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Health Tips

Tips for a healthy summer

Summer brings an abundance of tasty and nutritious foods, including berries, watermelon, tomatoes, and sweet bell peppers. So, go ahead and enjoy the natural benefits of fruits and vegetables that are high in vitamins, minerals and fibres as well as high in antioxidants and fluid content

For beautiful moisturised skin:

• Eat at least eight servings of fruits and vegetables every day. Choose a variety of different colours and textures.

• Include ripe summer fruits such as peaches, apricots, plums and pears as well as juicy summer fruits such as watermelons

• Include food sources rich in minerals that are lost through sweat during hot summer days, such as potatoes, bananas, melons, and tomatoes

• Vitamin A is essential for healthy skin. Introduce plenty of dark orange (carrots) and dark green vegetables (like broccoli and spinach) as part of your diet

• Always try to go for fresh non-processed food which certainly gives your skin a boost

Good to Remember
Run out of fresh fruits and vegetables? Always keep frozen vegetables and fruits handy! These are usually hand-picked, and are deep-frozen immediately, thus retain more nutrients than fresh ones left in a refrigerator for days.

Nutritional Value of Vegetables

Vegetables act as excellent sources of distinctive kinds of vitamins. Eating vegetables high in vitamins goes a long way in improving your health fitness. So, check out vitamins in vegetables and get a complete knowledge as to which vegetable contains what kind of vitamin.

Here is a list depicting vegetables containing vitamins:

Vitamin A:sweet potato, kale, carrots, spinach, avocado, broccoli, peas, asparagus and green pepper

Vitamin B1 (thiamine): peas and avocado

Vitamin B2 (riboflavin): avocado

Vitamin B3 (niacin): avocado, peas, potatoes, mushrooms, corn, artichoke, asparagus, lima beans, sweet potato, kale, broccoli, carrots and green pepper.

Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid): avocado, sweet potato, potatoes, corn, lima beans, artichoke, mushrooms, broccoli, cauliflower and carrots

Vitamin B6 (pryidoxine): avocado, peas, potatoes and carrots

Vitamin B9 (folate/folic acid): lima beans, asparagus, avocado, peas, artichoke, spinach, broccoli, corn, sweet potato, kale, potatoes, carrots, onions and green pepper

Vitamin B12: none

Vitamin C: artichoke, asparagus, avocado, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, corn, cucumber, green pepper, kale, lima beans, mushrooms, onions, peas, potatoes, spinach and sweet potato

Vitamin D: mushrooms

Vitamin E: none

Vitamin K: Vitamin K is found in significant quantities in leafy vegetables like broccoli, spinach and kale