Health Tips: Effects Of Eating 2 Cups Of Veggies And Fruits Daily

Here’s one of the must health tips: eat fruits and vegetables everyday and this is what will happen.

HEALTH TIPS – This is what will happen to your body if you eat two cups of fruits and two cups of vegetables everyday.

Here’s a simple healthy lifestyle tip from Doc Willie Ong: eat two cups of fruits and two cups of vegetables everyday. A healthy diet and healthy eating plan surely does come a long way.

Photo lifted from Medical News Today

And these are the reasons why you must do this:

  • you will have to complete your daily vitamin needs by eating it as it can have as much fiber to lower cholesterol and prevent heart disease, vitamin A for the eyes and skin, vitamin C to heal wounds faster, potassium for the heart, and folate for pregnant women
  • can lower risk to develop cancer, heart disease, and diabetes another way to further prevention is to quit smoking and drinking of alcohol
  • the fiber that fruits anfd vegetables contain can improver bowel movement, thus, reduce meat and fats consumption for these are low in fiber

A cup of fruit can contain either 1 big apple, 1 large orange, 8 large strawberries, 1 medium-sized mango, or 2 small bananas. to achieve 2 cups of fruits daily, you can have a combination from any of these such as 1 big apple and 2 small bananas or 8 large strawberries and 2 small bananas, and others.

As for vegetable, a bowl of lettuce or 8 broccoli florets is approximately measure a cup. Meanwhile, along healthy eating habits, you must also remember to eat foods low in saturated fats, trans fats, cholesterol, salt (sodium), and added sugars and to eat within your daily calorie need.

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