Vegetables are such a helpful food for your digestive system, excretory system, skeletal system (bones), blood pressure and overall health. By eating a diet rich in colourful vegetables you are giving your body:
- Abundant antioxidants that can help to keep away diseases like cancer, cardiovascular problems and stroke.
- Vegetables deliver ample vitamins, such as folate, vitamin A, vitamin K and vitamin B6,
- They also are a great source of beta carotene from carrots, lycopene from tomatoes, zeaxanthin from greens, lutein from spinach and collard greens.
- Eating a diet rich with vegetables is shown to help keep you at a healthy weight and promote healthy skin and hair.
- There have been innumerable studies all over the world that show eating fresh green vegetables on regular basis is beneficial to your overall heath.
So listen to your Mom and eat your greens at every meal! Your body will thank you for it :)
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