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Fruits 🍒 & vegetables 🍀 contain vitamins, minerals & many nutrients that keep you healthy, vibrant & protected from many diseases.

Make eating them a crucial part of your daily existence.

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{Share for health awareness!}
#OctoberFruitsChallenge
Beyond making fruits & veggies a vital part of your diet, make them a vital part of your life.

There's so much to gain; vitamins A, C & E, magnesium, zinc, phosphorous, folic acid used to make blood, & a lot more..

Make your stomach a fruits & vegetables basket.
For example, one of the best ways to #detox (remove toxic waste materials from the body) naturally is by eating fruits & veggies.

The easiest ways to detox is to include seasonal fruits in your diet because fruits are powerhouses of essential vitamins, minerals & antioxidants.
Some fruits like pineapple 🍍 are directly medicinal.

Pineapples contain a substance called #bromelain.

This is known to help in breaking down proteins, reducing inflammation (e.g. arthritis) & relieving symptoms of cough.

Pineapples are medicinal? Yes!
Fruits & veggies are low in fat, salt & sugar, & give you high quality dietary fibre.

Whether you're fighting;
obesity
stroke
cancer
diabetes
heart disease
high cholesterol
high blood pressure, OR
you just want to glow your skin & live healthy,

..fruits & veggies can help.
For those who measure, eat at least 5 serves of vegetables 🍀 & 2 serves of fruits 🍒 every day.

1 serve of vegetables is about 1 cup of raw salad vegetables or 1/2 cup of cooked.

While 1 serve of fruit is 1 medium piece or 2 small pieces.

#OctoberFruitsChallenge
Whether it's;

1. Pineapple 🍍
2. Watermelon🍉
3. Cucumber 🥒
4. Mango 🥭
5. Apple 🍏
6. Berries 🍑
7. Tomatoes 🍅
8. Oranges 🍊
9. Carrots 🥕
10. Grapes 🍇
11. Cabbage 🥬
etc
..whichever you can lay hands on, in season or out of season, make sure you eat them every day.
In #OctoberFruitsChallenge, we shall be eating at least 1 fruit 🍒🍑🍓 every day throughout October, beginning from TOMORROW!!

To participate;
1. Take a nice pic/video of you eating a fruit
2. Tag at least 3 people
3. Upload with the hashtag
"#OctoberFruitsChallenge"
Together with eating a well-balanced diet regularly & being active, one of the best investments you'll ever make for your life & family is to eat fruits & vegetables every day.

Don't let any 24-hour period elapse without you eating a fruit.
#OctoberFruitsChallenge
Add your own flare. Encourage others to do same let's have a bigger impact & make our society healthier!

If you're accepting this challenge,
- Reply with #OctoberFruitsChallenge
- Tag friends, &
- Retweet this

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