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Some Healthy Foods You Can Grow and Eat....
Tomatoes: The “BEST” salad veggie. Every serving packs a big dose
of the antioxidant “lycopene” and vitamin C.
Learn about saving tomato seeds here.
Carrots: Great source for the phytochemical “beta-carotene”
which coverts to vitamin A in the body.
Blueberries: Little powerhouses bursting with vitamin C, folic acid
minerals, and disease-fighting phytochemicals. Grow a bush!
Cantaloupe: Ranks almost as high in phytochemicals as
blueberries. It makes a sweet, refreshing snack.
Spinach: Jam packed with vitamin A and folic acid,
it also provides some vitamin C and iron.
Oranges: Everyone loves oranges. Grow an orange tree!
To Grow Strong, You Need to Stay Active....
The Sun sends energy to plants ....Plants change energy into food.
If your body doesn’t use the energy you get from food when you eat it, your body saves the extra as fat until it needs it. You must keep the energy you eat and the energy you use in balance.
So... EXERCISE.
Eat fresh foods (try growing some yourself) and keep moving!
It’s the only way to keep yourself strong & healthy.
A "Healthy Handout"
Download the Kids Growing Strong "Healthy Handout." It is a .pdf document with the Harvard food pyramid and information about staying active.
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