{"id":218,"date":"2008-11-06T21:20:10","date_gmt":"2008-11-07T01:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthnews.nchealthplans.com\/?p=218"},"modified":"2010-06-24T11:18:11","modified_gmt":"2010-06-24T16:18:11","slug":"eat-more-raw-fruits-and-vegetables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/2008\/11\/eat-more-raw-fruits-and-vegetables\/","title":{"rendered":"EAT HEALTHY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/healthnews.nchealthplans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/good-nutrition-equals-good-health.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-335\" title=\"good-nutrition-equals-good-health\" src=\"http:\/\/healthnews.nchealthplans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/good-nutrition-equals-good-health.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"107\" \><\/a><\/p>\n<p>EAT MORE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES!\u00a0 This is the one recommendation you will find in almost every diet, every fitness book and every guide to improved nutrition. The American Cancer Society, The American Heart Association, The World Health Organization, Department of Agriculture and the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention agree this is sound advise. There is strong evidence that a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, and other plant-based foods may reduce the risk of cancer. Healthcare professionals agree that most patients would be healthier if they consumed more raw, fresh, organic fruits and vegetables. Eating raw fruits and veggies helps build stronger bodies that stay healthier and are better able to fight disease.\u00a0 Most of us do not eat enough raw fruits and veggies.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\" target=\"_blank\">health insurance coverage in North Carolina<\/a>, please visit our website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\">www.nchealthplans.com<\/a> or call our toll free number 888-765-5400 and speak with one of our qualified agents.\u00a0 Our agency provides coverage for health insurance in North Carolina through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\" target=\"_blank\">Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina\u00a0(BCBSNC).\u00a0 <\/a>You may qualify for a 15% healthy lifestyle discount if you are in excellent health.\u00a0 Call us for details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EAT MORE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES!\u00a0 This is the one recommendation you will find in almost every diet, every fitness book and every guide to improved nutrition. The American Cancer Society, The American Heart Association, The World Health Organization, Department of Agriculture and the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention agree this is sound advise. There [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[23,152,74,35,75],"class_list":["post-218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-and-nutrition","tag-bcbsnc","tag-blue-cross-blue-shield-of-nc","tag-fruits","tag-healthy-eating","tag-vegetables"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3052,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218\/revisions\/3052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}