Why We Should Eat Fruits Everyday!
By julito
@antonbunot (11092)
Calgary, Alberta
March 21, 2016 12:51pm CST
The last time I had my yearly general medical check-up 5 months ago, my doctor advised me to eat lots of fruits and green leafy vegetables on a daily basis. According to her I should not eat fatty foods if I want to live long.
Regular exercise and eating lots of fruits and vegetables make us healthy, give us high energy, and may protect us from many diseases like cancer, diabetes, gastrointestinal problems, high blood pressure, and even make our eyes remain healthy as we quietly (but reluctantly
) age.
However, even if we eat lots of fruits and vegetables, our health is still affected by our chosen lifestyle. If we love night life – going to the bar often, drinking, smoking, and skirt-chasing – chances are we kick the bucket so soon due to liver disease (drinking), lung cancer (smoking), accident (DUI), bullet or knife wounds (arguments/fights), and even HIV/AIDS.
Eating lots of fruits, green leafy vegetables, fish like salmons, and having a clean lifestyle may make us live long till age 96 not just 69! That would be nice, eh!
I am eating avocado right now! Want some?
Note: Photo of fruits is from Pixabay.
) age.
However, even if we eat lots of fruits and vegetables, our health is still affected by our chosen lifestyle. If we love night life – going to the bar often, drinking, smoking, and skirt-chasing – chances are we kick the bucket so soon due to liver disease (drinking), lung cancer (smoking), accident (DUI), bullet or knife wounds (arguments/fights), and even HIV/AIDS.
Eating lots of fruits, green leafy vegetables, fish like salmons, and having a clean lifestyle may make us live long till age 96 not just 69! That would be nice, eh!
I am eating avocado right now! Want some?
Note: Photo of fruits is from Pixabay.25 people like this
23 responses
@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
21 Mar 16
haha skirt chasing lolz how bout trouser chasing?
how bout trouser chasing?2 people like this
@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
21 Mar 16
@antonbunot I dont, never had to, they would chase me lolz
Anyway I cant eat citrus fruits which I am mad about as I love them.
The bladder gets testy. lolz
Anyway I cant eat citrus fruits which I am mad about as I love them.
The bladder gets testy. lolz@antonbunot (11092)
• Calgary, Alberta
21 Mar 16
@TiarasOceanView Ha ha ha, that's what in my mind! O, o . . . but I hope you can still eat all other fruits like pineapple, avocados, bananas, grapes, and strawberries to name some.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
22 Mar 16
@antonbunot Oh yes I can eat all the expensive kind dang it lolz
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@marlina (154165)
• Canada
21 Mar 16
@antonbunot If you are on a blood thinner, you have to be EXTREMELY careful with green vegetables. Trust me on this one.
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@antonbunot (11092)
• Calgary, Alberta
22 Mar 16
@marlina O, I see. Thank God, I am not on blood thinner. Just my diastolic, which is a bit high, I am concerned of. My systolic is normal.
@antonbunot (11092)
• Calgary, Alberta
21 Mar 16
@marlina . . Yeah?! My pretty doctor did not mention about that, ey!
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@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
22 Mar 16
Your doctor is right. Healthy eating and healthy lifestyle will prolong our life. Good you went jogging and eating avocado. Keep up. I did brisk walking with my husband this morning and then we had fresh watermelon and cucumber smoothie. Fatty foods are not part of our food choices.
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@antonbunot (11092)
• Calgary, Alberta
22 Mar 16
@salonga Fatty foods, like adobo, igadu, lechon . . . . . Man, I miss them. But I don't want to kick the bucket yet!
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@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
22 Mar 16
@antonbunot when you eat those fatty food, they say you will not be old because you will die young
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@antonbunot (11092)
• Calgary, Alberta
23 Mar 16
@salonga LOL . . In my case I am already certified old, so I don't die young anymore. For sure 35 or more years from now . . I will be very old to die! . . . I just hope I could still be able to multiply when I am very old before I close my eyes(Remember that heavenly order - - "Go on earth and multiply!"?)
. . . I just hope I could still be able to multiply when I am very old before I close my eyes(Remember that heavenly order - - "Go on earth and multiply!"?)1 person likes this
@LdeL0318 (6402)
• Philippines
22 Mar 16
As much as we would like to have fruits in our meal often, the cost won't let us. Healthy foods are expensive so as fruits. The cheap fruits here are those only in season. Most fruits are being imported such as apples and oranges that is why they are expensive.
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@LdeL0318 (6402)
• Philippines
22 Mar 16
@antonbunot oh yes, those fruits that grow here, they are cheaper than the imported ones. Most people here would buy food regardless of the health benefits just yo ease their hunger. I hope there will come a time that good foods and healthy foods will be available for all.
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@antonbunot (11092)
• Calgary, Alberta
22 Mar 16
@LdeL0318 Well, it is elections again. I am sure those politicians are starting to buy votes. Stolen money to buy votes! Money that lasts for just few days to buy foods. Then hard life for the people resumes! I don't see any thing good in the future while these evil politicians are alive!
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@antonbunot (11092)
• Calgary, Alberta
22 Mar 16
@LdeL0318 . . I heard that fruits are expensive in the Philippines. In fact, everything is expensive down there. Well, there are fruits that grow in most backyards - - like bananas, carabao mangoes, and santol! But eat these fruits in moderation . . otherwise, you will be wailing and making funny faces sitting on the throne in the bathroom!
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
22 Mar 16
Yes, eating lots of fruits and vegetables can indeed make us live long . However , as you know , here in the Philippines , fruits are so expensive . So , most Filipinos , cannot eat much fruits.
I love avocados . Specially the "pulutan" one , on which even if it is still green outside , it's already ripe inside and it's so delicious to eat . I eat it with just brown sugar on top of the scooped avocado .
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
22 Mar 16
@antonbunot Does it taste as delicious as those "pulutan" or green avocados we have here ?
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@antonbunot (11092)
• Calgary, Alberta
22 Mar 16
@SIMPLYD Well, our avocados back home are more "yummy" . . just like Filipinas are prettier (or should I say yummier) than Mexicanas! 
) than Mexicanas! 2 people like this
@antonbunot (11092)
• Calgary, Alberta
22 Mar 16
@SIMPLYD our avocados here in Calgary are product of Mexico.
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@brokenbee (11090)
• Philippines
21 Mar 16
What variety of avocado is that?
I want some with condensed milk (without fish, lol) hahaha
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@antonbunot (11092)
• Calgary, Alberta
22 Mar 16
@brokenbee Just one avocado every other day is good enough . . . Otherwise, if I eat avocado daily, my wallet will turn "koppit" (flat tire)! Avocados here in Calgary are expensive.
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@brokenbee (11090)
• Philippines
22 Mar 16
@antonbunot Ahahaha "koppit"? So if that will be the case, no one can make "kupit". Hahahaha!
I am not sure if we have avocados now at the market. Usually, they are available during rainy season, if I am not mistaken.
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@brokenbee (11090)
• Philippines
21 Mar 16
@antonbunot Ahahaha condensed milk is enough. Hahaha
LOL if that's the case, you have to consume it in moderation.
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@LadyDuck (460157)
• Switzerland
22 Mar 16
@antonbunot If I had to be afflicted by dementia I prefer not to arrive at that age. I think that our parents and grandparents lived a healthier life, stress is a killer in our days.
If I had to be afflicted by dementia I prefer not to arrive at that age. I think that our parents and grandparents lived a healthier life, stress is a killer in our days.2 people like this
@antonbunot (11092)
• Calgary, Alberta
21 Mar 16
@LadyLuck . . I understand what you mean. But it does not necessarily mean that you will be like your mom. Anyway, we are both kaboomers (same age), let us say HI to each other when we reached 96! I hope we will not be afflicted with dementia by that time.
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@antonbunot (11092)
• Calgary, Alberta
21 Mar 16
@LadyDuck Wow, your mom is 96! For sure you will surely live that long or even longer, my friend.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
21 Mar 16
@antonbunot The vacation is wonderful thank you Julito. The only bad thing is that it's going so quickly - we've only got a week left now.
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@antonbunot (11092)
• Calgary, Alberta
22 Mar 16
@jaboUK Well, this vacation for sure is not the last for you . . 2017 is just around the corner . . 
. .
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@antonbunot (11092)
• Calgary, Alberta
21 Mar 16
@jabouUK . . . . hahaha! Ey, how is the vacation, my friend?!
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@antonbunot (11092)
• Calgary, Alberta
22 Mar 16
@Yar_Joey . . . O, yeah . . avocados added to halo-halo . . . Yummmmyyyyyyy!
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
21 Mar 16
I now I need to eat more fruits but am not horribly fond of many fruits. I do eat lots of veggies though. I guess it is what it is.
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@antonbunot (11092)
• Calgary, Alberta
21 Mar 16
@fishtiger58 . . I grew up in the Philippines. Filipinos eat any fruit and vegetable under the sun. Of course, as long as they are edible.
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@antonbunot (11092)
• Calgary, Alberta
21 Mar 16
@fishtiger58 O, I love to plant eggplants and other tropical vegetables here in our backyard . . . unfortunately, I live in Calgary. Eggplants do not grow here. But in the Okanagan Valley (British Columbia) . . . they grow eggplants, saluyot, and other tropical vegetables. We used to live in Kelowna, a part of the Okanagan Valley.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
21 Mar 16
@antonbunot I have never tried eggplants, I hear they are really good maybe some day I will give those a try.
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@antonbunot (11092)
• Calgary, Alberta
22 Mar 16
@AkoPinay Nakow, mountain daw . . e wala namang mountain sa Makati! (Translation to English-Carabao - - - "Ehow, mountain according - - there is no mount Pinatubo in Makati!")
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@abrielle28 (502)
• Philippines
22 Mar 16
Fruit is really helpful to our health. and i do believe in the saying that 'an apple a day keeps the doctor away'. i had a stomachache yesterday then i ate 2 apples and then tadaaa, after a while its gone..
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@antonbunot (11092)
• Calgary, Alberta
22 Mar 16
@abrielle28 . . Wow, I did not know that apples can heal stomach ache!
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@antonbunot (11092)
• Calgary, Alberta
22 Mar 16
@abrielle28 No wonder I don't get bloated anymore! But I still fart often at a wrong time and wrong place!
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@abrielle28 (502)
• Philippines
22 Mar 16
@antonbunot it really can, especially when your feeling bloated.
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@antonbunot (11092)
• Calgary, Alberta
21 Mar 16
@rina110383 . . you mean you have not eaten fruits for a long time?!
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@antonbunot (11092)
• Calgary, Alberta
22 Mar 16
@rina110383 O, I see! Some don't like avocados . . . like my wife. She says it looks similar to something!
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@beenice2 (2967)
• Sackville, New Brunswick
30 Aug 16
Is your doctor a vegetarian, because he seam to emphasize so much on veggies and fruits. I am for a healthy diet too. But, you still have to have a balance in it. Meat once a day is not bad either, and then there is good fat and bad fat. So that's what is what.
@antonbunot (11092)
• Calgary, Alberta
21 Mar 16
@amnabas . . Wow! Here there are lots of fruits but not in our backyard . . . we have to buy them all in supermarkets or grocery stores! 
@bluesa (15023)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
21 Mar 16
Hmmm... @antonbunot , I am not fond of avo's, so, no thank you, but I would gladly eat some paw paw or peaches, or grapes. Good you are following your doctors advice. I should really walk more, jogging would finish me off!
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@antonbunot (11092)
• Calgary, Alberta
21 Mar 16
@bluesa . . Yes, I am 99% vegetarian now . . . One percent is sea foods. I eat fish, lobsters, crabs, and shrimps. But I just eat lobsters once in a blue moon . . . why? It is because here in Canada lobsters are as expensive as gold.
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@Macarrosel (7498)
• Philippines
21 Mar 16
You're right and I agree with you. Eating fruits and vegetables really help A lot to become healthy. Aside from that I also take nutritional supplements like vitamins and minerals for my health.
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@antonbunot (11092)
• Calgary, Alberta
21 Mar 16
@Macarrosel . . . I am not taking in supplements; but I eat lots of fruits and vegetables. I don't eat red and processed meat anymore. Instead I eat fish (salmons and even tilapias and milkfish) and shrimps. I still eat tinola though. . . So, your husband is a firefighter! Good he is not a cop . . coz cops love women other than their wives!
. . So, your husband is a firefighter! Good he is not a cop . . coz cops love women other than their wives!
@antonbunot (11092)
• Calgary, Alberta
22 Mar 16
@JudyEv My favorites! Grapes and watermelon! . . How about you?
. . How about you?1 person likes this
@JudyEv (326581)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Mar 16
@antonbunot The same I guess but also bananas - and pineapple is good too - oh, and strawberries - and mulberries - and loquats!
