Anyone who has ever seen a food pyramid knows that fruits and vegetables take up a large portion of our recommended daily diet. However, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), only 10–12 percent of us are getting the recommended daily intake, which is 3–5 servings of vegetables and 2–4 servings of fruit.
Fruits and vegetables are good for us, hence the reason from an early age that our parents urged us to eat them, even when we didn’t want to. One of the reasons fruits and vegetables are good for our health is that they contain immune-boosting antioxidants.
