12 QUICK WAYS YOU CAN ADD GREENS TO YOUR DIET
Did You Know... • Seven of the top 10 leading causes of death are from chronic diseases including heart disease, obesity, and diabetes. Eating plenty of green vegetables every day can help reduce your risk of those and other diseases. • Only one in 10 adults meet fruit and vegetable recommendations. More specifically, only 9.3 percent of adults eat enough vegetables daily. • Cruciferous vegetables like Brussels sprouts, kale, broccoli, and cabbage are powerful cancer fighters. • Eating plenty of vegetables can also balance your blood sugar and stabilize hunger, supporting weight loss, and possibly reducing your risk of type 2 diabetes. • When inflammation persists, it becomes chronic. Chronic inflammation can play a role in most diseases including cancer, heart disease, diabetes, depression, and Alzheimer’s.
Why Don’t We Eat More Greens? Knowing the health benefits, why don’t more people eat green vegetables? Research shows that cost, limited availability and access, and not enough time to prepare or cook them are among the reasons why many of us don’t meet our greens quota. It’s not just kids who don’t like eating vegetables. Most adults struggle to get their daily greens requirements. But eating more vegetables shouldn’t be a struggle! These 12 strategies can help make getting more vegetables convenient, simple, and delicious: 1. Make them more interesting. Look up new recipes. 2. Prep ahead of time. 3. Get everyone involved. 4. Hide them in yummy dishes like roasted vegetable lasagna. 5. Make an omelet.
6. Make them portable. 7. Slip ‘em into smoothies. 8. Upgrade starches. Think zucchini fries. 9. Double up in restaurants. Simply ask your server to skip the potatoes and add another green vegetable. 10. Make it a mission to try a new one. Restaurants usually find ways to make green vegetables taste amazing. Be adventurous and try something new. 11. Buy them fresh or frozen. Frozen vegetables today are far tastier than the ones you might have grown up with. They might also be healthier. 12. Variety is key with green vegetables.
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