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July 2010
Explore Your Local Farmers Market for the Pick of the Crop
Celebrate the onset of summer by a visit to your local Farmers Market. It is a great place to buy fresh produce that is at peak quality and ripeness and packed with vital nutrients!
In fact, many fruits and vegetables are considered to be super foods, since they contain antioxidants and phytonutrients. Health benefits range from boosting our immunity and memory, to reducing risks for certain types of cancer, and supporting bone, eye and heart health. All are key components for healthy aging.
Daily recommendations for fruits and vegetables keep climbing. The bottom line is that more does matter. Strive for at least 5 servings a day. A serving is equal to 1 cup of raw or 1/2 cup cooked vegetables or 1 medium piece of fruit.
The key is to have a variety of colorful fruits and vegetables daily. The more color on your plate, the healthier it is. Each color range of fruits and vegetables contain different phytonutrients.
Check Your Fruit & Vegetable Expertise
The answers to the following riddles are among the
top 20 fruits and vegetables for their antioxidant power, a strong determinant of healthy aging. See how many you know, then check the answers below.
1. You can find me in a muffin or in yogurt too; small plump and juicy my color is blue. ________________.
2. Breakfast, lunch, dessert or dinner I’m a popular red berry that is sure to be a winner. _____________________.
3. A fuzzy brown bird gave me my name. With my pretty green color fruit salad will never be the same.___________________.
4. I will remind you of broccoli and bring great phyto-power, and am a white vegetable that is actually a flower. _____________________.
5. The most popular cruciferous, you eat my green flowers, oh so delicious. ____________________.
6. Small, round and juicy I am not a berry. Life’s the pits without a _______________________.
7. Red or green I grow on a vine, besides a great snack they use me for wine. ________________.
8. My cousins are hot but I am sweet, on fajitas and salads I can’t be beat. ____________________.
9. I make you cry but you are not sad because I taste so good you will be glad. __________________.
10. In popularity I’m number three; only apples and bananas are fruits eaten more than me. ___________________.
Answers: 1. Blueberry, 2. Strawberry, 3. Kiwi, 4. Cauliflower, 5. Broccoli, 6. Cherry, 7. Grapes, 8. Red Pepper, 9. Onion, 10. Orange.
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