Do I need to take Multivitamins

Different people face different challenges in reaching optimum nutrition by food alone. We offer some quick and easy solutions to help tackle these challenges.

Challenge 1: Inadequate Fruits and Vegetables
Solutions:

*Eat a serving of fresh fruit at lunch and dinner as dessert
*Include a variety of vegetables for lunch and dinner. Choose dark green, leafy vegetables (such as broccoli, spinach, Chinese bok choy and kale) as well as bright-colored vegetables (such as bell peppers, tomato, avocado, sweet potato and carrot)
*Use fruits as snacks. Bring to work fruits that are easy to prepare (such as grapes, apple, banana, berries or cut-up melons).

Challenge 2: Inadequate Calcium
Solutions:

*Instead of snacking on cookies, choose low-fat yogurt or low-fat cheese with fruits as snacks throughout the day
*If you are not a cow's milk fan, try other calcium-rich beverages such as calcium-fortified orange juice, calcium-fortified soy or rice milk, or goat's milk
*Try other calcium-rich foods such as tofu and canned fish with bones.

Challenge 3: Inadequate Whole Grains
Solutions:
*Choose whole grain bread when making sandwiches
*Have a serving of whole grain breakfast cereal or a bowl of oatmeal for breakfast
*Snack on popcorn instead of chips on movie nights
*Toss in brown rice, wild rice or barley in your soup

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from http://www.healthcastle.com/