Eating For Health

Vegetables, just say this word and people have some strong reactions.   Some people love vegetables and others not so much.   Last week I wrote about bananas, such a healthy fruit (See:   Enjoy bananas for good health ).   I always have a banana a day and even bring bananas with us on road trips to be sure I can eat a banana.   What about vegetables?   Some of my nutrition students ate few or no vegetables.   When they did their diet recalls, their “vegetable” was often a slice of lettuce on a burger.   Recently I was in Subway and watching a woman order subs for her kids.   She ordered a 12-foot sub with meat and cheese and a lot of mayonnaise.   When it came time for the vegetables to put on the sub, she stated her son didn’t like vegetables.   Not a one, not even a few slices of lettuce.   Pretty sad as Subway actually offers quite a choice of veggies to put on a sub.   When I go to Subway, I ask for just about every...

Fruits and Veggies – so good for our health.   Last week I highlighted the September 2018 issue of Consumer Reports which contained the article Fruit and Veggie Superpowers .   I discussed the many fruits that are super healthy and especially good ones to add to your diet.   Recently, I was talking to my sister who told me a health professional recommended she add some vegetables to her lunch.   Her lunch was already pretty healthy.   She told the health professional she might eat an apple, yogurt and an egg sandwich for lunch.     Good choices.   The health professional recommended she add some vegetables like steamed broccoli, green beans, yellow beans.   I always go back to the 5 A DAY recommendation as everyone should try to include 5 or more fruits and vegetables a day in their diet.   So, if you are trying to add more vegetables to your day, which vegetables are considered super vegetables by Consumer Reports?    ...