Make it your goal to get a colorful variety of fruits and vegetables into your diet every day! Why? Because colorful fruits and vegetables provide the wide range of vitamins, minerals, fiber, and phytochemicals your body uses to maintain good health and energy levels, protect against the effects of aging, and reduce the risk of cancer and heart disease.*
Getting five or more servings of fruits and vegetables into your diet every day is easier than you think:
- A glass of 100% juice and a handful of berries on your cereal equals two servings for breakfast.
- An apple or banana is a great one-serving mid-morning snack.
- A small, mixed-green salad adds another serving with lunch.
- Try a fruit smoothie as an afternoon pick-me-up for one to two more servings.
- Mushrooms in your stir-fry? Tomato sauce on your spaghetti? A snack of dried fruits and nuts? There are so many ways to add more servings of fruits and vegetables to your daily diet.
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*Diets rich in fruits and vegetables may reduce the risk of some types of cancer
and other chronic diseases.
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