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Have you had your 5 a day today?

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Yesterday I had... apple, parsnips, broccoli, apple juice.

    4. Not too bad, i suppose.

    None yet today, but the food i have on my desk to be eaten includes 4 portions, so i suspect i'll manage it!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I have been doing so well lately!

    Yest I had a banana, OJ, onions, tomatoes, sweetcorn, chillis (do they count?).

    So far today I have had OJ, banana, beetroot, cranberries and when I get to my gran's I will have stew with lots of veg in it. Feel really pleased about myself!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Vegetable soup and apple crumble so far.

    2 then?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    All i ate yesterday was a KFC. So two if we're counting baked beans and lettuce in my burger. None if we're going to be sensible about it!

    None yet today. I've not been hungry, so i've only had boiled eggs and biscuits so far.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I have not eaten none of my 5 a day...yet. Might go get a drink of apple juice!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    So far today out of my 5 a day I have eaten;

    Two bananas
    Two plums (with another to go in a minute)
    One apple

    Also having veg with my dinner tonight plus some fruit juice so I think I am sorted for today :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I've had 2.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Errr today I've had:
    2 bananas
    1 apple
    Salad with my sandwich
    Onions in my evening meal? (I'm not sure if that counts)

    So errr 4/5?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    where do you get the 5th from?

    it also depends how much onion you had and how much salad.
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    BunnieBunnie Posts: 6,099 Master Poster
    I have had some celery...thats it! How shocking!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    lucifer devil wrote: »
    where do you get the 5th from?

    it also depends how much onion you had and how much salad.

    Like I said, 4/5. I have lots of onion on everything, haha.

    I had a rather large portion of salad :yum:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    You should look on the back of packets. You would probably be surprised at the amount you actually need to constitute one portion.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    yeh but swq you only named 4 things so i was unsure where you got the fifth one from. :p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    But I never said that I had a fifth one? :confused: I said I got 4/5
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    oh i see, i read it as 4 or 5.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    but fruit and veg don't come in packets! so, does onion count then?

    ETA: doh! yes they do, stoopid! but i steal my onions from my mum's, and she gets them from auction so no packaging there.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Ive also heard that it doesn't matter how much you have of something, it can still only count for 1 of your 5 a day...
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    BunnieBunnie Posts: 6,099 Master Poster
    Splodgey wrote: »
    Ive also heard that it doesn't matter how much you have of something, it can still only count for 1 of your 5 a day...

    yeah thats true. Unfair, but true!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Splodgey wrote: »
    Ive also heard that it doesn't matter how much you have of something, it can still only count for 1 of your 5 a day...

    well that makes sense really. you need to eat the different things to get the different good stuff from them. if you just ate 5 bananas a day you'd only be getting 5 x banana goodness.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Well that sounds stupid. Then surely only the right combination of 5 fruit and veg a day means you get everything you need?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    it's not a case of 'getting everything you need', but having variation.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I normally have 5+ portions of fruit and veg a day.
    Today so far I have had a banana, two apples, fresh orange juice, a salad for lunch and then tonight I am having a stir fry and probably 2 more pieces of fruit.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    As i understood it - you can count starch foods such as potatoes as part of your 5 a day but they can only constitute 1 portion. Similarly with fruit juice and I think dried fruits/ and pulses.

    I hate baked beans.

    Anyway i've eaten today -

    OJ for breakfast, plus cereal with dried fruit in it plus yoghut and blackberries on top - i'm hoping that counts for about 1.5?

    Then an apple, plus home made potato and parsnip soup with ginger and honey - so that must be another two.

    3.5/5 - is OK seeing as i've still got tea to go.

    Anyway as someone else said you do have to eat wayyy more than you think to get one portion of your veg in - think it needs to be roughly around the size of a tennis ball.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    The '1' portion size depends on the veg/fruit you are eating.

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

    Plus potatos etc don't count -

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