This is the right way to eat fruits and vegetables and also include them in your diets.
Eating fruits is essential for a healthy diet. There are several ways to eat them which serve the most of their nutritional benefits. Here are some tips:
- Eat a variety: Aim for a rainbow of colours on your plate to ensure you’re getting a wide range of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants.
- Include seasonal produce: All plants follow the natural course as designed by Allaah and in His wisdom has a purpose. Each season comes with its ailments and good aspect (which the fruits are part of). Thus eating fruits in the seasons has a way by which it helps the body heal and attain its optimum status. More importantly these fruits and fresher and more nutritious than when they are not in season and has been preserved with artificial preservatives.
- Eat them raw or sparingly cooked: Raw or sparingly cooked fruits and vegetables are more nutrients dense than the overcooked ones. There are lots of vitamins in these fruits that are heat sensitive and so easily destroyed.
- Aim for 5 servings daily: Aim for at least 5 servings (2.5 cups) of fruits and veggies daily. Remember that this is subject to individual needs.
- Enjoy them as snacks: Instead of downing doughnuts, pastries and other junk foods, fruits serve as very handy snacks at home, work and on the move. They can be packed in pouches diced, sliced frozen, and even dehydrated to last a long time without losing the nutrients and taste.
