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Oui, et il faut manger des légumes pour être en bonne santé.

Oui, et il faut manger des légumes pour être en bonne santé.
Yes, and you have to eat vegetables to be healthy.
From Lesson 58:Expressing purpose (pour)·French

Questions & Answers about Oui, et il faut manger des légumes pour être en bonne santé.

Why do we use pour before être here?
In French, when you want to express a goal or purpose (like saying "in order to do something"), you use pour followed by an infinitive verb. So, pour être translates to "in order to be" or simply "to be".
Why is it il faut manger if the translation says "you have to eat"?
The phrase il faut is a very common way to say "it is necessary" or "one must". It doesn't refer to a specific person, but rather states a general rule. English usually uses a general "you" for this, which is why it is translated as "you have to eat" instead of using a specific French word for you like tu or vous.
Why is there a des before légumes? The English sentence just says "vegetables".
In French, you can almost never leave a noun by itself; it needs a little word in front of it like an article. Since we are talking about an unspecified quantity of vegetables, we use the plural article des (which is kind of like saying "some vegetables").
Why does the sentence use en bonne santé instead of a single word for "healthy"?
While English uses the single adjective "healthy", French prefers the expression en bonne santé, which literally translates to "in good health". Notice that the adjective bonne comes before the noun santé, which is a special rule for short, common adjectives describing goodness or badness.

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