Don’t Forget to Feed Them Fruit
Posted: October 27, 2008” Eat your vegetables!” That’s what my mum used to say, and yours probably did, too. But, today, we know that fruits are just as important.
A new study shows that children who eat a diet rich in fruit are less likely to develop some common types of cancer as adulots.
Researchers found that adults who ate a lots of fruit when they are children were about 40 % less likely to develop cancer in their 60s and 70s.
The risk of cancer appears to be directly lnked to the amount of fruit they ate as children. those who ate fruits a few times a week as chidlren decreased their risk, but not as much as those who ate fruits every day.
There are a lot of reasons for this dynamic. Fruits are not only high in fibre, but they also contain a high level of antioxidants, like vitamins C and E, and beta carotene- which are all cancer-fighting nutrients.
So, make sure your kids eat their vegetablesm, but also see that they get a lot of fruits.
