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Fight Disease with fruits and vegetables

Here are some of the things doctors and dieticians have learned about
fruits and vegetables:

 Eating a diet full of kinds of fruits and vegetables may cut our chances

of getting lung and colon cancer by 30 – 40%. It may also cut our

chances of getting stomach cancer by 60%.
 Women who eat lots of brightly colored vegetables like carrots,

spinach, tomatoes, and corn may cut their chances of getting breast

cancer by 30-70%. Brightly colored fruits and vegetables have certain
chemicals that fight diseases. Brighter colors mean more of these good

chemicals.

 Spinach and yellow corn may prevent heart disease.
 Cranberry juice may prevent bladder infections. Women who take

cranberry capsules get 40% fewer bladder infections.

 Grapes help fight allergies, heart attacks, and stroke.

 Soybeans may prevent osteoporosis, a disease of the bones. They may
also prevent breast cancer. Eating only one serving of soybeans a week

may cut the chances of getting breast cancer by 15%.

 Garlic may keep us healthy and may prevent colds, flu, and even
cancer. How can we remember which fruits and vegetables to eat? One

dietician says, “Eat a colorful diet to stay healthy. Every day eat

something orange like mango, something yellow like a peach,

something green like broccoli, and something red like tomatoes.” If we
follow this advice, we may be able to stay healthy and live longer.

(Adopted form Read All About It Book 2 by Lori Howard, p.48)

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