Fruits And Vegetables May Protect Against Cancer
Nobody wants to think about cancer, but there are things we can do to help protect our families.
Eat A Healthy Diet With Lots Of Fruits And Vegetables
This is one way you may be able to reduce your family’s risk of getting some kinds of cancer. Some fruits and vegetables seem to protect against cancer better than others do.
- The best vegetables seem to be broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower and brussel sprouts. Have several servings a week.
- Other fruits and vegetables high in Vitamin A and Vitamin C also help. Deep yellow foods like carrots, sweet potatoes and cantaloupe are high in Vitamin A. Oranges, grapefruit, lemons and green peppers are some of the many fruits and vegetables high in Vitamin C.
Start At The Grocery Store
- Buy more fruits and vegetables. Buy them on sale and in season.
- For snacks, buy oranges, apples and bananas instead of chips and cookies.
- Buy more juices. Get some sparkling water, add it to any kind of juice and you’ll have a delicious “fruit soda!”
Eat 5 to 9 Servings of Fruit and Vegetables a Day!
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommends 5 to 9 servings a day for all of us, young and old alike.
Here Are Some Ideas to Include Fruits and Vegetables!
- Tomato and lettuce on sandwiches.
- Fruit for snacks: bananas, apples or watermelon.
Grapes, oranges, peaches or pears. - Bananas or strawberries on cereal.
- Fruit salad or green salad with meals.
- Green onions and peppers in cooking.
- Sweet potatoes, baked or microwave.
- Yogurt and fruit as a lunch or snack.
- Vegetable soup, home made or canned.
- Vegetables with meals.
Have at least one and try for two:
- Carrots
- Broccoli
- Beets
- Corn
- Peas
- Squash
- Tomato
- Zucchini
- Cabbage
- Cauliflower
- Mustard greens
- Turnips
- Green beans