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Daily Steps To Health: Include Fruits And Vegetables

With all the vitamins and fiber they contain which helps prevent disease, it is no secret to us that fruits and vegetables are a crucial part of our diet. We haven’t always listened when we were told to eat more, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t take such advice to heart now that we are older.

We’re all running from place to place picking up greasy foods from the fast food drive through and slurping on shakes for many of our meals. Even if you aren’t having a drive thru lunch every day, we are all guilty of grabbing something quick and easy, like cookies because it’s ready to eat NOW. If we would simply take a few moments from our busy schedule, we would find it is easy to put together something that is more nutritional and tasty, too.

Such as watermelon, or grapes, or a cantaloupe. Simply wash and slice and they are ready to go. Celery, carrots, or cauliflower with Italian dressing makes a salad. Research shows that we are simply not eating enough the greens and colors we need. As motivation they came up with a five day campaign designed to remind us to be more aware of our eating habits and provide a challenge for us to eat five servings a day or fruits and vegetables.

In the beginning, five servings per day appears like a lot. Fruit at breakfast is a practical idea to work in one extra serving of fruit to start the day. Add fruit to your breakfast. It is delicious on pancakes, waffles or cereal. Apples and bananas are perfect when you need a snack.

Another simple addition to your daily diet can include some vegetables. Another good idea is having a salad at lunchtime. When dining out, you should order sandwiches with tomatoes, lettuce or sprouts. You can add cans of pureed vegetables to muffins or cakes, or combine them in sauces and soups.

Do you like peanut butter? Add some celery with it. Kids especially love this snack. Toss some raisins on top as well! Cheese and celery make a nice snack too. Offer a variety of foods to those picky kids who change their mind every day about what they like to eat. A lot of well meaning parents will tell their children that they must first clean their plate of vegetables before they can even think about dessert. The problem here is the psychology this creates. You’re basically communicating the idea that vegetables are something unpleasant to ‘get through’ so you can move onto the sweet stuff in live. How would the public’s ideas about veggies change if we said just the opposite.

What if instead we said, ‘first, chocolate cake, then you can have those broccoli cuts?’ Juice is another simple way to increase your fruit and vegetable consumption. Unfortunately, there is no healthy fiber in a glass of fruit juice. It also kills your appetite. How many times have you seen a child drink a large cup of juice and then refuse to eat, claiming they aren’t hungry? There are also more calories in juices.

It’s hard to ignore the health benefits of fruits and vegetables. Increasing your fruit and vegetable intake can contribute to reducing your chances for contracting 14 types of adult onset cancer. But you have to get your five. Studies show that people getting their five have a better chance over those who are only consuming 2 servings a day. By eating more fruits and vegetables you can lower the risk of heart attack, stroke, and adult blindness.

This is information we probably already know, however, we still ignore the advice and don’t get enough fruits and veggies in our diets. Some people prefer the argument that fruits and vegetables cost too much, while other people will point out that it takes way too long to slice up a strawberry. And then there’s the old favorite – ‘Just when I was ready to eat that peach, I saw it had already gone bad.’

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