Health News Share Email Print Try heart-healthy produce this summer There's no better season than summer to add ripe, just-picked, heart-healthy fruits and veggies to your diet. Produce is plentiful right now. And it's rich in powerful nutrients that may help reduce the risk of heart disease, stroke and even certain cancers. Check out this approach for boosting the variety in your diet. Put a rainbow in your diet To get the most health benefits from fruits and veggies, eat a variety of colors. Green Collard greens Cucumbers Green beans Limes Zucchini Red Cherries Raspberries Red peppers Tomatoes Strawberries Watermelon Blue/purple Blackberries Blueberries Boysenberries Eggplant Plums Yellow/orange Corn Cantaloupe Nectarines Peaches Squash Reviewed 9/30/2022 Sources American Heart Association. "How to Eat More Fruit and Vegetables." https://www.heart.org/en/healthy-living/healthy-eating/add-color/how-to-eat-more-fruits-and-vegetables. Produce for Better Health Foundation. “About The Buzz: Eating Fruits & Veggies Lowers Stroke Risk?” https://fruitsandveggies.org/stories/buzz-eating-fruits-veggies-lowers-stroke-risk/. U.S. Department of Agriculture. “Seasonal Produce Guide.” https://snaped.fns.usda.gov/seasonal-produce-guide. Related stories Health information main Health tools go Select a health topic ADHD Aging Alcohol use disorder Allergies Alternative medicine Alzheimer's disease Arthritis Asthma Babies Backs Bladder Bones Brain Breast cancer Cancer Cancer prevention Caregiving Cervical cancer Children and parenting Cholesterol Colds Colorectal cancer Coronavirus Dental care Depression Diabetes Disaster preparedness Down syndrome Ears Eating disorders Emergencies End of life/Palliative care Environmental health Epilepsy Eyes Fall prevention Family and relationships Feet Fitness and exercise Flu Food safety Hair Headache Health assessments Health calculators Healthcare Heart attack Heart health Hepatitis Hernia High blood pressure Hips HIV/AIDS Holiday health Hormones Imaging Incontinence Joints Kidneys Knees Leukemia Liver Lung cancer Lungs Medications Men's health Menopause Mental health Multiple sclerosis Nails Nose Nutrition Obesity Oral cancer Ovaries Pain Parkinson's disease Pets Pneumonia Pregnancy Prostate cancer Rehabilitation Reproductive health Safety School health Sexuality Sexually transmitted infections Skin Skin cancer Sleep Smoking Sports injuries Stomach pain Stress and anxiety Stroke Substance use disorder Summer safety Surgery Teen health Throat Thyroid Travel Vaccines Vascular health Violence Vitamins and supplements Weight management Winter health Women's health Workplace health Wound care i Events CPR Class i Providers Family Medicine Internal Medicine Cardiology i Services Home Health Services Cardiac Rehabilitation Cardiac Services RSS If you have questions or comments, please contact Randolph Health. Problems reading or opening a page? Legal restrictions and terms of use applicable to this site.