The Relevance of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables to Human Health

Food according to Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary [1], is defined as “Things that People or animals eat”. This depict that the proper physiological functioning of the human, animal and even plant is determined by the quality of substances taken in. Equally, the time (age) at which these substances are taken, determines their potency in the body of any organism. Perhaps, this is why a reduction in the intakes of some food substances that are sugar-ladden, refined flour products, as well as animal products like meats and eggs are unrecommended for people in the age bracket of 40 years and above, because excessive consumption of these products will be poisonous to the body. The human system in particular, finds it difficult to synthesize these products as individual advances in age. It is however worrisome also that today, younger people are becoming hypertensive, diabetic and cancer-prone, due to early exposure to unwholesomely produced food substances.