"Eat your fruits and vegetables" is one of the tried and true recommendations for a healthy diet. And for good reason. Eating plenty of fruits and vegetables can help you ward off heart disease and stroke, control blood pressure and cholesterol, prevent some types of cancer, avoid a painful intestinal ailment called diverticulitis, and guard against cataract and macular degeneration, two common causes of vision loss.
What does "plenty" mean? More than most Americans consume. If you don't count potatoes - which should be considered a starch rather than a vegetable - the average American gets a total of just three servings of fruits and vegetables a day. The latest dietary guidelines call for 5 to 13 servings of fruits and vegetables a day, depending on one's caloric intake.(1) For a person who needs 2,000 calories a day to maintain weight and health, this translates into nine servings, or 4½ cups per day.
I know that most of us don't eat the required amount of fruits and vegetables.
AMERICAN'S AREN'T VERY HEALTHY
- 1,500 of us die from cancer every day
- 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer
- 1.1 million Americans have a heart attack every year
- CANCER kills more children than any other disease
- 1 in 4 children is obese
- Over 8 million children have asthma, up 232% in last 40 years
- Poor food choices
- Eating too much "Bad" food, fast food
- In a hurry
JUICE PLUS provides whole food based nutrition from 17 different fruits, vegetables and grains in convenient capsule or chewable form.
I am writing this because I see the need to change our ways. Together we can make a difference. If we take the time to take our two fruit capsules in the morning and two capsules of vibrant veggies in the evening we can start the healing process and know that we are taking care of ourselves by eating the fruits and vegetables required. I'm not saying to stop eating your raw fruits and vegetables everyday. This is added prevention against disease and poor health.
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