It is getting close. Don’t panic! Mother’s Day is just a little over a week away. May 9th is the day we celebrate the important role mother’s have in our lives. They often go unappreciated all year long. That is why we take one day out of the year to show them that we appreciate all that they do for us.

Did you know there is one website that is solely dedicated to Mother’s Day and helping us show our appreciation to mom? It is called DayForMother.com. For some background for the various traditions surrounding Mother’s Day, this would be the place to go.

Eat your carrots or you will have to wear glasses! Eat your spinach so you can be strong like Popeye! Then there was the latest one I heard just the other day. Eat your vegetables or you will get the swine flu!

Everyone of us have heard some similar phrase from our parents as a means to get us to eat our vegetables. Our government even has whole websites devoted to help up be healthier by eating our vegetables. MyPyramid.gov is devoted to identifying what vegetables are, so we can make the right choices.

Your mom and the US government are telling the truth. Scientific studies support all the claims of government agencies. Vegetables are good for you. It is recommend that you eat 3 to 5 servings of vegetables each day. One serving of vegetables can be:

• 1 cup of raw leafy vegetables
• 1/2 cup of other vegetables, cooked or raw
• 3/4 cup of vegetable juice