Friday, March 14, 2008

Eat 10 fruits and veggies servings a day

sounds like a lot, but you'll be counting servings, not apples and orranges, ten servings translates to about five cups of fruits and veggies, You can tick off two servings if you eat whole apple, and you can get another two if you gobble up a cup of cooked spinach, Popeye. In the end it comes down to eating fruits and vegetables at every meal anf for snacks, which is definitely an easy healthy habit to incorporate. What's the payoff?
A harvard study on diet found that people who ate five to eights servings of fruits and veggies a day were 30% less likely to have a heart attack. All that good stuff will also keep you regular, give you more energy and help you maintain a healthy weights. So, the next time you reach for your 3p.m.snack, make it a banana or orange.

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