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Get More Fruits and Vegetables in Your Diet: Seven Sure-Fire Tips

Posted by LeeAnn Langdon on Mon, Sep 12, 2011 @ 09:44 AM

As obesity rates climb in the U.S. and the rate of debilitating chronic diseases climbs right along with it, the message to improve our diets by eating fewer processed foods and more fruits and vegetables is hard to escape. You’d have to be living under a rock to have missed the word that fruits and vegetables are low in calories, high in fiber and nutrients and much healthier for us than fatty, sugary, salty processed foods. But if you’re not a natural veggie lover, how do you get more fruits and vegetables in your diet? Try these seven easy tips:

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Tags: lifestyle habits, diet, vegetables, fruits

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