If you live in the US, summer will soon be upon us, bringing with it a bounty of in-season produce. There’s no question that seasonal produce tastes better, but because it’s fresher that means it’s likely healthier too. When you purchase produce seasonally (and locally grown), its nutrients won’t have time to degrade like the same food left to sit in cold storage for days or weeks.
In the past, the primary measure of whether a person’s diet was healthy had to do with measuring food groups and nutrient intake. But recent research suggests that the purchase of seasonal and local foods should be added to algorithms used to evaluate how healthy a person’s eating patterns are
