How Important Are Fruits And Vegetables For A Healthy Diet?

Evidence shows that there are many important health benefits to having at least five servings of a diverse range of fruit and vegetables per day. That is 5 servings of fruit and vegetables in total, not five servings of each. A serving of fruit is typically 80g. Obviously you can’t eat any fruit for this amount of time. However, vegetables can be consumed all day long. A diet lacking in fibre is like an engine that will not function properly. Your digestive system will become clogged with waste and toxins…

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Aging Effects on the Body

Aging is the biological process of getting older. The word aging pertains specifically to human beings, fungi, and many other insects, while for instance perennial plants, bacterial and some sort of simple organisms are theoretically still immortal. While in many regards this seems to imply that death is simply a part of life that all organisms undergo at one time or another, in reality this isn’t so. As we age, our bodies change, sometimes causing us to become ill or disoriented, or even dying prematurely. Therefore it is important that…

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