Tuesday June 24, 2008, 3:02 am
It was heartening to read that if they haven't been over-processed with additives, frozen, dried and canned fruits and veggies still offer health benefits, because I prefer most of my veggies cooked, and I always have dried fruit in the house. I'm trying to be good, though, by eating salad with meals two or three times a week! And who can resist those beautiful, plump western cherries? I have been eating them for weeks.

Tuesday June 24, 2008, 4:47 am
I love freash vigtable and fruit aplle is my friend
Thank you Cate

Tuesday June 24, 2008, 5:37 am
once again cate, you've made my day... hehehe, now i can go ahead and continue eating the way i have been and never mind those stupid vitamins... i always did think they were a crock...:)

Tuesday June 24, 2008, 6:37 am
Great article Cate! Thank you and everyone WASH...WASH....WASH those veggies and fruits..noted.

Tuesday June 24, 2008, 7:11 am
We have a couple of apple trees here and they are so good when they come in. NC has a lot of apple orchards, so there is always an abundance when this crop comes in. I love to dip apple wedges in caramel sauce and eat fried apple pies once in ahile. Vegetables and fruits are my favorite. Thanks Cate.

Tuesday June 24, 2008, 7:13 am
Thanks Cat interesting info. I'll just keep eating fruit and veg from now on. lol

Tuesday June 24, 2008, 8:02 am
Thanks Cate for this valuable information.I do so agree that veg and fruits are the best supplements for a healthy system - that being our bodies. I remember when we were kids how mom would always sing the often repeated song of "an apple a day keeps the doctor away". So be it my friends and if we are health conscious enough, as we aught to be - then go ahead munch away the juicy fruits, chewing and swallowing the yummy veggies - even if some veg are bitter like the bitter gourd - just relish it and you will see that you have a very healthy system latent within you - what do you say? Noted!

Tuesday June 24, 2008, 8:30 am
Noted. Except for rare occasions I am vegan and love my diet...I am also diabetic, so just a friendy reminder to watch even these fruits and veggies insofar as carbs are concerned. Thank you, Cate, for the good read.

Tuesday June 24, 2008, 9:36 am
Thanx Cate. I assume that was the Finland public health 1985-93 study with male smokers of ages 58-69. There have been and are ongoing studies that have confirmed that increase with that cancer. However that study did not compare the vitamin intake from natural foods to supplements. One group at random received a supplement and the other a placebo; dietary and lifestyle choices were neither measured or controlled. I have been a vegetarian for some six months, a decision made with no small part from this and other care2 activity, and I believe I feel better and am healthier but I would recommend caution in evaluating the effect of all supplements for health.

Tuesday June 24, 2008, 9:59 am

it would be nice if all the fruit and produce we eat was not genetically modified to have no nutrients in them.

Monsanto Owns Your Food Patents - Over 11,000 Patents, on Seeds, Animals,Human Genetics,

Tuesday June 24, 2008, 10:00 am

High Cost of Joining the EU and the Euro..Herbal Medicines Will Be Banned,..Codex Alimentarius
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UN's Codex Alimentarius Commission to Approve International Guidelines for Organic Food.
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United Nations Codex Commission.. United Nations Is Codex Commission..They Take Away Vitamins, Dec. 31, 2009
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911:Vatican & Jesuits...QE,..United Nations...Codex Alimentarius Setup in 1963 By the UN Agencies FAO and WHO)

Tuesday June 24, 2008, 10:02 am

No nutrients in food,

vitamins will be banned

duh

Tuesday June 24, 2008, 10:39 am
Thanks, Cate. I'll keep eating my apples and raw veggies. I love to eat many of my veggies raw and, yes, I do wash them. I find I get more taste out of raw carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, etc. Sometimes I'll use a little salad dressing with them, but that is rare. This was the only way I could get my kids to eat their veggies when they were young. I turned my girlfriend's kids on to raw veggies at a picnic we had with raw veggies and a dip. They saw my kids eatting them and they tried them. I was soon in the kitchen fixing more. as they'd gone through the extras.

Tuesday June 24, 2008, 11:45 am
These days, the only things keeping me from
being Vegan are butter, cheese, and mayo.
Other than that, I am wholly vegetarian.

Fruits and vegetables have something in
common with Marijuana: They all come out
of the ground, exactly as they were created
by the God and Goddess, fully sufficient as
they are for ALL our medical needs, untouched
by the grimy, money-sucking paws of Big Pharma.

BUT, be SURE to wash your fruits and veggies!
From the July 2004 issue of Vegetarian Times:
67% (!) of all food-borne illnesses come from
tainted fruits/veggies!

Thanks for an excellent post, Cate! :-))
noted.

Tuesday June 24, 2008, 12:46 pm
Noted/ty Cate

Tuesday June 24, 2008, 2:23 pm
I eat my fruits & Veggies everyday!
Thanks Cate = Noted

Tuesday June 24, 2008, 2:34 pm
great article. i have just recently started eating more fruits and vegetables and drinking more water. i feel so much better !

Tuesday June 24, 2008, 4:39 pm
As a diabetic fruit is the only sweet things I am allowed. And we grow our own veg as we like it straight from the ground with no additives. But still we as people do not eat what is naturally good for us...what we were designed to eat.
Good article thanks Cate

Tuesday June 24, 2008, 5:12 pm
thanks for the post, and the green star...would have sent a personal message, but you have me blocked...

Tuesday June 24, 2008, 5:15 pm
i love my fruits thank you

Wednesday June 25, 2008, 3:23 am
A good balance of fruit, veggies and a good vitamin supplement should do the trick!

Wednesday June 25, 2008, 7:38 am
Tim, theres tasty alternatives to mayonnaise, I use one called Mayola by Granovita, it's lovely and tastes better than the real mayo! There's also a margarine called Pure and is made from soya and theres lots of vegan cheese too! :)

Wednesday June 25, 2008, 12:05 pm
Thanks, Lorraine!
I appreciate the tip!
I know you're in the UK,
and I wonder if "Mayola" is
available here in the states? I'll
ask around, and see if anyone's
heard of it.
As for margarine.......
well, being a retired chef, and a
real purist, I just can't give up real
butter!
I have tasted Vegan cheeses that really weren't
bad at all, but I wouldn't want to eat them all
the time!
Thanks again, Lorraine! :-))

Wednesday June 25, 2008, 12:33 pm
Thanx Cate. Also thank you Scott S. for the links. Beware of all stores
"organic vegs"-my husband used to deliver food to stores and he said "the vegetables I deliver to organic stores come out of the SAME box as the ones I deliver to the grocery stores"-SCARY! So I guess we'll all have to grow our own!

Wednesday June 25, 2008, 2:55 pm
Thanks Cate. Noted

Thursday June 26, 2008, 10:14 am
Thank you Cate for the information. We eat salad everyday at home, and so we do with fruit. Both of them are a great source of natural vitamins.

Thursday June 26, 2008, 11:36 am
You're welcome Tim! :) BB

Thursday June 26, 2008, 1:52 pm
Great story, Cate. When I was growning up we had a salad at dinner time every day. We never ate anything fried.We never had two starches in the same meal.Now I buy organic fruits and vegetables when they are available and I go to farmers' markets for produce grown locally. Our method of cooking vegetables in steaming so as to keep the vitamins intact. My husband is a diabetic and I pretty much eat what he does.We do eat a lot of cruciferous veggies mentioned in the article and good fruits as well.