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Portions Of Fruit And Vegetables A Day
http:// www.bbc .co.uk/ news/he alth-26 818377
Apparently only about 33% of us eat 5 pieces of fruit and veg a day, and now some researchers have suggested that we should up this to 7 a day. I work on the Welsh Health Survey and its apparent that the majority of adults in Wales barely make the 5 a day. Its always puzzled me why this figure is so low, but I suspect that many people are not counting their daily intake properly. When I point out that potatoes are vegetables, they respond by saying that they always eat plenty of them.
How many here on AB eat the required amount ?
Apparently only about 33% of us eat 5 pieces of fruit and veg a day, and now some researchers have suggested that we should up this to 7 a day. I work on the Welsh Health Survey and its apparent that the majority of adults in Wales barely make the 5 a day. Its always puzzled me why this figure is so low, but I suspect that many people are not counting their daily intake properly. When I point out that potatoes are vegetables, they respond by saying that they always eat plenty of them.
How many here on AB eat the required amount ?
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We all know what to do if we want to live longer, but maybe some of us dont. Live to a hundred on vegetables, no booze and clean living. No thanks I'll take a shorter more agreeable life!
Too late for me anyway now I suspect.
to answer you question Mickey, we always have a selection of fruit in the house, vegetables too. More in the summer from the garden. But i doubt i eat 5 portions every day (Dont actually count just eat a varied diet).
Fruit is far too expensive, veggies not so bad for the common ones but who wants to live on carrots?
We all know what to do if we want to live longer, but maybe some of us dont. Live to a hundred on vegetables, no booze and clean living. No thanks I'll take a shorter more agreeable life!
Too late for me anyway now I suspect.
to answer you question Mickey, we always have a selection of fruit in the house, vegetables too. More in the summer from the garden. But i doubt i eat 5 portions every day (Dont actually count just eat a varied diet).
Fruit is far too expensive, veggies not so bad for the common ones but who wants to live on carrots?
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Today I have eaten
banana
mango
blueberries
but that's probably my lot, since I have chilli con carne for tea and veg don't go with that.
I always understood that potatoes don't count in the 5 a day, because they are carb-laden.
I thought this announcement was an April Fool at first, since the researchers only asked a set of people what fruit and veg they had eaten on the previous day, and from that claim to be able to tell how much longer it'll extend their lives - how would they do that, then?!
banana
mango
blueberries
but that's probably my lot, since I have chilli con carne for tea and veg don't go with that.
I always understood that potatoes don't count in the 5 a day, because they are carb-laden.
I thought this announcement was an April Fool at first, since the researchers only asked a set of people what fruit and veg they had eaten on the previous day, and from that claim to be able to tell how much longer it'll extend their lives - how would they do that, then?!
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