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You will get the most health benefits and protection against disease if you eat a wide variety of fruits and vegetables . The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC )
Australian dietary guidelines recommend that adults eat at least five kinds of vegetable and two kinds of fruit every day .
Foods of similar colours generally contain similar protective compounds . Try to eat a rainbow of colourful fruits and vegetables every day to get the full range of health benefits . For example:
- Red foods – like tomatoes and watermelon. These contain lycopene, which is thought to be important for fighting prostate cancer and heart disease
- Green vegetables – like spinach and kale. These contain lutein and zeaxanthin, which may help protect against age-related eye disease
- Blue and purple foods – like blueberries and eggplant. These contain anthocyanins, which may help protect the body from cancer
- White foods – like cauliflower. These contain sulforaphane and may also help protect against some cancers.
