How Eating More Fruits And Vegetables Benefits Your Health?

 A diet rich in nutrition is needed to keep the body healthy and reduce the risk of health conditions like diabetes, heart disease, stroke, cancer, and digestive problems. Consuming fruits and vegetables help in lowering blood pressure and sugar, and also keeping them under control. Not just that, eating vegetables and fruits even promotes weight loss. 

The health conditions that can be prevented with a diet full of fruits and vegetables:

Cardiovascular diseases: studies have shown that a diet rich in fruits and vegetables can help in lowering the risk of cardiovascular diseases. Green leafy vegetables like lettuce, spinach; cruciferous vegetables like broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage; citrus fruits like oranges, lemons, grapefruits are most helpful in reducing the risk of heart attack and stroke.

Cancer: eating fruits and vegetables can protect you against cancer too. Non-starchy vegetables like lettuce, broccoli, cabbage, garlic, and onion have the ability to prevent several types of cancers, including oral and stomach cancers. 

Diabetes: fruits such as grapes, blueberries and apples can reduce your risk of type 2 diabetes. However, consuming the fruit in the form of juice can increase your risk of diabetes. 

Weight management: increased consumption of fruits and vegetables can make you lose extra fat and help in managing a healthy weight. Berries, pears, apples, soya, cauliflower are some foods that are associated with weight loss. On the other hand, starchy vegetables such as potatoes, peas, and corn can result in weight gain. Another important thing to remember is that consuming all these fruits and vegetables along with refined carbohydrates and sugars won’t help your health journey.

Vegetables and fruits are sources of vitamins, minerals, and dietary fibre such as folate, vitamin C, potassium, and more. They also help in maintaining a healthy gut, thereby preventing digestion issues. Apart from eating a nutritious diet, you also need to screen your body’s health to know about its functioning. Your full body health checkup report helps you in understanding what you should be including in your diet. Know more about health checkups.