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Where are you getting your 9 a day?
  Guidelines have always suggested 5 fruits and vegetables a day.  Five fruits and vegetables daily has been proven to lower the risk of cancer and keep us young, healthy and strong.  Eating 5 - 9 fruits and vegetables each day will reduce your risk of cancer by more than 20%!  Eat those rich in antioxidants to combat free radicals.
 		  
  The latest studies indicate a dramatic benefit from 9 a day so new guidelines encourage 9 a day = 4 Fruits and 5 Vegetables.  Nine Fruits and Vegetables daily lowers the susceptibility of many cancers, lowers blood pressure, maintains good health, maintains optimal energy, reduces the risk of heart disease, and protects against the effects of aging.  Eating a varied (eat all the colors) mix of 9 fruits and vegetables a day can add (4 or more) years to our lives!  And good healthy years at that!
 		  
  Vitamins, nutrients, anutrients, minerals, phytochemicals, antioxidants, and a bit of magic are in the fruits and vegetables that we consume.  The latter three show exciting new health benefits that protect us from disease, keep us strong and healthy, give us more energy, and neutralize free radicals.  Anutrients like chlorophyll and carotene, anthocyanins, proanthocyanidins, flavonoids, and sulfur compounds are found in the Colors of the fruits and vegetables we eat and help protect our bodies against the environment.  Phytochemicals and antioxidants also can be found in the COLOR of the fruits and vegetables we choose. 

Eat a varied diet of Greens, Blues, Purples, Yellows, Oranges, Whites and Reds. 

Add some COLOR to your life!
 

  
  Our diet is as much what we DO eat as what we DO NOT.  Eliminating things like  hydrogenated oils is as important as increasing organic produce.
 		  
  A healthy diet together with an active lifestyle will reward us with a better quality of life.  Reducing stress, regular exercise, and a good night's sleep rounds out a healthy lifestyle.  A healthy diet and lifestyle will reward us with a longer and healthier life. 
 		  
     
  How to get 9 in a day?    It's best to start your day with it!  
     
 
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  • Eat fruits with your breakfast
 A banana and Strawberries or Raspberries or Blueberries.  Kids love these too.  Cut up a Pineapple, Papaya or Mango. 

Add berries, banana to your cereal.  Add Just Tomatoes berries or frozen blueberries to hot or cold cereal.

Boil Frozen Wild Blueberries or fresh or dried berries with some maple syrup and use that as your syrup on top of pancakes or French Toast.

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  • Drink Juice with your breakfast

     
  • Juice!

 

 Drink a glass of orange, tomato, grapefruit or grape juice at breakfast.

Blend 3 or more servings in a morning Juice.  Use a good juicer.  Great way to get more veggies!

Make a Breakfast Smoothie with bananas that were going bad that your froze, keep frozen blueberries on hand for smoothies, add fresh fruit too.  You can also add Just Fruits to your smoothie.

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  • Have a fruit as a mid-morning snack
     
  • Have a Rebar!
 pear, banana, apple, orange, raisins - all travel well too

8 fruits and veggies in one bar!

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  • Salad in a bag makes an easy lunch
 lettuce like Romaine or Leaf or Butter Leaf, better yet, the easy bagged lettuce 1

 

 

 

 

  • Dressing for your salad
 Throw in some grape tomatoes

Have more time, cut up some Cucumber, Red Peppers, Red Onions, Avocado, Celery, Carrots, grated Beets.  Apples, Pears, and Oranges make nice additions to salads too.  Don't get stuck in lettuce - salads can be a great mix of things and dressings!  Add some Just Veggies to your salad, or maybe Just Fruit and Crunchy Mixed Sprouts for added protein.

I normally use an orange or lemon to make dressing for my salad.  That adds 1/4 - 1/2 serving right there!

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  • Vegetables with or as lunch or Soup
 Ratatouille; sauté Beans or Spinach with Mushrooms; add Vegetables to leftovers from dinner the night before.  Skip the meat, fish or chicken and just have a nice big plate of Veggies.  Sauté or Roast for better flavor over steaming.  Or have some soup from the night before - we have Broccoli or Butternut Soup around. 1 - 2
  • Mid-day Snack
 Baby Carrots in the bag make it easy to snack while in the car or at work; Fruit travels well too.  Or plan ahead and cut up Celery sticks.  Add a nut butter and raisins or dried fruit.  Dried fruit counts too!  Dried fruits also travel well and are easy additions to the lunch box.

Just Tomatoes products are an easy way to grab a quick snack or add some fruit and veggies to the lunch box.

Have a glass of 100% pure juice.

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Salad in a bag and add some extras.  Maybe try Strawberries and Spinach. 1 - 2

 

 

  • Add extra veggies to every dish

 

  • Add Greens like Kale, Escarole or Spinach to a Soup, or make a Broccoli or Squash Soup
     

 

  • Try Something New
     

 

  • Make Something New

Add frozen Peas to Arroz con Pollo which already has onion, peppers; Add Chard to your Pasta and white sauce.

Hearty Soups don't take long to make, are satisfying, and make lunch easier the next day.  Soups are an easy and delicious way to add an extra serving or two each day.

Buy something new like Dragon Tongue Beans, Purple Cauliflower, Haricot Verts.  There are so many fruits and vegetables out there!  Use our cooking tips and try something new!

Ever had a Spinach & Arugula Pesto?  Try a new recipe to easily get to your 9 a day and have fun getting there!

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  • Dessert
  • Grapes, Apples, Pears and Cheese
  • Berries and Cream
  • Bananas, Berries and some ice cream or whipped cream
  • Grilled Pineapple
  • Kiwi, Berries in a tart
  • Fruit Trifle

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  • It's not that hard!

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  What Counts as ONE serving for an adult?  
 
  • 1 med fruit
  • 1/2 cup raw, cooked, frozen or canned fruit or vegetable
  • 6 oz of juice
  • 1 cup leafy greens
  • 1/4 cup dried fruit
  
  Start a Food Log with the kids to get them started eating right!  
     
     
  Greens - lowers the risk of some cancers; important for vision, strong bones, healthy teeth
  
     
     
  Blues - lowers the risk of some cancers; important for urinary tract healthy, memory, and anti-aging benefits
  
     
  Purples - lowers the risk of some cancers; important for urinary tract healthy, memory, and healthy aging.  Rich in the antioxidant anthocyanin.
  
     
  Yellows and Oranges - lowers the risk of some cancers; important to maintain heart and vision health, and a healthy immune system.  Normally rich in carotenoids.
  
     
  Whites (also Tan and Brown) - lowers the risk of some cancers; important for a healthy heart and maintaining healthy cholesterol levels.
  
     
  Reds - lowers the risk of some cancers; important for urinary tract health, a healthy heart, and good memory functions.  Normally rich in lycopene
  
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