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Fruits and vegetables are vital for good health and are outstanding sources of essential vitamins and minerals. Based on growing scientific evidence, the incidence of coronary heart disease, atherosclerosis and stroke can be reduced through increased fruit and vegetable consumption, as can that of the major cancers of the Western world such as cancer of the stomach, lung, mouth, esophagus, colon and rectum. Fruit and vegetables also play a preventive role in birth defects, cataract formation, hypertension, asthma, diverticulosis, obesity and diabetes. Since they are the healthiest things we can possibly put in our body, many doctors make it a point to recommend that all their patients eat dark leafy greens every day. Then, we overcook our vegetables and throw out the water which now has most of what's left of the nutrients.
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