What are some of the benefits you receive from eating fruit?!
What are some of the benefits you receive from eating fruit?
Answers:
A growing body of research links diets rich in fruits and vegetables with reduced risk of stroke, heart disease, high blood pressure, certain cancers (e.g., mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, lung, colon-rectum), and type-2 diabetes.
Diets rich in fruits and vegetables may also aid and/or maintain weight loss by helping to increase fullness with fewer calories.
There is a significant amount of evidence linking fruits and vegetables with lower risk of heart disease and cancer. In fact, in the USA the FDA has approved two health claims related to fruits and vegetables...
"Low fat diets rich in fruits and vegetables (foods that are low in fat and may contain- dietary fiber and vitamins A and C) may reduce the risk of some types of cancer,"
or "Diets low in saturated fat and cholesterol and rich in fruits, vegetable, and grain products that contain some types of fiber may reduce the risk of heart disease."
In the USA, for people who need 2000 or more daily calories, a minimum of 9 servings of fruits and vegetables is recommended each day for healthy eating.
The fiber lowers your cholesterol.
it helps your metabolism and also helps you digest your other food. it also has good carbs and sugar in it and is full of fiber.
They are filled with vitamins and nutrients and are good for you.
Fruits contain many vitamins and minerals. They have fiber and carbohydrates. The more colorful the fruit is the more antioxidants it has.
Vitamins, cleans your system,and makes you feel better. Besides they taste good too.
No preservatives
They keep you regular! If you know what I mean...