How many of your 'five a day' did you eat yesterday, and what were they?

[WouldBe]

Perhaps, although when I looked into this once, ages ago, I was surprised at how little you had to eat to count as a portion. I eat enormous dinners, so I tend to assume that even if they contain the only fruit and veg I eat all day they're probably sufficient.

Have you seen the photo I did of just 3 portions of veg?

 

[mentalchik]

Yep. Given the amount you're supposed to eat I doubt I've ever eaten the recommended amount in a day.

Same here, can't say it's something that keeps me awake at nights !

 

[WouldBe]

Yep. Given the amount you're supposed to eat I doubt I've ever eaten the recommended amount in a day.

I'll be lucky if I've eaten the required amount in a week.

 

[Geri]

Depends how you make them and if they are part of a balanced diet.

You'd only be getting fruit though, unless you'd be happy to drink liquidised veg (which personally I think would be a bit grim).

You'd also probably be consuming quite high amounts of sugar.

BTW, smoothies don't only count once, because unlike juice they contain the whole of the fruit. So as long as they are different fruits each time, they will count. I eat one smoothie a day, which contains four different fruits although I only count it as one portion because there are small amounts of each fruit in it (oranges, banana, peach and pineapple).

 

[baldrick]

one - peas

the lure of buying frozen food from the supermarket proved too much

however, today i'll get my five portions. i eat really well in the week as a rule and only slack off at weekends.

 

[selamlar]

Erm.

Spinach.

Nettles.

Tomatos.

Do olives count?

 

[rutabowa]

i ate onions peppers garlic potatoes cabbage, i think that's enough.

 

[selamlar]

I bet a 'portion' worth of garlic is a fuck of a lot tho.

Oh, and :

Potatoes and other related vegetables such as yams and cassava do not count. This is because they are classified as starchy foods

Suckerrrrrrr

 

[Mrs Miggins]

God I don't think I had ANY yesterday. Grazed on junk food and had a thai curry that was devoid of any vegetables for tea.

 

[blossie33]

Yesyerday;
Pear, apple and goji berry stewed together = 3
Alfafa sprouts with my fish = 1
Blueberries and grapes with some soya yogurt = 2

I eat quite alot of fruit so I usually have no problem with the five a day.

 

[rutabowa]

I bet a 'portion' worth of garlic is a fuck of a lot tho.

Oh, and :



Suckerrrrrrr

ha, i don't believe your random sourceless quote! course potatoes count, as long as it'd not all 5 eaten as chips or something.

 

[WouldBe]

BTW, smoothies don't only count once, because unlike juice they contain the whole of the fruit. So as long as they are different fruits each time, they will count.

A glass (150ml) of 100% juice (fruit or vegetable juice or smoothie) counts as 1 portion, but you can only count juice as 1 portion per day, however much you drink

Smoothies only count as 1 portion regardless of how many you drink.

 

[Idaho]

I usually eat about 7 or 8 different fruit and veg a day.

 

[rutabowa]

does olive oil count like a fruit juice?

 

[selamlar]

ha, i don't believe your random sourceless quote! course potatoes count, as long as it'd not all 5 eaten as chips or something.

Ahem.
Bottom paragraph.

http://www.5aday.nhs.uk/WhatCounts/WhatCounts.aspx

 

[colacubes]

Only 3 yesterday. Watercress, Tomatos, Pear juice. This is unusually low though. I normally have 5 or 6 a day.

 

[rutabowa]

Ahem.
Bottom paragraph.

http://www.5aday.nhs.uk/WhatCounts/WhatCounts.aspx

their reasoning doesn't make any sense though, so i ignore it. a potato is a vegetable. they are just sayign it doesn't count for the stupid people who would be like "cool we can just eat chips all the time".

 

[votisit]

Absolutely none of my 5 a day, in fact I'm having trouble remembering what I ate. I think I'm getting senile.

 

[WouldBe]

their reasoning doesn't make any sense though, so i ignore it. a potato is a vegetable. they are just sayign it doesn't count for the stupid people who would be like "cool we can just eat chips all the time".

See it doesn't make sense.

Part of the article says it's partly about getting fibre in your diet. So wheetabix and all bran also count as vegetables.

As would bread. So a chip butty is 2 portions.

 

[rutabowa]

See it doesn't make sense.

Part of the article says it's partly about getting fibre in your diet. So wheetabix and all bran also count as vegetables.

As would bread. So a chip butty is 2 portions.

are you saying a potato isn't a vegetable?

 

[zenie]

Yesterday none I was coming down though in my defence and ate a banana and some raspberry yogurt

 

[WouldBe]

are you saying a potato isn't a vegetable?

I'm agreeing with you about potatoes hence a chip butty being 2 portions. 1 from the bread and 1 from the chips.

 

[WouldBe]

Yesterday none I was coming down though in my defence and ate a banana and some raspberry yogurt

That's 1 portion then.

 

[rutabowa]

I'm agreeing with you about potatoes hence a chip butty being 2 portions. 1 from the bread and 1 from the chips.

but bread isn't a vegetable

 

[zenie]

That's 1 portion then.

I didn't think bananas counted?

 

[selamlar]

But wheat is.

Worked out a bit ago you can get 5 a day from a big fry-up, namely beans, onions, mushrooms, tomato and orange juice, leaving you free to eat whatever the fuck you like for the rest of the day!

 

[WouldBe]

but bread isn't a vegetable

The article states that the 5-a-day thing is partly to get fibre into peoples diets. Bread and other grains contain fibre so (should) count as vegetables.

 

[WouldBe]

I didn't think bananas counted?

Medium-sized fruit: 1 medium fruit, such as 1 apple, banana, pear, orange, nectarine, or 1 sharon fruit

Bananas do count.

 

[rutabowa]

The article states that the 5-a-day thing is partly to get fibre into peoples diets. Bread and other grains contain fibre so (should) count as vegetables.

that doesn't follow. that's like saying "postboxes are red, that car is red so it must be a postbox"

 

[WouldBe]

that doesn't follow. that's like saying "postboxes are red, that car is red so it must be a postbox"

That makes as much sense as the 5-a-day thingy.