Fruit and Vegetables - Important for health?

“Eat your 5' a day and concentrate on getting varied fruit and vegetables into your diet for good health.” - World Health Organisation (WHO)

Eat your Greens!!

From since I can remember, anyone and everyone has said that I should eat lots of things that tasted horrible but was apparently good for me? Apples were great, but on reflection the dreaded 'Sprouts' appears first into my psyche and always proved a battle most weekends, my parents saying eat them and me making every excuse under the sun not to do so. They were indeed 'food horror' alongside cabbage, peas, carrots, swede, cauliflower et al. Strangely as an adult I now like all of the aforementioned vegetables, but in true cyclical fashion I now have to convince my own children to eat the same things I once despised.

Are they really that important and if so, then why?

Some reasons why you should eat your 5' a day 👊

MICRONUTRIENTS - Vitamins and minerals are found mainly in our 5' a day choice, especially Vitamin C.

Vitamin C delivers antioxidant properties that help control damaging free radicals so protect us from disease. The body also needs Vitamin C to make collagen, a fibrous protein in connective tissue that connects various systems in the body such as nervous, immune, bone, cartilage, blood, and others.

Our bodies need vitamin C to convert the food and drinks we consume into energy and absorb other micronutrients to keep our bodies working efficiently.

Improves skin appearance and reduces tiredness and fatigue so you feel much better and are then less likely to get viruses etc. as you are not run down and susceptible to catch colds and instead repel foreign invaders to your body through a strong immune system.

What is your 5'a Day?

Nearly all fruit, vegetables, beans and pulses, whether fresh, dried, frozen, tinned or canned counts towards your 5 a day so it's all about getting them into your body without too much fuss. If you can make that experience varied, easy, nutritionally viable and tasty then only good health can follow.

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@Kinetics Gym and Personal Training we ensure that within our Nutritional Plans -GREENs are massively important for all main meals - Why?

1- Provide nutrition dense food that will make you feel fuller for longer.

2-Provide lots of micronutrients through fruit and vegetable choices.

3- Help with digestive system as we increase protein intake

4-Give our clients extra energy through increased carbs through greens hitting all the above and providing extra energy.

Kinetics Gym and Personal Training (kineticspersonaltraining.co.uk) come and join us by booking and appointment with me 'get started' and get healthy within the Kinetics family.