Why Fruits and Vegetables are Better Than Supplements

Colorful fruits and vegetables contain hundreds of phytochemicals in addition to the essential vitamins and minerals they also provide. When you eat fruits and vegetables, these phytochemicals are also absorbed into the body and work together to maintain and even improve our health by helping to prevent disease.

In contrast, dietary supplements in the form of pills or capsules usually only contain large doses of one or two vitamins, minerals or phytochemicals. These isolated nutrients have not proven to be effective or even safe. Even multivitamins are isolated from all the natural compounds found in raw fruits and vegetables.

You can benefit from all of the phytochemicals and nutrients found in plant foods by eating 5-9 servings of fruits and vegetables a day and including more whole grains and nuts in your diet.

Source: Dole Foods