Does Vodka and Orange count towards your 'Five a Day'?

[dat brown skin]

I'm prepared to incoherently argue that it does.

Poll in a bit.

HELL YES! As does, cranberry juice, grape fruit juice, some of those interesting fruit mixtures they have like mango and apple.

 

[pogofish]

Where are you getting that idea from?

Almost every country whose public health bods don't deny that their post-war food policies have contributed greatly to diet-related ill-health and who don't view the general population as moronic scum who need to be made to take the blame for their own future problems really.

eg:

US - 4-13 portions. Sweden - 8-11. Australia - 5-plus......

Also the advice on what constitutes a fruit or veg and on portion size in this country is quite fucked.

 

[kittyP]

V8 and cider?

*puke smiley* and I like both those things.

 

[Herbsman.]

The vodka triply negates the goodness of the orange, thus its actualy like having minus two fruit or veg a day

 

[Xanadu]

Make a pipe from a carrot and you might as well start preparing your telegram acceptance speech.

 

[aqua]

Almost every country whose public health bods don't deny that their post-war food policies have contributed greatly to diet-related ill-health and who don't view the general population as moronic scum who need to be made to take the blame for their own future problems really.

eg:

US - 4-13 portions. Sweden - 8-11. Australia - 5-plus......

Also the advice on what constitutes a fruit or veg and on portion size in this country is quite fucked.

sorry nvp but this is sadly very true

and fruit juice only counts as 1

but count it all the same

 

[Norse Goddess]

I would make sure you put in the expensive freshly squeezed stuff and that will give you enough vitamin c for the day too, sure fire way to keep away pesky colds

 

[George & Bill]

This is one of those stupid questions that is supposed to be some kind of conundrum, but is actually nothing of the sort; the juice counts towards your health to whatever extent it may do, and the vodka (presumably) detracts from your health to whatever extent it may do; I doubt the body registers their coming together and docks health points because you didn't act in the spirit of the thing

Unless you have it for breakfast, in which case it doesn't count, no.