130. The Latest Research Behind ”Eating the Rainbow” with Melons, featuring Accredited Practising Dietitian, Dr Flávia Fayet-Moore

<p style="font-weight:400;">In this episode, I chat with accredited practising dietitian, Dr Flávia Fayet-Moore.</p> <p style="font-weight:400;">Dr Flávia has an impressive résumé:</p> <ul><li style="font-weight:400;">She is a scientist, dietitian, nutritionist, researcher and entrepreneur.</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">As the founder and CEO of Nutrition Research Australia, she maintains her independent and credible voice on all things nutrition, health and wellbeing.</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">She is the co-founder of Food is Cool, where nutrition in schools is done differently.</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">She is a fellow of the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine.</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Finally, Dr Flávia is an adjunct lecturer at Newcastle University and a honorary associate at the University of Sydney.</li> </ul> <p>In the episode, Dr Flávia and I chat about:</p> <ul><li>why fruits and vegetables are so important in our diet;</li> <li>the latest statistics on fruit and vegetable consumption;</li> <li>the recommended serves for fruits and vegetables;</li> <li>the world first <a href='https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9268388/'>"Eating the Rainbow" study</a> about the health benefits of bioactive pigments;</li> <li>the nutritional benefits of different types of melons;</li> <li>the best ways to incorporate melons into your diet, so that you "Eat the Rainbow".</li> </ul> <p style="font-weight:400;">For more information about the topics covered, visit:</p> <ul><li style="font-weight:400;">For health care providers — <a href='https://nraus.com/melonshub/'>https://nraus.com/melonshub/</a></li> <li>For consumers — <a href='https://www.melonsaustralia.org.au/'>https://www.melonsaustralia.org.au/</a></li> </ul> <p>Hort Innovation</p> <p style="font-weight:400;">This episode is funded by <a href='https://www.horticulture.com.au'>Hort Innovation</a>, using the melon research and development levy and contributions from the Australian government. Hort Innovation is the gro