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} .article-panel .quote { color: #9CAF88; } .article-panel .quote img { background-color: #9CAF88; } </style> <section class="article-panel"> <div class="inner"> <div class="article-cover"> <div class="captions overlay"> <h4> <a href="/issue-sections/nutrition/"> Nutrition </a> - Healthy Strategies </h4> <h2 class=article-title-line1>Is seasonal eating better for your health?</h2> <h2 class=article-title-line2></h2> <h5>August 2024</h5> </div> <div class="captions"> <h4> <a href="/issue-sections/nutrition/"> Nutrition </a> - Healthy Strategies </h4> <h2 class=article-title-line1>Is seasonal eating better for your health?</h2> <h2 class=article-title-line2></h2> <h5>August 2024</h5> </div> <img class="big" src="/media/2624/vegetable-box-750x580-1.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=950&height=480&rnd=133681882730000000" width="100%" /> <img class="normal hide" src="/media/2624/vegetable-box-750x580-1.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=200&rnd=133681882730000000" width="100%" /> </div> <section> <article class="article-main"> <div class="article-summary"> </div> <div> <p class="c-article-summary">Seasonal eating is consuming food that is in harvest or in peak supply.</p> <div id="poool-content" class="c-article-content c-article-content--health js-article-content poool-content" data-poool-session-status="released"> <p>At the height of summer in Sicily, Italy, Anna Fiannaca prefers vegetables grown at home rather than food from the supermarket.</p> <p>“It was just the way of life in Sicily, taking whatever the seasons will give you,” said Fiannaca, an 89-year-old who lives near Agrigento.</p> <p>Nutrition experts agree that buying local in-season produce can help create better eating habits.</p> <p><strong>'Pathway to broader diet'</strong></p> <p>“Seasonal eating is kind of a pathway to build a broader diet variety,” according to Sharon Gray, a registered dietician who supervises the University of Connecticut’s community nutrition programme.</p> <div id="connatix-container" data-ad-name="connatix"> <p>Good nutrition includes consuming a large variety of fruits and vegetables, and eating in-season produce actually tastes better.</p> <p>“A lot of adults don’t like a lot of fruits and vegetables, so if you can get them to like something, then they build it into their diet," Gray said.</p> <p>"That is moving people away from processed food to preparing more food at home".</p> <p><strong>'Open yourself up'</strong></p> <p>Sean Heffron, a cardiologist at the Centre for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease at NYU Langone Heart in the US, counsels patients to look beyond vegetables that are available year-round.</p> <p>“Open yourself up to, ‘Oh, now I see a lot of asparagus or peaches or artichokes,’” Heffron said.</p> <p>"It will expose you to more, and make you willing to try and eat more fruits and vegetables in general".</p> <p>Experts caution that eating seasonally isn’t a cure-all, and some studies have found people in colder climates suffer from nutritional deficiency in the winter.</p> <p>That means you should still continue to buy leafy greens and other vegetables all year.</p> <p>"We need seven to nine servings of fruits and vegetables every day,” Zumpano said.</p> <p>"Ninety per cent of us don’t eat enough of them".</p> <p>Eating seasonally often means eating locally, said Julia Zumpano, a registered dietician at the Cleveland Clinic.</p> <p>There are both environmental benefits and more nutrients when people consume local produce.</p> <p>“You’re going to maximise your vitamins and minerals in there, the polyphenols and antioxidants that are the foundations of how we decrease the risk of disease,” Zumpano said.</p> </div> </div> <div class="source-info"> </div> </div> <div class="share-content"> Share: <div class="social-icons"> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://foodhq.world/issue-sections/nutrition/healthy-strategies/is-seasonal-eating-better-for-your-health/"><img src="/assets/facebook.png" /></a> <a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/share?text=Is seasonal eating better for your health?&url=https://foodhq.world/issue-sections/nutrition/healthy-strategies/is-seasonal-eating-better-for-your-health/" class="twitter-share-button"><img src="/assets/twitter.png" /></a> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://foodhq.world/issue-sections/nutrition/healthy-strategies/is-seasonal-eating-better-for-your-health/&title=Is seasonal eating better for your health?"><img src="/assets/linkedin.png" /></a> </div> </div> </article> <article class="article-related"> <h3>Related Articles</h3> <div class="related-articles"> <div class="articles-group" style="margin-top: 10px"> <section> <article class="style2" style="width: 100%; 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