date:Sep 17, 2012
uding red, green, yellow, white, purple and orange, as well as tomato-based products and allium vegetables, such as garlic, are recommended daily.
The average American adult consumes half of the recommended intake of fruits and vegetables, about 2.47 and 2.16 cups of vegetables daily (including fried potatoes), for men and women, respectively, and 0.61 cups of fruit daily for both men and women. And, Americans are falling short on varietya very small amount of vegetables consumed consists of da