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Christina Cooks: Back to the Cutting Board
Vegetable Love Affair
Season 6
Episode 607
We struggle with vegetables. Marketing, ads, and even cartoons condition us to believe that vegetables are, well…gross, unappealing and unsatisfying. I’m here to tell you it just ain’t so. And with only 1 in 10 Americans eating their recommended number of servings, I know I have my work cut out for me. It’s time to fall in love with veggies and live our healthiest lives.
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