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| By eating produce of every color, you'll be sure to get all the health benefits
associated with high fruit and vegetable consumption such as lowered blood
pressure, decreased risk of cardiovascular disease and decreased risk of various types of cancer. So, be sure to bring some color to the table.
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| Here’s a colorful guide for healthy eating and some of the
benefits that fruits and vegetables may provide:
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• Helps reduce risk of many cancers,
especially prostate cancer
• Helps reduce the risk of stroke and
cardiovascular disease
• Helps protect against heart attacks
and cell damage
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| (including asparagus, broccoli,
green beans, spinach, Brussels
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• Helps decrease risk of cataracts and
macular degeneration
• Helps prevent certain cancers
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• Enhances immune function and
citrus fruits help heal wounds
• Helps decrease risk of cataracts and
age-related macular degeneration, the primary cause of blindness in America
• Helps reduce risk of heart disease and
certain cancers
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• Helps protect against cell damage
• Helps reduce risk of stroke and
cardiovascular disease
• Blueberries may improve cognition
and decrease age-associated
memory loss
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• Helps reduce blood pressure, cholesterol, cardiovascular disease
• Helps decrease risk of developing
certain types of cancers
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| For more information on how vitamins, minerals and antioxidants
can nourish your body, click here
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There’s health at the end of the rainbow! Eating a variety of fruits and vegetables and incorporating a range of colors helps give your body the important nutrients it needs.
Visit the Green Giant™ Rainbow Recipes board on Pinterest for delicious recipes that include three or more color groups.
In order to complete this week’s challenge, you will need to eat all the colors of the rainbow in fruits and veggies during the week (red, purple, blue, orange, yellow, white and of course green!)
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| Try these colorful recipes!
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| Over the past Three weeks, you have learned to relish
a healthier way of eating.
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You may be surprised by the greater variety of vegetables and fruits you now enjoy and that you can enjoy them with fewer add-ons! Including fruits and veggies in your diet has hopefully become a daily habit – we encourage you to maintain this way of eating even after successfully completing the Go Giant Challenge.
Be sure to share your thoughts and any surprising observations since you began the Go Giant Challenge on our Interactive Health Facebook page, @InteractiveHealthInc, under the Go Giant tab.
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ADDING FRUITS AND VEGGIES IS ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO BOOTS YOUR WEIGHT MANAGEMENT EFFORTS.
Fruits and vegetables are naturally low in calories and fat but generally high in water content and fiber, which adds volume. So, you can eat the same amount of food (or more) with fewer calories and more nutrients. For more great ideas, check out this article from the Center for Disease Control on using fruits and vegetables to manage your weight. CHECK OUT ARTICLE
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| Curious how much further your fruits and veggies can take you… check out how eating more can make a GIANT
difference in weight management.
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