Eat 10 fruit and veg per day is unhelpful advice

Kantar continues to report folks manage to eat on average just over 3 fruits & vegetables a day despite years of encouraging folks to aim for 5 a day.

Now, researchers from Imperial College London are urging folks now to up fruit & veg intake to 10 per day [link to research press release].

10 a day.

Researchers risk folks doing little more than throwing in the towel in despair, especially in the short term.

In any event, looking just at fruit & veg's impact on cardiovascular health is too narrow a research focus in my view.

It would be more helpful if researchers looked at a broader basket of food & drink especially green tea, whole grains, spices and certain nuts. This might give us a better chance at improving overall health & wellbeing!

Sophia Nadur

www.drinktg.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophianadur/

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