5 Vegetables a Day?!
5 Vegetables a Day?
Does this include potatoes and if so, are chips and crisps covered?
Today I tried to make my 5. Here's what I ate today in the order of eating:
Coffee:
Coffee 2:
Tea:
Fruit and fibre cereal skimmed milk
Heinz Tomato soup with brown bread and pomegranat juice.
Cheshire cheese and bread.
Banana.
Leftover cheese sandwich that son did not eat.
Some tuc biscuits.
Chalotte potatoes.
Chicken kiev.
Roast asparagus with black pepper.
Long brocolli thingys with the shoots attached.
Suger peas.
fruit selection (strawberry, melon, pomegranat, pineapple).
Answers:
It looks like you've done more than your 5 a day! This is more fruit and veg than I would consume in a week! Well done Mr. Healthy - can you come and cook for me.x
Yes at least 5 units there.
A unit is about 80g. more or less.
Dont count potatoes, rice, pasta - all are heavy carbs.
any amount of juice is 1 unit.
That is a pretty healthy diet. Potatoes are really counted as a starch, not a vegetable. Your tomato soup does count, though, as does the roast asparagus, broccoli rab and sugar peas. If you worry about it, try adding a glass of V-8 as a add on to a snack or as the snack itself.
well done, healthier than me!
five vegetables and two fruits, looks good to me. mine was
2 coffees
2 poached eggs with whole grain toast and cottage cheese
1 apple
steamed rice with sardines, broccoli, peas and tomatoes
roasted quinces & yoghurt
leg ham with pumpkin, beans, brussel sprouts & navy beans
glass of milk
rice pudding
Potatoes do not count as a vegetable....they are in the starch category.
Asparagus, Broccoli and Sugar Peas qualify...tomato soup is borderline. You didn't quite make 5 veggies.
Try adding some leafy greens (cooked or raw) and some raw veggies like carrots or celery.
A salad is a good way to get all your veggies because you can add so many varieties.
No dude.Spuds don`t count and not all crisps are 100% spuds you know.Having eaten all that veg and fruit,you most certainly had your 5 aday!The fruits in the fruit and fibre are 1,the soup is 2,banana 3,asparagus 4(if you had at least 4 shoots),handful of brocolli florets 5,peas 6,fruit selection 7.Going by these,you had more than enough.if you did this everyday you`d be wickedly healthy.
no it does not include potato or chips,nor does it include soup of any kind. but the rest of your diet seemed well balanced for a day.
Not bad, but potatoes don't count as a vegetable. But you did your 5 day as you ate a mixture of fruit and veg
Potatoes don't count towards your portions - but don't worry - the aim is for 5 portions of fruit and veg - not just veg on it's own, and you have easily achieved!
Crisps would count if they are made from parsnip, beetroot or any of the other veg you can have - just not from potatoes I'm afraid.
The soup does count, despite what a previous poster has said - the portions can be fresh, frozen, chilled, canned, dried or juice - so your pomegranate counts. However, you will only get one portion a day from juice, however much you have.
The key is to aim, as you have, for lots of different types, rather than, say, eating five apples a day, because they all have different health benefits.
For more info, this link takes you to the Dept Health blurb on the subject. http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/policyandguidanc...
Thought I had done well today until I saw your list - I had a fruit salad made from strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and nectarines and lemon juice, along with some no fat greek yoghurt for breakfast, pitta, hummous, tzatziki (so cucumber, garlic and herbs), tomatoes, and chorizo for lunch, a snack of a bramley apple, lamb chops, salad consisting of tomato, cucumber, mixed leaves and asparagus for dinner, followed by some cherries.