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Recommendations 5 PORTIONS A DAY
Eat a wide variety of fruit and vegetables and aim for at least five portions a day.
Fruit and veg should make up about a third of the food you eat each day.
And it's also important to eat a variety.
Five-a-day is a good, achievable target.
If you count your portions each day it might help you to increase the amount you eat.
But what is a portion?
ONE portion = 80g = any of these
1 apple, banana, pear, orange or other similar sized fruit
2 plums or similar sized fruit
½ a grapefruit or avocado
1 slice of large fruit, such as melon or pineapple
3 heaped tablespoons of vegetables (raw, cooked, frozen or tinned)
3 heaped tablespoons of beans and pulses (however much you eat, beans and pulses count as a maximum of one portion a day)
3 heaped tablespoons of fruit salad (fresh or tinned in fruit juice) or stewed fruit
1 heaped tablespoon of dried fruit (such as raisins and apricots)
1 handful of grapes, cherries or berries
a dessert bowl of salad
a glass (150ml) of fruit juice (however much you drink, fruit juice counts as a maximum of one portion a day)
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Getting your five portions a day
If you eat one or two portions with each meal and have the occasional fruit snack you might be surprised at how easy it is to eat five-a-day.
At breakfast you could:
* add a handful of dried fruit to your cereal
* eat half a grapefruit or an apple
* drink a glass of fruit juice
At lunch you could:
* eat a bowl of salad
* have a banana sandwich
* have some fruit salad
At your evening meal you could:
* add vegetables or pulses to your curry, casserole or stir fry
* serve at least two types of vegetables with your fish, chicken or meat
And don't forget, when you fancy a snack, reach for an apple, banana or perhaps even some dried fruit.
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Eat a wide variety of fruit and vegetables and aim for at least five portions a day.
Fruit and veg should make up about a third of the food you eat each day.
And it's also important to eat a variety.
Five-a-day is a good, achievable target.
If you count your portions each day it might help you to increase the amount you eat.
But what is a portion?
ONE portion = 80g = any of these
1 apple, banana, pear, orange or other similar sized fruit
2 plums or similar sized fruit
½ a grapefruit or avocado
1 slice of large fruit, such as melon or pineapple
3 heaped tablespoons of vegetables (raw, cooked, frozen or tinned)
3 heaped tablespoons of beans and pulses (however much you eat, beans and pulses count as a maximum of one portion a day)
3 heaped tablespoons of fruit salad (fresh or tinned in fruit juice) or stewed fruit
1 heaped tablespoon of dried fruit (such as raisins and apricots)
1 handful of grapes, cherries or berries
a dessert bowl of salad
a glass (150ml) of fruit juice (however much you drink, fruit juice counts as a maximum of one portion a day)
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Getting your five portions a day
If you eat one or two portions with each meal and have the occasional fruit snack you might be surprised at how easy it is to eat five-a-day.
At breakfast you could:
* add a handful of dried fruit to your cereal
* eat half a grapefruit or an apple
* drink a glass of fruit juice
At lunch you could:
* eat a bowl of salad
* have a banana sandwich
* have some fruit salad
At your evening meal you could:
* add vegetables or pulses to your curry, casserole or stir fry
* serve at least two types of vegetables with your fish, chicken or meat
And don't forget, when you fancy a snack, reach for an apple, banana or perhaps even some dried fruit.
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