A fruit is a mature, ripened ovary, along with the contents of the ovary. The ovary is the ovule-bearing reproductive structure in the plant flower. The ovary serves to enclose and protect the ovules, from the youngest stages of flower development until the ovules become fertilized and turn into seeds. Eventually, the fruit functions to spread the seeds or to attract dispersers. There are many different kinds of fruit–from dry to fleshy, from dehiscent (splitting open) to indehiscent and from single seed to many-seeded.

Under the botanical definition of fruit, many things that are commonly called vegetables are in fact fruits (for example, eggplant, green beans, okra, and, yes, tomatoes). Technically, fruits also include many things that we commonly call nuts (when enclosed by their shells—for example, walnut, sunflower seed, peanut, chestnut, acorn, and even coconut). But that does not include the Brazil nut, which is a seed.

Fruits also include some spices (allspice, vanilla bean, chili pepper, fennel seeds, black pepper, coriander), melons and squash (including cucumber, pumpkin, watermelon), most berries (blueberry, cranberry, gooseberry), and grains (corn, wheat, rice), which mostly consist of seed, but are also made of ovary tissue.

Tubers are underground plant stems that swell to store nutrients for next season's growth. The mature tubers are dug from the ground and cleaned of soil to store or prepare as food. They are capable of producing complete new plants from a part of the tuber. One of the most familiar tuber vegetables is the potato, but many kinds of tuber vegetables are used all over the world for starch and carbohydrates. Besides potatoes, edible tubers include taro or malanga, artichokes, yams, ginger, jicama and cushcush.

The amount of fruit you need to eat depends on your age, sex, height, weight, and level of physical activity. For women, the amount can also depend on whether you are pregnant or breastfeeding. For general recommendations by age, see below: 

Toddlers - 12 to 23 months: ½ to 1 cup

Children - 2-4 yrs: 1 to 1½ cups

5-8 yrs: 1 to 2 cups

Girls

9-13 yrs: 1½ to 2 cups

14-18 yrs: 1½ to 2 cups

Boys

9-13 yrs: 1½ to 2 cups

14-18 yrs: 2 to 2½ cups

Women

19-30 yrs: 1½ to 2 cups

31-59 yrs: 1½ to 2 cups

60+ yrs: 1½ to 2 cups

Men

19-30 yrs: 2 to 2½ cups

31-59 yrs: 2 to 2½ cups

60+ yrs: 2 cups

Eating fruit provides health benefits — people who eat more fruits and vegetables as part of an overall healthy diet are likely to have a reduced risk of some chronic diseases. Fruits provide nutrients vital for health and maintenance of your body.

Fruits are sources of many essential nutrients that many people don't get enough of, including potassium, dietary fiber, vitamin C and folate.

Diets rich in potassium may help to maintain healthy blood pressure. Fruit sources of potassium include bananas, prunes and prune juice, dried peaches and apricots, cantaloupe, honeydew melon, orange juice, sapote, jackfruit, guava and kiwi.

Vitamin C is important for growth and repair of all body tissues, helps heal cuts and wounds, and keeps teeth and gums healthy. Vitamin C helps your body absorb iron more easily.

The individual micronutrients inside every scoop of FRUITS & ROOTS™ have been widely studied in scientific research and shown to demonstrate benefits with overcoming micronutrient deficiencies, improving energy, immunity, skin health, gut health, metabolism, and so much more!

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