FAQs
Eating more fruits and vegetables has been shown to improve your health in a number of ways. These include helping to lower blood pressure, reduce risk of heart disease, decrease risk of certain types of cancer, and boost immune system function.
Many fruits and vegetables have large amounts of vitamin C, potassium, fiber, folate, calcium, magnesium, iron, and antioxidants. Many of these nutrients are important for maintaining good overall health.
No, drinking fruit juices provides less nutrition than eating whole fruits. Drinking fruit juices means that you are missing out on the fiber, phytonutrients, and other beneficial compounds found in whole fruits.
Drinking fruit juices can increase your calorie intake. Fruit juices tend to be higher in calories than whole fruits. They also lack the fiber and other nutrients found in whole fruits.
Vitamin A comes from two main sources -- animal products like liver, dairy products, eggs, fish, poultry, meat, and seafood; and plant-based sources like dark leafy greens, yellow/orange vegetables, red bell peppers, pumpkin seeds, and fortified cereals.
B6 comes from animal products like beef, chicken, pork, turkey, lamb, milk, cheese, yogurt, and eggs; and plant-based sources like legumes, nuts, soybeans, tofu, and fortified cereal.
Vitamin E comes from animal products like butter, eggs, milk, meats, and oils; and plant-based sources like almonds, sunflower seeds, peanuts, olives, soybeans, and wheat germ.
Vitamin K comes from animal products like liver, fish, and shellfish; and plant-based sources like broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, collard greens, lettuce, mustard greens, okra, romaine lettuce, spinach, Swiss chard, turnip greens, and winter squash.
Vitamin D comes from animal products like fatty fish, egg yolks, and milk; and plant-based sources like fortified breakfast cereals, margarine, and sesame oil.
