Reasons to eat fresh vegetables every day

Vegetables and fruits are a group that provide many vitamins and fiber needed for the body every day. At any age, people need to eat fruits and vegetables, so they always need to have them on the family meal tray. So how many vegetables are enough to eat each day? Please find out in the following article.

Reasons to eat lots of fresh fruits and vegetables every day

Many people joke that these days, eating clean fruits and vegetables is more expensive than eating meat. This is not entirely wrong. Because experts have advised that we should eat more vegetables and fruits instead of eating too much meat and fatty foods every day.

In particular, if you choose to buy fresh fruits and vegetables, it is very good for your health. Every day, we should add fresh fruits and vegetables to the menu.

Fruits and vegetables often contain large amounts of chlorophyll. This substance has the ability to increase cell regeneration and increase the body's resistance. Besides, fruits and vegetables also contain large amounts of water and fiber. Especially vitamins like C and A. These are all substances that help keep the digestive system healthy and reduce inflammation of organs in the body.

Besides, these foods are rich in electrolytes as well as antioxidants. They play an important role in improving vision health and preventing the effects of free radicals. With these wonderful benefits, all housewives want to grasp the characteristics of fresh vegetables.

In addition to the above benefits, there are some other effects that can be mentioned if you eat fresh fruits and vegetables every day as follows:

• Reduce bad cholesterol in the blood
• Good for bones and joints
• Cardiovascular protection
• Effective weight control
• Cancer prevention and control
• Improve metabolism
• Enhance brain function
• Eliminate toxins
• Helps keep skin and hair healthy

What vegetables are good for health?

Any type of vegetable is good, providing many vitamins for the body. Therefore, you can choose and eat a variety of different vegetables every day to change your taste and eat more deliciously.

Below are some typical vegetables that you can refer to if your body is lacking nutrients and needs to supplement a lot: 

Iron deficiency

Iron deficiency causes anemia and fatigue, affecting the quality of learning.

Iron is found in abundance in beans, spinach, amaranth, spinach, bean products... So, eat a lot of these vegetables to supplement iron for the body.

1. Choose fresh vegetables based on appearance

Fresh fruits and vegetables are usually healthy, intact, not scratched or crushed, and the stems are not bruised. Vegetables and fruits that must be peeled such as squash, gourd, luffa... are often safer than leafy vegetables.

Vegetables that are sprayed with stimulants often have unusually green leaves, very young and fat stems. Those bunches of vegetables only need to be left from morning to afternoon before they can become rotten and wither.

You should avoid fruits that have a puffy, plump appearance. Because it may have been injected with drugs. At the same time, you should not choose fruits or tubers that are too large, have tight skin, and have cracks along the stem. You should only choose fruits that are moderately sized or slightly small.

2. Based on color to choose fresh fruits and vegetables

Fresh vegetables and fruits have natural colors and are not wilted. There are no unusual colors. You should pay attention to fruits and vegetables that are green or have unusual colors.

With leafy vegetables: you should not choose vegetables that are too dark green, too smooth, and have shiny leaves, but should choose light green vegetables that look normal.

With fruits and tubers: do not choose tubers that are too shiny green or whose color looks too smooth.

3. Fruits and vegetables are not contaminated with foreign substances

Currently, many traders use chemicals on vegetables and fruits for profit. For that reason, many vegetables often have plant preservatives on the leaves, leaf stems, fruit stems or fruit knobs... At the same time, spots or white spots or strange spots appear on the vegetables or tubers. If you encounter these types, you should not choose to buy them.

4. Use your hands to feel the fresh fruits and vegetables

Take and touch the vegetables and fruits. If they feel heavy and crunchy, it is fresh and clean food.

If you pick it up and feel light in your hand, those foods have pesticides or chemicals sprayed in them.

5. Choose fresh fruits and vegetables by scent

Normally, fresh fruits and vegetables will have a characteristic smell of each type. When you smell them and notice that they have a strange smell, a pungent smell, or the smell of pesticides or chemicals, it means the fruits and vegetables are not fresh, they may also be old and the seller has dipped them in chemicals to make them look fresh than.