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Why should I eat fruit and vegetables?

The minimum number of servings per day is S. Fruits and vegetables are virtually the only natural source of vitamin C for the human organism. They also provide vitamins of the B group, beta-carotene (pro vitamin A), an appreciable quantity of minerals and trace elements (potassium, magnesium, calcium, iron, copper etc…) and phytochemicals. They are also rich in fiber which optimizes bowel movement.

What are the benefits of eating fruits arid vegetables a day?

• helps reduce blood cholesterol levels

• Normalize blood glucose level via improving insulin tolerance.

• Helps reduce constipation and diverticulitis.

• reduce risk of chronic diseases, including type 2 diabetes, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases,

• Protect against certain cancers, such as mouth, stomach, and colon-rectum cancer.

• Vegetables are important sources of many nutrients, including potassium, dietary fiber, folate (folic acid), vitamin A, vitamin E, and vitamin C

o potassium reduce the risk of developing kidney stones and help maintain healthy blood pressure

o Folate (folic acid) helps the body torm red blood cells o Vitamin C helps heal cuts and wounds, and keeps teeth and gums healthy.

o Vitamin A keeps eyes and skin healthy and helps to protect against infections.

o Vitamin E helps protect vitamin A and essential fatty acids from cell oxidation

How do fruits and vegetables help me in weight loss?

Most Fruits and vegetables are low in fat and calories, high in volume and high in critically important nutrients. None have cholesterol. On a very practical level they fill you up, without loading you up with fat and calories. And when your stomach is filled up with high volume, low calorie food, there is less room for other stuff. You won’t have so many cravings and you might not seek out extra high calorie foods to feel satisfied. All of this benefits weight loss.

How many portions should I eat per day?

Public-health bodies generally recommend eating at least S servings of fruits or vegetables each day.

What’s a serving size?

A serving of fruits or vegetables consists of:

1 medium fruit or 1/2 cup of small or cut-up fruit 3/4 cup (or 6 ounces) of 100% fruit juice 1/4 cup dried fruit 1/2 cup raw or cooked vegetables 1 cup of raw, leafy vegetables 1/2 cup cooked beans

1.Keep clean

Wash your hands with soap before handling food and often during food preparation
Wash your hands with soap after using the toilet
Wash and sanitize all surfaces and equipment used for the preparation of food
Protect kitchen areas and food from insects, pests and other animals
2.Separate raw and cooked

Separate raw meat, poultry and seafood from other foods
Use separate equipment and utensils such as knives and cutting boards for handling raw foods
Store food in containers to avoid contact between raw and cooked foods to avoid
3.Cook thoroughly

Cook food thoroughly, especially meat, poultry, eggs and seafood
Bring foods like soups and stews to boiling to make sure that they have reached 70 ° C. For meat and poultry, make sure that juices clear, not pink. Ideally, a thermometer
Warm cooked food thoroughly
Avoid overcooking food during frying, grilling or baking, as this produce toxic chemicals
4.Keep food at safe temperatures

Do not leave cooked foods at room temperature for more than 2 hours
Refrigerate promptly all cooked and perishable food (preferably below 5 ° C)
Keep cooked food hot (above 60 ° C) before serving
Do not store food too long even in the refrigerator
Do not thaw frozen food at room temperature
5.use clean water and raw materials

Use safe water or treat disease, so it is safe
Select fresh and healthy food
Choose foods processed for safety, such as pasteurized milk
Wash fruits and vegetables, especially when eaten raw
Do not use food on their validity

In ayurvedic, there are mention many benefits of garlic. In some of the critical illness its prove as a sure infallible or medicine likes never falling remedy.As a regular use of garlic, face becomes more attractive. It is useful in cold, cough, fever etc.Household remedies of GARLIC:Mix the juice of garlic with hot water, it will efficacious in breath; asthma; increased respiration, panting for breath; draw or pull of smoking pipe; whiff of tobacco etc.; oxygen,life; stamina; strength, energy; vigour; spirit, mettle; threat, threatening; intimidation; scolding.If there is extra water in lungs and you have trouble to take breath and as result you have pain in chest then crush the garlic and mix with the flour of wheat and do warming, fomentation; heating. In cold, if you suffer from sneezing and drop the water from your nose, in that case Garlic is more efficacious. If you suffer from sore throat, take a juice of garlic with hot water and do the goggle. Make a mixture of 20 drop of garlic juice with the juice of pomegranate; take this mixture it will help to prevent a cough.To remove the bad smell from mouth, take a mixture of one spoon honey and 20 drops of garlic juice.

If you suffer from baldness, apply the juice of garlic on affected area of baldness. Within a week your hair is growing on the bald part. If you have more lice in your head and you want to free from these lice, make a mixture of crush garlic with a juice of lemon and apply on your heat at night.If you eat garlic on daily basis, your breast will improve and become strong from Disfigurement of breast or breast like without support. Mix a crush of single part of garlic with hot mustard oil, now make a cold this mixture and put 2-3 drops in ear. It will help to protect the pain from ear.If person in unconscious situation put 2-3 drops of garlic juice in nose to come from conscious situation.Take a five bud of garlic with black grapes or a honey regularly, it will help to kill the stomach germ.In bone disease or in trouble of growing bone or in weak bone, garlic is more advantageous.If the woman wants to become pregnant, take a five bud of garlic with one cup of milk at evening through whole winter and If this is not suitable for pregnant woman please stop this remedy immediately.Garlic is known as most killer germ. So if you take a regularly garlic in your food, it will help to killer the unwanted germs in body.