Food - Eating For Health

Increasingly, research indicates the road to wellness may be paved with phytonutrients. The No.1 reason we love phytonutrients is because of their powerful antioxidant properties. Different phytonutrients will act on the body in different ways, and different fruits and vegetables are diverse in their blend of various compounds.
You don’t always eat the recommended amount of fruits and vegetables every day , do you ? Eating the right foods in the correct portions all the time can be expensive , time consuming and , let’s face it , inconvenient. But whine though we may, the fact remains that this tier of the food pyramid is extremely important. What is it about fruits and vegetables that make them so advantageous to our health ?

