EAT YOUR ORANGE AND GREEN VEGGIES

Your mother was right, you do need to eat your vegetables.  This is especially true for the orange vegetables such as carrots, sweet potatoes, yellow squash, etc which are high in an antioxidant called alpha-carotene.  This is also found in the dark green vegetables such as broccoli and green beans.  Scientists have long known that eating vegetables can ward off chronic diseases.  A study published around ten years ago in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that this alpha-carotene could very well be the reason why.  The study found that people with high levels of alpha-carotene are likely to live longer and are less likely to die of heart disease and cancer than are those with low levels.  So, enjoy a colorful veggie plate!