HEALTH NEWS

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES. SO THAT WE CAN LIVE LONGER AND HEALTHIER.

The World Health Organisation fell short when it promulgated a few years ago, that ingesting 400 grams of fruit and vegetables per day would keep us healthy. Recent studies conducted by the London Imperial College have shown that ingesting 800 grams of fruit and vegetables is actually better than 400.

Research has shown that:

• Ingesting 800 grams of fruit and vegetables reduces up to 28%, the probability of suffering from cardiovascular diseases (heart attacks, strokes, etc.).

• It also reduces up to 13% the risk of suffering cancer as well as the probability of dying from an early death, no matter the cause by up to 31%.

Its richness in vitamins, minerals, fibre and antioxidants make fruit and vegetables the perfect basis for a diet that will keep us living longer and healthier.

This is an idea of what 800 grams of fruit and vegetables can amount to.

• A rich salad of mixed vegetables including lettuce, tomato, cucumber, etc. eaten as a starter prior to a main, easily adds up to 400 grams of vegetables, which would be added to those that form part of the main dish.

• A piece of fruit as a desert after every meal would easily cover the needed 400 grams of fruit.

It is an easy feat, let’s do it!!.