Could you manage ten?
By Fleur
@Fleura (30433)
United Kingdom
March 2, 2017 2:05pm CST
For several years now the UK government has encouraged everyone to eat at least five portions of different fruits and vegetables every day (not counting potatoes). It’s certainly not a bad goal, achievable and easy to visualise, although plenty of people don’t manage to reach it.
Now though new studies have shown that although five is good, ten would be even better, with lots of health-promoting effects. This has received a mixed reaction, with some people embracing the idea and some complaining they would be ‘walking compost heaps’ if they tried to eat that much each day!
What do you think and have you/do you try to eat plenty of fruit and vegetables?
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17 responses
@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
2 Mar 17
I might be eating ten currently because of a blood clot I'm trying to get rid of. Fresh pineapple dissolves blood clots (the only fruit that does), so I'm eating a lot of it (my lips are wrinkly from the acid). Apples, kiwi, oranges, lemons, ginger, garlic, and onions help prevent them, so I'm eating all of that in my diet now. I just learned about the fruits yesterday, so I've only been dieting on it since then. I don't know how long I could eat these fruits all the time without getting tired of them.
Today it's stopped hurting (a week and a day after learning about the clot), so I imagine that the fruits might be helping out. Even if you don't get ten servings, make sure you eat at least a few of the above! (limes are included too)
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
2 Mar 17
@Fleura Well good to know. Like I said, it's a necessity at the moment! That clot hasn't been very much fun. As for the pineapple though, it has to be eaten raw or loses that helpful component. But then, when they say 10 servings, how many servings are in one pineapple or apple or anything else? I doubt it is the whole fruit.
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@Fleura (30433)
• United Kingdom
3 Mar 17
@OneOfMany Supposed to be 80g I think. So one average-size apple or orange but a couple of clementines or three plums, a handful of berries, that sort of thing.
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@Fleura (30433)
• United Kingdom
2 Mar 17
It's the enzyme in pineapple that makes your tongue and lips feel funny, not acid. But well done on getting a good variety of fruits!
You can eat them in all sorts of ways, raw or cooked, whole or pureed. Not sure if I could manage 10 every day but it's good to have something to aim for I guess!
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@Fleura (30433)
• United Kingdom
2 Mar 17
Yes it does seem like quite a lot, I'm not sure.
Today I had a banana, some blueberries and a clementine for breakfast, with coffee. At lunch I had a poached egg on toast with an avocado, some cherry tomatoes and olives, then a plum, a couple of pieces of chocolate and some dried figs. For dinner we've had chicken and mushroom pie which also had lots of onion and peppers in it, and ate it with roasted parsnips and sweet potatoes and boiled carrots and broccoli. Then tiramisu for dessert!
So altogether I guess I've eaten 14 different fruits/vegetables today and I certainly haven't felt deprived or found it hard - but not all of them would count as a full portion, one plum for example.
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@luisadannointed (6239)
• Philippines
2 Mar 17
I love eating but I guess it is much enjoyable if I don't count what I eat. God bless.
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@Fleura (30433)
• United Kingdom
2 Mar 17
This is what I had today:
Breakfast was a banana, some blueberries and a clementine, with coffee. At lunch I had a poached egg on toast with an avocado, some cherry tomatoes and olives, then a plum, a couple of pieces of chocolate and some dried figs. For dinner we've had chicken and mushroom pie which also had lots of onion and peppers in it, and ate it with roasted parsnips and sweet potatoes and boiled carrots and broccoli. Then tiramisu for dessert! It didn't seem hard, I guess it's just a change of habit.
@Poppylicious (11133)
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3 Mar 17
The government change their minds so often about diet that it's hard to know what to believe. In this instance it's just common sense that the more fruit and vegetables you eat, the healthier you'll probably be. Unless you have an ongoing health issue which fruit and veg makes worse, of course.
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@reskyyandi (3608)
• Indonesia
5 Mar 17
I really enjoyed to eat fruits or vegetables
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@WritesFromTheHeart (89)
• Hamilton, Bermuda
26 Oct 17
i could get it accomplished if i had 5 in a smoothie then i ate 5 i can do it with no problem so yes i know i can accomplish ten a day without any problems.
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@Marilynda1225 (82840)
• United States
3 Mar 17
I try to eat healthy and enjoy all sorts of fruits and vegetables. I probably eat more vegetables than fruit since fruit is so expensive here. I don't know about 10 servings in one day but I do try for the 5.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
3 Mar 17
It would be healthy, but I don't think I could do it....
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