Coloured fruits and vegetables keep healthy


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Authors

  • Pramod Kumar
  • B S Tomar
  • Sanjay Yadav

Abstract

The fruits and vegetables are very important components of a healthy diet. If we eat them daily in ample amount, they may help us to check cardiovascular diseases and certain types of cancer. Eating a minimum of 400 g of fruits and vegetables per day is recommended by the World Health Organization to put off chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes and obesity. Thus, one should combine a variety of colours of fruits and vegetables to obtain all the benefits for better health.

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Author Biographies

  • Pramod Kumar
    (Scientists), Division of Plant Physiology.
  • B S Tomar
    (Scientist), Seed Production Unit, IARI, New Delhi 110 012.
  • Sanjay Yadav
    (Scientists), Division of Plant Physiology.

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Submitted

2017-02-02

Published

2017-03-01

Issue

Vol. 60 No. 3 (2015)

Section

Articles

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How to Cite

Kumar, P., Tomar, B. S., & Yadav, S. (2017). Coloured fruits and vegetables keep healthy. Indian Horticulture, 60(3). https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IndHort/article/view/67407