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Role of Fruits and Vegetables for Health care

All the needed minerals, vitamins and plant phytochemicals are hidden in fresh fruits and vegetables that help benefits of health. They protect us from many different diseases. People prefer to intake it in the form juice and cooked vegetables. While cooking most of the vitamins and minerals get diluted. It is a good habit of dining fruits at night rather than eating cooked or fried foods.

Fruits and vegetables has high fibre contents that helps to control the blood glucose levels and reduces the blood cholesterol and generally reduces the risk of colon cancer and other cancers. Some examples:

Fruits and vegetables recommended in Rheumatism diseases:

  • Fruits: gooseberry, cherry, red currant, lemon, apple, plum, grape, etc.
  • Vegetables: paprika, pumpkin, bean, parsnip, onion, salad, celery, garlic, cabbage, etc.
Fruits and vegetables recommended in nervous system:
  • Tranquilizers:
    • Fruits: Cherry, mandarin, apple, plum
    • Vegetables: salad, cabbage
  • Anaphrodisiac (the opposite of aphrodisiac):
    • Vegetables: salad
  • Hypnotics:
    • Fruits: Apple, apricot, etc.
    • Vegetables: onion, salad, etc.
  • Headaches:
    • Fruits: cherry, lemon, etc.
    • Vegetables: cabbage, parsley, etc.

 Fruits and vegetables recommended in other diseases:

  • Alcoholism:
    • Vegetables:  cabbage, paprika, etc.

Fruits and vegetables recommended in beauty:

  • Face beauty:
    • Fruits: plum, lemon, strawberry, etc.
    • Vegetables: parsley, cucumber, tomato, etc.
  • Wrinkled skin:
    • Fruits: cherry, orange, almond, etc.
    • Vegetables: cucumber
  • For dry skin:
    • Fruits: strawberry, quince
    • Vegetables: cucumber, salad
  • Hands beauty:
    • Fruits: lemon
    • Vegetables: tomato