Do olives count towards your 5 portions of fruit and veg a day?!

Question: I wouldn't consider an olive to be equivalent to another fruit or vegetable. Olives can be high in calcium, iron, and dietary fiber, but they're also tremendously high in sodium, and low in other nutritional value.

Don't think of the "5 portions of fruit and vegetables" as a strict doctrine... the idea is to eat a wide variety of foods with balanced nutrition.

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Answers: I wouldn't consider an olive to be equivalent to another fruit or vegetable. Olives can be high in calcium, iron, and dietary fiber, but they're also tremendously high in sodium, and low in other nutritional value.

Don't think of the "5 portions of fruit and vegetables" as a strict doctrine... the idea is to eat a wide variety of foods with balanced nutrition.

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i guess so, good question! they are healthy so i would say yes

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yes but you should eat no more than 5 per day

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sure do

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olives are mostly fat so I would say no, they would be considered a fat

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yes

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Look for "What Counts" then "Portion Sizes" Olives are NOT on the lists for portion sizes of Fruit and Vegetables

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