Fruits & Vegetables

An easy way to get your 5-a-day
Drinking vegetable juice is an excellent way to get two servings of veggies in one 50-calorie cup. But before you head to the market to pick up a bottle, consider this: Packaged juice is often sky-high in sodium. One popular veggie blend, for example, contains 500 milligrams of sodium, or nearly a quarter of the amount you should consume in a day. One solution? Whipping up your own concoction in a juicer. Try a combination of pineapple, apples, carrots, and celery, or tomatoes, carrots, and celery with a dash of lemon juice or hot sauce.

The berry best
Women should get a minimum of four servings of fruit a day, and half of those should come from berries, according to researchers at University of South Florida's Center for Aging and Brain Repair. All types of berries--blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, even cranberries--contain more antioxidant power per serving than many of their produce peers. Studies have shown that berries not only fight cancer, heart disease, and aging, but also sharpen memory and improve brain function.