What is a Portion of Fruit / Vegetables?
The first rule: eat plenty of fruit and vegetables. There is good evidence that diets rich in fruit and vegetables reduce the risk of developing chronic diseases, such as coronary heart disease and possibly some cancers, in later life. Most people would benefit from increasing the amount of fruit and vegetables to twice the amount they currently eat. Fruit and vegetables make good snack foods. A balanced diet contains at least five portions of fruit and vegetables a day and should include a wide variety to get a range of their protective substances. Fruit and vegetables may be fresh, frozen, canned, dried or 100% juice (juice counts only once a day as a portion). Do you know if you eat enough fruit and vegetables? And also exactly how many you should be eating? Health studies show that only one in seven of us eat the recommended quantity of fruit and vegetable every day. A “five a day” fruit and vegetables intake is estimated to prevent up to 20 per cent of deaths from conditions such
