A by the body. Foods high in beta-carotene can help prevent cancer. This group of vegetables includes carrots, winter squash, spinach, broccoli, sweet potatoes etc.
- Many vegetables like amla, lemon, are also high in vitamin C, and can help prevent cancer of the throat and stomach. Other vegetables rich in vitamin C include peppers, cabbage, cauliflower, water chestnuts, tomatoes and greens.Vegetables high in vitamin C boost up the immune system of the body.
- Vegitable are high in fiber Fiber is the part of plants that cannot be digested or absorbed by the body. A high-fiber diet may protect against colon cancer. All vegetables are sources of fiber. It is best to get fiber from food, rather than taking pills or other supplements.
- Amounts of minerals and other micro-nutrients contained in fruits and vegetables depends on variety, climate, cultivation and soil type. The standard health advice is to eat a wide variety of different foods, thus making sure that we get all the components necessary for good health.
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