Recently, I came across a study in the American Journal of clinical nutrition "fruits and vegetables, and all cause mortality: an analysis of the dose effect."
The article does not really new type, ground information on the benefits of eating fruits and vegetables break, regularly, in part of a healthy and balanced diet. Instead, there to support further evidence for the consumption of fruit and vegetables for the long term health. Basically, and you can read the article for you get the information in this study, people who ate less fruit and vegetables lived more shorter, compared to humans, and that Aß ' consumption of fruit and vegetables (by) 5 a day parts < survive increasingly shorter and is associated with higher mortality rates.
Ok. So, as we get our recommended daily amount of fruits and vegetables.
Here are some tips that will help you along the way:
- Mash the bananas on toast, gluten-free food, perfect breakfast.
- Cut a banana on cereal in the morning.
- In the morning, enjoy an Apple as a snack. Add some ricotta for protein and cinnamon for an incomparable aroma you will feel full and beautiful to hold and is absolutely delicious.
- Add a handful of blueberries for some Greek yogurt-a perfect snack in the morning or in the afternoon.
- The purpose of having 2 cups worth of food your plate as colorful salad vegetables for lunch and dinner make one Rainbow.
- Go easy on starchy vegetables, but they have too much, especially if you are watching your weight. The guide is normally - target with carbohydrates, vegetables, such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn and pumpkin includes not more than to fill a 1/4 of your plate starchy.
- If you have a sandwich for lunch - should you it as high as possible packaging with salad. Once again you make it as possible dyed.
- Karottensticks, celery and cucumbers are perfect on the afternoon snacks, especially in combination with low-fat dip or cream cheese, like Philadelphia cream cheese.
- If you have a home-made pizza, why not the traditional pizza crust to renounce, and instead a pizza crust cauliflower?
- Start a new tradition - 'meatless Mondays'. The meat to enter a day of the week, forcing creative vegetables/vegetarian, so hopefully, that will help you to increase your intake of vegetables.
OK, are just a few examples, how to include fruits and vegetables to your daily diet. I'd love to hear your suggestions all :).