Vegetables and fruits are important components of a healthy diet. Perhaps one of the biggest debates in the health society is which one brings in the good stuff more? Both have been notably prominent for providing us with nutrients. Even people under medication are usually just told to eat healthier because it’ll make you feel and look stronger. Also, people with illnesses are much more endorsed to eat fruits and vegetables, especially people who take medicine for diabetes. Are they nutritionally equivalent or is the other one superior than the other?

FRUITS

Fruits have been rightfully recognized as a great source of vitamins and minerals. People who regularly eat fruit have an overall healthy stature and have a reduced risk to chronic diseases. The nutrients found in fruits are vital for health and maintenance of our body. Fruit are important sources of many nutrients such as potassium, fiber, vitamin C and folate or folic acid. Potassium is very beneficial for our body because they can reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke as well as reducing the risk of developing kidney stones and decrease bone loss as we age. Folate on the other hand helps the body form red blood cells - this helps pregnant women the most because their bodies need adequate folate, and it prevents them from neural tube birth defects. Other benefits of fruits include:

• Reducing the risk for stroke and other cardiovascular diseases as well as type 2-diabetes
• Adding fruits to your diet can help you protect yourself against certain cancers
• Help you maintain optimum health promoting phytochemicals

Truly there are a lot of wondrous things that fruits can do to our bodies! But what about veggies?

VEGETABLES

Vegetables are important sources of many nutrients as well. You can get potassium, dietary fiber, folate, vitamin A and C. Broccoli, spinach, tomatoes and garlic from various types of vegetables. There are millions of success health stories that revolve around having vegetables as their main diet and it’s no wonder that people would choose to be vegetarians because of the many health impacts that vegetables can give you. Additional benefits include:

• Fighting off bloated bellies and making you regular. Several veggies are rich in fiber, which flushes out waste and gastric irritants and prevents constipation by keeping the digestive tract moving
• Making you look leaner by counteracting bloat caused by salt
• Giving you a youthful glow! Vegetables contribute to preventing unwanted signs of aging, and keeps our skin young and supple. This is thanks to the phytonutrients like vitamin C and high water content

CONCLUSION

And the winner is: VEGETABLES. Fruits and veggies are similar because they bring sources of fiber, antioxidants and phytonutrients. However, the biggest difference is that fruits tend to be higher in sugar and for that reason a lot of nutritionist would consider vegetables to be preferable. Even if vegetables win this round it’s better to have a variety of both in your diet because both are still equally important for a well-balanced diet.

A diet rich in both vegetables and fruits can help you prevent yourselves from getting sick all the time and will help you have a great body also leaves you feeling healthy as well. So the real winner here is you! If you eat right then definitely you are the champion.