Vegetables are the sources of vitamins, minerals and dietary fibers. It helps to boosts the immune system, reduces the risk of heart disease, maintains a healthy digestive system, lowers the risk of type 2 diabetes, reduces the risks of some cancers. As it has many benefits, should we consume as many vegetables as we can? Should there be any maximum limit of daily vegetable intake?
Although vegetables are distinguished by containing many vitamins and mineral elements that are important to the body, they should be eaten in moderate quantities because increasing them may causes harm to the human body.
Thanks Yasaman F. Saloom for your contribution. Could you please explain "what did you mean by moderate quantities?" Again "What harm can be caused by increasing amount? "
It means eating vegetables as needed by the body, because eating vegetables in large quantities may cause accumulation of nitrates and oxalates inside the human body, and because unbalanced field fertilization with chemicals or spraying with chemical pesticides causes a risk to human health, for example when eating vegetables fertilized with chemical fertilizers that contain nitrogenous materials In large quantities, it may cause accumulation and conversion of nitrates in the human intestine into nitrites that cause leukemia in the stomach and intestines. Likewise, when eating vegetables fertilized with phosphate fertilizers, it may cause the accumulation of cadmium that is harmful to human health, whether through It has plants or animals. Therefore, vegetables should be eaten in quantities appropriate to the body's need.
Thanks Yasamen F. Saloom for useful comments. What I tried to know is the recommended maximum daily dietary allowances of vegetables for an adult. In response, you wrote "Eating vegetables as needed by the body". Would you please quantify the recommended maximum daily dietary allowances of vegetables for an adult? Thanks for your effort.
What is the WHO/FAO permissible limits of metals in the commonly used vegetables
Have a look at this useful link.
https://www.verywellfit.com/recommended-vegetable-servings-per-day-by-age-2506868
Arvind Singh, thanks for sharing the valued link. I acknowledge your efforts to enrich the discussion.
Nkoli M. Mgbemena, you have raised a very vital issue. Could you please add a few words on the FAO/WHO permissible limits of metals in commonly eaten vegetables? Thanks in advance for answering.
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