Enough Vegetables and Fruit

Many people know that vegetables and fruit are a good idea but getting enough is not easy.  For people that don’t like vegetables and fruit even one serving is a lot.  One serving a day isn’t a hard target to hit.  Too bad the target isn’t one serving.  My son once told me “I don’t have any trouble eating fruits and vegetables.  All you have to do is dip them in batter and deep fry them.”

The American Heart Association and most experts agree that ten servings of vegetables and fruit a day is a good target.  Yes, I can hear the groans; I hear them at home nearly every day.  Most of you know that deep fried vegetables and fruit probably aren’t as good as steamed, baked or raw.  Each ½ cup serving of fruit and vegetables you eat each day drops your risk of heart disease by about 4%. (Juice isn’t really the same.)  But some of you gentle readers may be more like my son, deep down a kid that wants donuts for dinner. Try to at least pick a piece of fruit first. Getting to a goal one step at a time is okay too.