People who eat fruit and vegetables as part of their daily diet have a reduced risk of many chronic diseases. Fruits and veggies are naturally low in calories. Earing a diet rich in vegetables and fruit as part of an overall healthy diet may reduce risk for heart disease including heat attack and stroke vegetables and fruits as part of an overall healthy diet may protect against certain types of cancers.
According to botanists, who study and classify plants a fruit is the part of a plant that contains seeds. By this definition not only melons and plums but zucchinis, green beans , and tomatoes are all fruits. In fact based on this definition, any vegetable with seeds could be classified as a fruit in contrast, nutritionists, who study diet, reserve the term “fruit” only for sweet, fleshly fruits using “vegetable” for those that are low in fructose or fruit sugar.
Vegetables are usually eaten as part of a meal, while fruits are often eaten as a snack or dessert. Nutritionists argue that although tomatoes may be fruits from a botanical perspective they aren’t eaten the may typical fruits are so they’re vegetables. Depending on who you ask, a tomato can be considered a fruit a vegetable, or both.
