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True or Myth?

Vegetables have to be fresh to fit a healthy eating routine.

Myth.

A federal eating-routine fact sheet includes frozen and canned produce alongside fresh choices. Fresh vegetables are not the only option for a familiar meal.

Source: Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion — Dietary Guidelines 2020–2025 fact sheet, Build a Healthy Eating Routine (2021), p. 4 (checked )

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