Everyone knows that the freshly picked ripe vegetables from their own garden delicious and aromatic purchased. Someone grows peaches and grapes, and someone enough green beam on the window sill. Any crop boast nice. It is possible to treat the neighbors. In addition to the health benefits it helps maintain social ties.
Notice that gardening makes people more active and relieves stress. When people are busy in the ground, their mood improves. This is some ancient mechanism.
What's new
About fruits and vegetables have always said that they are good for health. Previously it was believed that good nutrition - it's complicated calculations, limit foods with a high glycemic index and so on. Then it turned out that the effect of diets due to more fiber from vegetables and fruits. It's much easier than we thought. Well, the good was more than expected.
Now with each new edition of the guidelines on nutrition of fruits and vegetables in the diet all increase and increase. It turns out that the useful plant food substitute for harmful sugar, empty starch and saturated fat. Also different spices and herbs help to replace in the diet of the salt.
Children
Now gardening is recommended for children's education. If the kids do grow some fresh herbs or vegetables, then later more often choose a vegetarian food for lunch. Such self-indulgence has a major positive impact on health. This is also a new observation and a new direction in nutrition. Children from an early age literally develop taste buds themselves to vegetables and fruits.
What could be the problem
The fruits and vegetables lot of useful substances for the health. For this reason, some herbal products may interact with medications.
For example, grapefruit can not eat those who take certain medications to reduce cholesterol.
Dark green greens like spinach or kale kale is not combined with drugs that affect blood clotting. These effects must be considered.
Another very important to obtain useful components because of fruits and vegetables. Any biologically active additives can comprise plant extracts, in which too many active substances and unpredictable combinations. Recently there have been news of the poisoning of drugs turmeric.
Focus on fresh foods. Supplements can not eat.
Try something to grow? Carrot or cabbage kale can be planted even in a pot on the windowsill.
