Fruits and vegetables on grocery store shelves may have left the farm but that doesn’t mean they’re inert.
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How Two Key Lifestyle Changes Can Help Boost Your Health Overall
Getting healthy doesn’t mean having to overhaul your entire lifestyle.
Memorial Day Food Safety: Tips for Handling Fruits and Veggies
How to eat your fill of summer fruits and vegetables without getting sick from a food-borne illness.
Can Eating Fruits and Veggies Outwit Bad Heart Genes?
We know that eating lots of fruits and vegetables is good for the heart, but can a healthy diet really overcome the effect of genes that boost your risk for heart problems?
‘Dirty’ or Not, You Still Need to Eat Your Fruits and Veggies
On Monday, the environmental health activists at the Environmental Working Group (EWG) released their annual report on pesticides in produce, ranking the “cleanest” and “dirtiest” fruits and vegetables, based on levels and types …
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Want Your Kids to Eat Healthier? It Starts with Mom
Kids are notorious for being picky eaters. But whether moms view them that way can determine whether they end up eating enough fruits and veggies, according to new research published recently in the journal Public Health Nursing.
Study: Proper Nutrition May Prevent 33,000 Deaths
The British government recommends that citizens eat five servings of fruits and vegetables a day. The reality is that few people meet this standard.
Can Eating Vegetables Prevent Lung Cancer?
If you smoke, you know you’re putting yourself at increased risk of lung cancer. But if you boost the variety of fruits and vegetables that you eat, you may be able to lower those odds a bit.
Scientists in Europe report in the American Association for Cancer Research’s journal that smokers who consumed the greatest variety of fruits …