How many portions of fruit and veg is it possible to eat in a day?!

I am an American but I do not understand why so many have a hard time eating fruits and veggies. I am dieting and there fore keeping better track of what I eat. I averaged before the diet 8-9 servings of fruit and veggies. I usually have fruit with breakfast, and veggies in my eggs that's two right there. I only allow fruit as a snack in our home so I have a piece in between lunch and breakfast too. I always have a salad with my lunch and dinner meals that's up to 5 servings and then veggies with my usual meals. Sometimes a fruit based (often) dessert. Grilled peaches or apples a favorite. I was fed this way my whole life and do not see why it is so hard.

You know, on a bad day, I most likely eat about five portions of fruit and vegetables. Perhaps slightly more in some cases. I think that it is very easy snack. Then again, I always keep raisins on my desk that are able to eat. Have a banana in the morning, an apple a day keeps the doctor away. I tend to pick and choose the best from my garden. Therefore, maybe seven or eight, sometimes five, sometimes more than seven or eight, it really depends on the day.

I know we are recommended to eat 5 portions of fruits and vegetable a day, I am lucky if I get to eat 2 portion of any. Our eating habits are really awful. I do, however, take my multiple vitamin and other nutritious drinks such as green tea, powder greens that I just mix with water. I try to stay away from fruits juices because of the sugar. Certain fruits and vegetables are not right for me either, because of their high content of carbohydrates as well as the sugar content.

I am not really sure about what portion is right or recommended but for me as long as I have fruits and vegetables in my diet in a day then its good enough for me and I wont have problems with my health anymore.

to be honest i dont know why we get told to eat so much fruit and veg. i know they say its good for us but isnt too much of something a bad thing?

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hi shepherdspy here in the US we hear five to nine servings of fruits and veggies in all colors as they all add different and good things to healthy eating.also fruit juices and mixed fruit juices also count and I love to drink v8 to get some of my veggies that way. I also am great for salads but not ice berg lettuce use romaine or leaf lettuce or other greens as theyhave more vitamins in them the greener the better and spinach also makes a great salad too.As a diabetic when I cooked for myself I used to adhere to these serving but here in Gold Crest they are woefully low on good quality veggies

I agree with Suzie. Five portions are not hard at all. In fact, where I live, it would be hard to eat less than that. Most of the times our desserts are fruits. If I´m lazy, I´ll eat just one (I like my fruit peeled). But my grandchildren eat a lot more. As for salads, we always have a salad as one of the side dishes. When I don´t want to bother much, I wash some greens, cut up some avocado or tomatos over them and that´s it. But cooked veggies are eaten too as part of a meal and that does not count a a salad. I make a lot of vegetable creams, casseroles and stews fiull of veggies. I like to eat quiches and omelettes made of vegetables. I eat artichokes on season. YUMMY!!!

I can manage at best to eat three different fruit of the season at three times in the day.Beyond that its not possible in my schedule.I think i should try and accommodate more.There is a good chance that during the season i may eat more of a fruit that is easily available.

We have the "5 a day" campaign in the U.S., too. It isn't very hard--orange juice and a banana for breakfast, a salad or veggies for lunch, a fruit as an afternoon snack, and a veggie for dinner and you have five. Ten gets a little tougher, but depending on how many veggies are in the salad, or if you eat yogurt with fruit in it, or have more than one serving of pure fruit juice, etc., you can still reach it fairly easily. On the other hand,17 servings a day seems like a difficult goal to reach!