Fruits and Vegetables

Fresh carrot juice  and raw organic vegetables over rustic wooden table
3 Problems From Eating Too Many Raw Carrots
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Is Kiwi Fruit Alkaline?
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mashed patato
How to Replace Butter in Mash Potatoes
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What Vegetables Should Be Avoided When Taking Methotrexate?
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Bowl of potato salad on picnic table
The Best Ways to Keep Potato Salad from Getting Watery
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lot of prunes in transparent glass bowl
The Nutritional Value of Prunes Vs. Raisins
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Basket of turnips
Can You Eat Raw Turnips?
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Does V8 Count As a Serving of Vegetables?
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Background full of fresh Nashi or Asian pears. Overhead view of delicious and organics fruits, full frame.
Do You Eat the Skin of an Asian Pear?
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Hispanic woman shopping in grocery store
Dangers from Grapefruit
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Do Carrots Cause Indigestion?
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Red Russian Kale
Nutritional Value of Red Russian Kale
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Dried seaweed, chopsticks and makisu
Hazards of Eating Nori Seaweed
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Healthy vegan lunch in a coconut bowl. A child eating Buddha bowl.
4 of the Healthiest Sprouts You Can Eat
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A pile of edible Japanese shiitake mushrooms from California Dragon Mushrooms, used to make Costco shiitake mushroom snack chips
4 Shiitake Mushroom Side Effects to Be Aware Of
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Beets on a blue background
The Effects of Beets on Bowels
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a person's hand taking a cherry tomato from a glass bowl on a wooden table, to represent eating too many tomatoes
5 Possible Side Effects of Eating Too Many Tomatoes
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Breakfast yogurt parfait with granola, mango, berries in jar
Glycemic Load of Green Mangoes
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Sliced Purple Onion on a Concrete Countertop
Are Purple Onions Good for You?
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woman cutting lemon
Which Is Better for Your Health: Lemon or Lime?
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Fresh Celery at an Outdoor Farmers Market
Adverse Effects of Celery
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Tropical Oranges
The Disadvantages of Eating Oranges
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Hands holding lemon with stem
Lemons and Mucus
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Fresh tomatoes in the garden
Oxalic Acid in Tomatoes
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Sweetcorn
How to Heat Corn that Has Been Cooked
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What Is the Difference Between Wolfberries & Goji Berries?
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Karniyarik - Stuffed Eggplants on a plate
Can You Eat the Skin on an Eggplant?
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vegetable juices
7 Amazing Health Benefits of Celery-Cucumber Juice
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Homemade Zucchini and Cinnamon Bread
Can You Make Zuchinni Bread With Yellow Squash?
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Directly Above Shot Of Passion Fruit Cheesecake On Table
How to Eat Passion Fruit
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Homemade Barbecue Baked Beans
Bush's Baked Beans Nutrition
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Healthy Homemade Sweet Corn Salad with raw corn in bowl
Yes, You Can Eat Raw Corn — Here's How
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Grapefruit & Cialis
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Couple of mandarines on a tree
Are Oranges Acidic or Alkaline?
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Woman holding a basket of courgettes
Can I Freeze Squash Without Cooking?
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High Angle View Of Minced Onion With Garlic Salt And Powder In Bowls On Wooden Table
How to Substitute Onion Powder For Onions
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Bowl of red gooseberries
How to Eat Gooseberries, and What They Taste Like
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How to Eat a Tamarillo
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Nuts and dried fruits
Can I Live on Dried Fruits & Nuts?
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baking process
How to Flavor Cakes
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vegetables
How to Steam Vegetables Like the Outback
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A girl or woman is holding a knife, cutting a red ripe grapefruit in half, on a cutting board, against the background of a wooden kitchen table. There is a manual juicer nearby. Making juice for breakfast. The concept of vegetarian, vegan and raw food.
Red Grapefruit vs. Yellow Grapefruit: What's the Difference?
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Why Does Citrus Fruit Hurt My Stomach?
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Pineapple and a Numb Mouth
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Red and gold potatoes
How to Brine Potatoes
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Cropped image of woman harvesting blackberries from plants at fa
When Exactly Are Blackberries in Season?
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Mango Fruit On A Table with knife
Yes, Mango Seeds Are Edible — Here's How to Eat Them
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cooked vegetables beets
How to Tell When Fresh Beets Are Done Cooking
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Directly Above Shot Of Roasted Sweet Potatoes Served In Bowl
Why Do Sweet Potatoes Hurt Your Stomach?
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How to cook figs for baked camembert cheese and figs with walnuts and honey
Stewed Figs Can Jazz Up Everything From Breakfast to Dessert — Here's How to Make Them
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Black pepper seeds spills out of bottle
Why Do You Crave Black Pepper?
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Apples on tree, Worcester Permain, close-up
How to Make Apple Schnapps
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Cabbage head on cutting board.
How to Bake Cabbage in the Oven
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Dark bowl of shaved coconut on wood table.
How to Make Sweetened Coconut From Dehydrated Coconut
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Woman washing carrots at kitchen sink, close-up
Are Carrots Good for Bowel Movements?
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Banana Peel On Blue Background
Yes! You Can Make Vinegar From Banana Peels
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Grilled corn with toppings
Why Does the Human Body Not Digest Corn?
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Fresh broccoli with in bowl on wooden table close up.
The Secret to Removing Bitterness From Cooked Broccoli
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reading for kneading a dough
What Foods Are Binders?
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close up of swede or turnip at street market
How to Cook Turnips in a Crockpot
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Red ripe and juicy raspberry in an inverted small white bucket and scattered around it
The Simplest Way to Make Raspberry Extract at Home
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raspberries in white bowl on white background
How to Wash Raspberries in Vinegar and Water
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How to Saute Frozen Spinach
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Zucchini plants with fruit and leaves
2 Tasty Ways to Cook Zucchini Leaves
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tea of the match
Benefits of Broccoli Powder
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person prepping and pre-cooking vegetables in their kitchen the night before a holiday gathering cooking up a storm.
How to Prepare, Pre-Cook and Store Vegetables in the Fridge
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Can Certain Vegetables Thicken Your Blood?
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grains of red and white sorghum
Nutritional and Therapeutic Values of Guinea Corn
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Coconuts
Is Raw Coconut Fattening?
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Tilapia with oil and lemon on board
How to Boil Tilapia
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How to Cook Zucchini in Aluminum Foil in the Oven
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Wash Green Vegetable
How to Wash Fresh Spinach
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Eating plenty of fruits and vegetables is important for overall health and wellbeing. On our fruits and vegetables page, we offer a variety of resources to help you better understand the health benefits of these foods, including information on vitamins, minerals and antioxidants found in produce.

Our team of nutrition experts provides in-depth articles on how to incorporate more fruits and vegetables into your diet, as well as advice on how to select and store these foods to maximize their nutritional value. We also offer practical tips for meal planning, healthy snacking and cooking with fruits and vegetables.

Whether you are looking to improve your overall health or simply want to learn more about the benefits of produce, our fruits and vegetables page has something for you. We offer advice on how to overcome common barriers to eating more fruits and veggies, as well as information on various fruit- and vegetable-based recipes and meal ideas.