Highlights

• The study pooled data from three long-running cohort studies analyzing more than 200,000 participants. The scientists investigated how the quality of fruits and vegetables influences the risk of developing major chronic diseases like cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and cancer.  

• • Thoughts: If you’re like me, you struggle with getting enough fruits and vegetables into your diet. I only recently started taking a lunch to work which includes an apple. I still don’t get enough fruits and vegetables in my diet but I never know where to start. Leave it to Arnold to point me in the right direction. With all the choices out there, I want to see where I can get the most bang for my buck!

• Researchers examined the consumption of 52 different fruits and vegetables, and 19 were associated with more positive health outcomes.

• Some all-star fruits and vegetables include kale, broccoli, spinach, alfalfa sprouts, apples, pears, eggplant, summer squash, mustard greens, Swiss chard, and green and red peppers. 

• • Thoughts: I’m not even sure I would be able to pick some of these out of a grocery store line up, but I guess I have to start somewhere!

Article info

• Author: [Arnold Schwarzenegger]
• Full Title: You’ve Gone Too Far
• Category: #articles
• Summary: Welcome to the positive corner of the internet.