Written by Endeavour College of Natural Health | Thursday, 31 March 2022
We all know it’s important to eat your greens. But it can be a difficult adjustment to make if you’re not used to it!
If you’re the kind of person to eat the same five vegetables and two fruits on rotation, this is for you! Plant diversity is incredibly important to maintain a healthy gut because the bacteria that lives in your digestive system LOVES to eat different kinds of fibre and antioxidants that plants are rich in. If you sat down and wrote a list of every different food you’ve eaten today, how many foods would be on it? The goal is to increase the diversity of your ingredients to twenty – and these helpful tips will help you achieve this!
Endeavour graduate Caitlin Rule at @goodnessavenue shares her favourite tips for incorporating plant diversity into your daily meals to help you stay healthy and meet your daily needs, at every meal of the day:
Want some other ways to increase your fruit and veggie intake? Why not try these simple swaps:
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