Now it is 7 fruit and veg a day !!!
Bluescope
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-26818377
Current research suggests that eating 5 fruit and veg a day is not enough now they believe we have to eat 7 a day. That is 7 portions of 80g of veg a day which to me seems a lot of food let alone a lot of veg. What sort of meals are these people eating that they are consuming 500g of veg a day. I don't think I could actually eat that much unless all I did eat was just fruit and veg.
I struggle to cope with 5 a day if I am honest I don't even do that everyday. Maybe a bit of fruit in the morning, then one at lunch time and veg with the evening meal which is normally two different veg.
Anyone else in the same boat here ?
Current research suggests that eating 5 fruit and veg a day is not enough now they believe we have to eat 7 a day. That is 7 portions of 80g of veg a day which to me seems a lot of food let alone a lot of veg. What sort of meals are these people eating that they are consuming 500g of veg a day. I don't think I could actually eat that much unless all I did eat was just fruit and veg.
I struggle to cope with 5 a day if I am honest I don't even do that everyday. Maybe a bit of fruit in the morning, then one at lunch time and veg with the evening meal which is normally two different veg.
Anyone else in the same boat here ?
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I don't believe any news stories on the 1/4
They blame the public for not being educated when it comes to food and health, but what do they expect when the news itself throws out conflicting messages left, right and centre?
That said, it rather misses the point that as time goes on, the probability of death has been frequently observed to have a distinct tendency to head towards the general direction of 100%.
I think you are right
Really, just eat what you want and enjoy it.
It was released on the 31st and they are being quite serious, the study is from UCL and they actually recommend 10 portions per day.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/10735633/Healthy-diet-means-10-portions-of-fruit-and-vegetables-per-day-not-five.html
Warwick Uni say 7 in their study from last year
Personally I have always stuck with butter, to me its more natural and therefore should be better than some of those spreads around. As they say a little of what you fancy does you good and its all about common sense , nothing wrong with fish and chips , a burger or some chocolate and the odd fizzy drink , as long as it occasionally in a normal portion and not huge amounts every day and that is the basis of your actual diet.
The researchers who the media quoted last year, or the latest doom and gloom merchants?.
Frankly I have always thought that these researchers are simply spouting what their paymasters want, as everyone of a certain age will remember the butter/margarine "war" of words in the 70's. I haven't trusted the "facts" since.....
Even the same amounts of fruit and veg so it must be the same report. Is some else copying the report do you think or are the news media just recycling old stories for the fun of it now ?
http://www.express.co.uk/news/health/432492/Forget-the-five-a-day-servings-of-fruit-and-veg-now-you-need-seven-to-be-healthy
Nicely put skp.
BiB. Reading your post, I could hear the voice of my mum telling me the same thing many, many moons ago.
Indeed
I don't think the people who come out with these recommendations have realised that you can get fat if you eat too much fruit.
They are bad for us as well (to an extent )
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/sep/07/smoothies-fruit-juices-new-health-risk
and apparently coffee may be better for you than a smoothie and you may be less likely to top yourself
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24621394
I am of the opinion they will not be happy until we pop out of the womb and spend the rest of our lives in a plastic bubble fed by tube, that is when they can agree on what's healthy to feed us through that tube.
I did at first and then checked and the UCL study starts off with 10 and then mentions at least 7
"A study of 65,226 men and women indicated the more fruit and vegetables people ate, the less likely they were to die - at any age.
"Seven a day" cut death risk by 42%, "five a day" by 29%, it indicated."
Sounds very impressive but I wonder what the risk of death is a day. Then you have to factor in only death that could be saved by fruit and veg based intake. 7 Portions a day will not save you if you fall down the stairs or have a car accident. If the risk of death is like 0.00001 a day then even 42% improvement makes bugger all difference.
Observational studies are good for headlines but I wouldn't base my life on them because they have a tendency to be misinterpreted.
That sounds like one bloody big suppository ! ouch