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Anderson noted the importance of frozen produce to the national campaign to encourage the #014# ion of fruits and vegetables. "AFFI is a strong supporter of the National Cancer Institute's 5 A Day -- for Better Health campaign, which encourages Americans to eat five servings of fruits and vegetables -- frozen or fresh -- every day to guard against cancer and other chronic diseases. It is even more clear that frozen fruits and vegetables are the convenient, high quality way to get 5 A Day. "This is important news, as well as an important victory, for consumers. The Food and Drug Administration agrees that frozen produce is a key to good health. Consumers should be pleased to know that, with frozen fruits and vegetables, convenience, high quality, great taste and nutrition go hand-in-hand," said Anderson.
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Fruits and vegetables come in terrific colors and flavors, but their real beauty lies in what's inside. Fruits and vegetables are great sources of many vitamins, minerals and other natural substances that may help protect you from chronic diseases.
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PITTSBURGH, March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Today's announcement by the Produce for Better Health Foundation marks the official launch of the new Fruits & Veggies - More Matters(TM) health initiative. The campaign is in response to the increased recommendations for fruits and vegetables in the Dietary Guidelines of Americans. The Canned Food Alliance commends the PBH for embracing the quest to help Americans, particularly moms, achieve their goal of increasing the amount of fruits and vegetables their families are eating every day.
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Eating more fruits and vegetables can ... help lower cholesterol. In the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Family Heart Study, the 4466 subjects consumed on average a shade over 3 servings of fruits and vegetables a day. Men and women with the highest daily consumption (more than 4 servings a day) had significantly lower levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol than those with lower consumption.(4) How fruits and vegetables lower cholesterol is still something of a mystery. It is possible that eating more fruits and vegetables means eating less meat and dairy products, and thus less cholesterol-boosting saturated fat. Soluble fiber in fruits and vegetables may also block the absorption of cholesterol from food.
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* At BCN's Southfield offices, the cafeteria vendor lowered by 25 percent the price of 10 healthy items, including vegetables and fruits, and raised the price of its 10 unhealthiest foods. * Many candy bars in BCN vending machines vanished, replaced with healthier choices. * A six-month competition encouraged employees to walk and take part in a weight loss challenge. A total of 817 employees, or 65 percent of the BCN workforce, participated in the challenges. They walked 344,725 miles - equivalent to 14 trips around the Earth - and lost 2,100 pounds. * Pedometers were provided to all employees signed up for the walking contest.
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Blue -- and indeed the whole spectrum of colors found in fruits and vegetables -- is a hot nutrition topic. According to Dr. Joseph, co-author of a new book on the subject entitled The Color Code, "It's hard to go wrong if you fortify your diet with colorful foods. Almost every one of them is loaded with disease-proofing compounds." One of the real benefits of "thinking color" in connection with healthy eating is its simplicity. According to another co-author of The Color Code, Anne Underwood, writing in the September issue of Health magazine, "A diet that's rich in the vast spectrum of colorful fruits and vegetables is the latest (and possibly easiest to accomplish) nutrition advice coming from experts."
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