v   About fruit and vegetables

Fruit and vegetables are important parts of your daily diet. They are naturally good and contain minerals and vegetables that can help to keep your health best. They can also help you to protect against some dangerous diseases. Seasonally, Fruits and vegetables are best bought in the market. If you don’t eat fruit or vegetables, so kindly start slowly with those you like. It makes your health perfect. Try flavoring, cooking, or serving fruits and vegetables in different ways. You can also give flavor to them with minced meals, curries, or sauces.

Vitamins and minerals in fruit and vegetables

There are many minerals and vitamins in fruits and vegetables but the most useful vitamins and minerals are Vitamin C, Vitamin A, Vitamin D, Phosphorus, Zinc, Magnesium, Folic acid, etc. Folic acid may cause a decline in blood levels of homocysteine, which may later affect the heart.

Types of Fruits

Fruit is the fleshy, sweet, edible part of a plant. Usually, it contains seeds. Fruits are usually eaten without cooking, although some kinds of fruits can be cooked. They come in a wide variety of flavors, shapes, and colors. Common types of fruits that are readily available include pears and apples, mandarins, grapefruits, oranges, nectarines, apricots, plums and peaches, bananas and mangoes, raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, kiwifruit and passionfruit, rock melons, watermelons, and avocados.

Types of vegetables

Vegetables are available in different varieties according to their biological history and can be classified into biological groups, including cabbage, spinach, lettuce, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts and broccoli, cucumber, pumpkins and zucchini, yam, potato and sweet potato, celery and asparagus, garlic, onion, and shallot.

Legumes

In fact, legumes contain the most important nutrients, proteins, and fats. Before eating legumes, it should be cooked. This makes them more valuable and eliminates harmful toxins. Legumes come in many forms including bean curd and chickpea flour, soya beans, soy flour and lentils flour, haricot beans, red kidney beans, chickpeas and lentils, green peas, butter beans, snow beans, and broad beans.

Selecting fruits and vegetables

Buy and serve different types of fruit and vegetables to increase the nutrition level of the body. Try to buy those fruits and vegetables that are in season, and choose for quality and freshness. You should eat those fruits and vegetables that are in season this awareness gives sharpness to your body. Try unique recipes and buy new vegetables and fruits as part of your weekly shopping. Get different combinations of nutrients by putting a ‘rainbow’ of colors green, white, yellow, orange, blue, purple, and red on your plate.

Fruit and vegetables for good health

As part of a well-balanced, healthy, and fully nutritious diet and an active and happy lifestyle, a high intake of fruit and vegetables can help you to maintain a healthy weight, reduce the chances of obesity, lower your cholesterol level, lower your blood pressure, make your bones strong which protect them from fracturing, etc. According to physicians, good health and a healthy diet increase the average life span up to 11 years.