From a health standpoint, vegetables are an unbeatable food: naturally nutrient-rich; better tasting than a vitamin pill; low in calories; high in fibre and packed with disease-fighting phytonutrients. All types of vegetables can be nourishing and delicious – fresh, frozen, canned and juiced.
To maximize your health with vegetables, nutrition experts suggest at least 3 to 5 servings per day – but why stop there? With so many ways to enjoy spring-time goodness, you could easily eat vegetables at breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. Here are a dozen daily ways to treat yourself to good health!
Many people don't eat vegetables until dinner. Make a commit to your health - Check off the new ways you want to try to enjoy more veggies during the day: I can add vegetables at breakfast by: □ Adding vegetables like spinach, mushrooms, onion, green or red peppers to an omelet I can add vegetables at lunch and snack by: □ Adding leafy greens, cucumber, or peppers to sandwiches □ Adding different vegetables to a green salad, like broccoli, green beans, asparagus or peas □ Adding a bag of sugar snap peas, carrots, peppers, celery and/or zucchini sticks to my snack □ Adding extra vegetables to soup □ Choosing kale chips or nori instead of potato chips Leave a comment below and let me know how you enjoy your favourite veggies. In good health, Cheryl Wahl, RHN, CPCC, Personal Trainer
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