Unfortunately, most men are in danger of not eating enough of this important food group. Men aren't eating enough fruits and vegetables; they eat only about 4 1/2 servings of fruits and vegetables a day on average. Only 4 percent of men say they eat the eight servings of fruits and vegetables a day recommended as part of an active lifestyle.                                                                                                                                                                                                      Men aren't aware of the benefits. Men are significantly less likely than women to recognize the health benefits of fruits and vegetables, such as their role in reducing the risk of many cancers, heart disease, high blood pressure, and diabetes. Men have high rates of diet-related diseases. Men have approximately 1 1/2 times the death rate of total cardiovascular diseases as women. Men have approximately 1 1/2 times the death rate of total cancers as women. Men have approximately 2 times the death rate of lung cancer as women. Men have approximately 1 1/2 times the death rate of colorectal cancer as women. More than two-thirds of men are overweight or obese. Among Americans overall, at least 58 million have some form of cardiovascular disease, including high blood pressure, and 8.2 million Americans alive today have a history of cancer.

Why eat fruits and vegetables?  Fruits and vegetables provide vitamins, minerals and fiber your body needs. They are packed with hundreds of disease-fighting phyto-chemicals - natural substances that work as a team to protect good health. Pills and supplements cannot provide all these nutrients together. Different color fruits and vegetables all contain an array of disease-fighting phyto-chemicals that work together with vitamins and minerals to protect our health. Eat a variety of colorful fruits and vegetables everyday. Green (i.e. spinach, romaine lettuce, peas, broccoli, limes) Yellow/Orange (i.e. carrots, squash, sweet corn, oranges ) Red (i.e. tomatoes, red peppers, cherries, watermelon ) Blue/Purple (i.e. blueberries, eggplant, grapes, plums) White (i.e. cauliflower, mushrooms, onions,  pears)

·             “The doctor of the future will no longer treat the human frame with drugs, but rather will cure and prevent disease with nutrition.” ~ Thomas Edison

• “Our food should be our medicine and our medicine should be our food.” ~ Hippocrates