2023-04-25 08:33:36
No question: fruit and vegetables are healthy. Everyone knows that. But how much of it should we really be eating every day? We’ll tell you!
The German Society for Nutrition, in short DGE recommends eating five servings of fruits and vegetables daily. It should three servings of vegetables and only two servings of fruit be. This is mainly due to the sometimes high fructose content in many types of fruit. The recommendation corresponds to approx. 400 grams of vegetables and 250 grams of fruit.
Good to know: 400 grams of vegetables sounds like a lot at first, but it’s not necessarily. You can achieve this amount with just half a cucumber and two medium-sized tomatoes.
The “5 a day” rule, meaning that you should eat around five portions of fruit and vegetables a day, has been scientifically proven. However, more recent studies say otherwise. A team from University College London reports in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health von seven servings of fruit and vegetables a day. That should be even better for our health, according to the study. Oh dear, bad news for those who are already struggling…
But we find: Five portions of fruit and vegetables is already a great achievement!
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